RISING - Season 5 Episode 11 Brighter Skies for Kyoto Umbrella Craft: Wagasa Innovator - Kotaro Nishibori
A Kyoto Prefecture umbrella maker with 160 years of history drove to the brink of bankruptcy in 2003, falling demand for traditional Wagasa paper umbrellas. Son-in-law Kotaro Nishibori left his job as a civil servant to take over the helm, with the motto "true tradition always moves with the times." Since then, lampshades and other products leveraging Wagasa making techniques have won fans at home and abroad, and brought collaborations with international designers.
First Air Date: Apr 02, 2015
Last Air date: Mar 15, 2023
Season: 9 Season
Episode: 137 Episode
Runtime: 28 minutes
IMDb: 5.00/10 by 1.00 users
Popularity: 5.869
Language: Japanese, English
Episode
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Affordable Aquatic EVs: Electric Vehicle Innovator - Hideo Tsurumaki
Smart Fabrics Saving Lives: Wearable Tech Innovator - Ayumu Mitera
Waste-Battling Hero for the Digital Age: Eco-Entrepreneur - Fujio Kojima
Wearable Bladder Buffer: Digital Healthcare Pioneer - Atsushi Nakanishi
From Waste Produce to Future Food: Vegetable Sheet Creator - Keisuke Soda
Reviving the Home of Traditional Paper: Cultural Reactivator - Takeshi Fujiwara
Putting Slumbering Ideas into Action: Crowdfunding Chief - Ryotaro Nakayama
Brighter Skies for Kyoto Umbrella Craft: Wagasa Innovator - Kotaro Nishibori
Saving the World through the Power of Science: STEM Support Innovator - Yukihiro Maru
Taking Forest Management to the Future: ICT Forestry Pioneer - Hiroyuki Nakamura
Transforming Elder Care through VR: Nursing Tech Pioneer - Kenta Toshima
From Fallow Fields to Fermentation - Lina Sakai
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