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Jun 21, 20232 min read

Service Projects at ʻAkahiao

Our ’Service Projects’ have always been something we’ve had to explain - and in some cases convince - people of both in concept and in...

May 19, 20232 min read

Meiji University - Finding our way back to nature

Little news bits are often the best and our latest deals with our Director and co-founder, Julie, being an invited guest speaker at Meiji...

Dec 15, 20223 min read

Inspiration in the Field: Iida, Nagano - The Organization: Kankan Shizenmura

Founders: Kimi and Michiko Sakai It is persimmon season and the dried orange balls hang on strings in the morning air outside of homes....

Nov 30, 20223 min read

Inspiration in the Field: Miyagi Prefecture, Matsushima Bay - The Bay of Memories and Healers

Few places on this recent journey conjured up so much raw feeling as Miyagi Prefecture did, and Matsushima Bay in particular. It was an...

Oct 24, 20223 min read

Inspiration in the field: Life Farming Camp in Nozawa-Onsen

Inspiration in the field that we at Akahiao love and try to immerse in is vital. Other methods, ideas, and spaces always serve to broaden...

Oct 14, 20223 min read

Ho’i Ho’i Camp – To Restore is Simply To Restore

We’ve focused on the concept of restoration – in whatever form it takes – over the course of the last years because it has become obvious...

Sep 18, 20222 min read

Aloha Nā Keiki: Active Aloha

There is always a word or ‘feel’ to a camp or program that we run that sums it up. It is usually a term that comes up right as we end,...

Aug 18, 20222 min read

Return to your true self: Nature Rx

It comes as no surprise that many of us are working remotely from home or participating in distance learning. This comes with many...

Mar 27, 20224 min read

Aloha ʻĀina: Of the Hands, the Trees, and Connecting

So much is about the ‘right mix’ - in food, in preparation, and inevitably too in our own programs. Getting a balance that works is as...

Dec 19, 20213 min read

The Aftermath

"Ka ʻai nānā i luna." Even without teeth the wind consumes the food crops. Said of a destructive windstorm. Mary Kawena Pukui, ʻŌlelo...