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Chouichiro Oono took over his father's charcoal factory at age 22. Since then, he's been producing traditional charcoal. He's one of the few full time charcoal makers in Japan and the youngest among them.

Charcoal is one of the resources that Satoyama has been providing to the local people, but since the energy revolution, not many people use it as fuel. However, there are people who have found irreplaceable value in it, both culturally (for tea ceremony use) and as a means of maintaining local forests.

Having people who live and work in Satoyama keeps it alive since it is a type of sustainable land use in which the people living in harmony with nature play an important role in shaping and preserving local ecosystems.

This video was produced as a part of collaboration between Ishikawa Prefecture and UNU for "Traditional knowledge and wisdom of SATOYAMA/SATOUMI
charcoal and salt making traditions in Ishikawa" project.

Read more on charcoal making in Satoyama: http://ourworld.unu.edu/en/japans-cha...