A new series 'Japan Ryuiki Studies' by our founder Yasuhiro Kobayashi, has been published in The Nature of Cities

How might humanity reweave its relationship with a fraying world and rebuild a regenerative civilization that can flourish alongside the living Earth?

We are honored to announce a new 3-part series by our founder Yasuhiro Kobayashi published in The Nature of Cities, exploring the essence of "Ryuiki" (流域) and rediscovering Japanese culture and spirituality as a path toward regenerative futures.

In these articles, he dives deep into the Daisen watershed to rediscover Japanese nature-philosophy—not just as history, but as an another living "way of knowing" that integrates our inner landscapes and fluidity with the outer world.

Part 1: Ryuiki and Shinto

Ryuiki: Sensing the Living Workings of All Existence as Kami—Rediscovering Japanese Culture as a Path toward Regenerative Futures in the Daisen Watershed (Part 1 of 3)

https://www.thenatureofcities.com/TNOC/2026/04/20/ryuiki-sensing-the-living-workings-of-all-existence-as-kami-rediscovering-japanese-culture-as-a-path-toward-regenerative-futures-in-the-daisen-watershed-part-1-of-3/

Part 2: The Layered Archipelago The Layered Archipelago: The Wisdom of a Cultural Syncretism and Regeneration Embedded in Japanese Myth and History (Part 2 of 3)

https://www.thenatureofcities.com/TNOC/2026/04/20/the-layered-archipelago-the-wisdom-of-a-cultural-syncretism-and-regeneration-embedded-in-japanese-myth-and-history-part-2-of-3/

Part 3: The Invisible Flows The Invisible Flows: Reactivating another way of knowing to Integrate the Inner and Outer Ryuiki (Part 3 of 3)

https://www.thenatureofcities.com/TNOC/2026/04/20/the-invisible-flows-reactivating-another-way-of-knowing-to-integrate-the-inner-and-outer-ryuiki-part-3-of-3/