Shouta Nakano

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Shota Nakano
Nature Program Designer｜Hunter-Gatherer Guide｜Photographer
─ Follow your Bliss. ── A guide to primal senses, living in harmony with the Earth ─
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【 ABOUT 】
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Based in Odawara City, Kanagawa Prefecture, he designs and conducts nature programs focused on the "process from production to consumption" using old Japanese houses as a stage.
He provides hunting, gathering, and cooking as a series of experiences, creating a place where modern people can rediscover the "connection between food and nature" that they have forgotten, using all five senses.

In today's world, where people are increasingly disconnected from nature, our mission is to create an environment where generations can enjoy the allure of nature for generations to come.
We operate under the motto "Life with Earth."

With a photographer's perspective, our ability to capture fleeting moments in nature with a "third eye" provides unique value in documenting and disseminating our programs.
Currently, we are launching our own program business, "Michi" (currently in the process of registration).

【PHILOSOPHY】Guiding Principles
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1. Be honest
2. Smile
3. Share happiness (share joy)
4. Pure experience
5. Ride your own wave
6. Life with Earth.

【ACTIVITIES】Activities and Achievements
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◆ Development and operation of hunting and gathering-based nature programs
　・ Held at a traditional Japanese house in Odawara City, Kanagawa Prefecture
　・ Designed as an experience that covers the entire process from "production to consumption," including hunting, gathering wild vegetables, cooking, and eating
　・ Content that allows participants to experience respect and gratitude for nature by handling life and food with their own hands

◆ Recording and disseminating nature through photography
　・ Using the camera as "one's third eye" to record people, things, and events in nature
　・Responsible for on-site photography and social media posting during program sessions, visually conveying the appeal of nature experiences.
• Photography is the most honest form of expression for me, allowing me to honestly express my thoughts and feelings.

◆ "Michi" — Nature Experience Program Business (Registration in Progress)
• Preparing to launch a program brand that offers experiences of living in nature.
• Aiming to continuously create opportunities for urban dwellers to connect with old houses, mountains, rivers, and the sea.

【BACKGROUND】Career and Background
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◆ Relationship with Nature (Childhood ~)
• From a young age, I enjoyed spending time in nature and gained field experience in mountains, fields, and coastlines.
• As symbolized by the episode where I learned that "hot water breaks down mosquito venom" and fell in love with summer,
a pure curiosity about the workings of nature is the source of my actions.

◆ Photographic and Video Expression
• Uniquely honing my perspective on recording nature, people, and life through the camera.
• Responsible for on-site photography and documentation of nature experience programs.

◆ Hunting and Gathering Practice
- Practicing hunting and gathering wild vegetables and herbs in the fields around Odawara City
- Accumulating experiences that return to the origins of "eating," and sublimating them into a program

◆ Development and Utilization of a Traditional Japanese House Base
- Utilizing a traditional Japanese house in Odawara City, Kanagawa Prefecture as a base for events and programs
- Making it function as a place that connects traditional wisdom of life with modern adventure experiences

【PERSONAL STORY】Personal Story
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Every time I hear the phrase "detachment from nature," I feel it's a waste.
Mountains, rivers, forests, and the sea are all right there.

Nakano's sense of unease isn't a call to "protect nature,"
but rather, "there aren't enough experiences that make people love nature in the first place."
That's why he designs programs that are not explanatory, but experiential.

Hunt it yourself, cook it yourself, and eat it yourself.

Through this series of processes, participants remember, not intellectually but physically, that "they are a part of nature."

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"I want to live each day purely following my own excitement, as if it were summer vacation.
Life with Earth. -- Living in harmony with all life within the natural world of Earth is my guiding principle."

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Taking photographs isn't just for documentation.
The moment you look through the camera's viewfinder, you know what is moving you at that moment.
That is Nakano's "third eye," his way of communicating with nature.

【KEYWORDS】Keywords representing Shota Nakano
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　Life with Earth.　／　Hunting and gathering　／　Traditional Japanese house　／Photography
　Follow your Bliss.　／　Odawara　／　Connection between food and nature
　Pure experience　／Passing on nature across generations

【VISION & MISSION】Vision & Mission
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　Vision
　To create an environment where the charm of nature can be enjoyed for generations to come.
　With "Life with Earth." as our motto,
　we will spread places throughout Japan where people can experience life in nature.

　Mission
　By designing the "process from production to consumption"—hunting, gathering, and cooking—as an experience,
　we will provide an opportunity for modern people to rediscover the "connection between food and nature" that they have forgotten, through their five senses.

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