Banyan Retreat

Banyan Retreat A regenerative home and land restoration project in Yakushima, Japan: accommodation, retreat space, and restaurant.

My friends at .jp made this map of the restorative/ permaculture/ building work on my land in Yakushima. Very cool. I es...
03/04/2025

My friends at .jp made this map of the restorative/ permaculture/ building work on my land in Yakushima. Very cool. I especially like that cartoon of me in the upper righthand corner.

Gathering wood for 2025 projects on Kurio beach.
05/01/2025

Gathering wood for 2025 projects on Kurio beach.

This gorgeous piece of wood will be my first restaurant table in a few weeks.
24/12/2024

This gorgeous piece of wood will be my first restaurant table in a few weeks.

I made Ai Manas with papaya flower, Carolina reaper chillies, and Dai Dai, with a pinch of Yakushima sea salt. This can ...
30/11/2024

I made Ai Manas with papaya flower, Carolina reaper chillies, and Dai Dai, with a pinch of Yakushima sea salt. This can only be described as a flavor bomb. Everything is from my garden except for the salt which comes from my neighbor and carpenter, , who uses scrap wood to boil vats of sea water to process the salt out.

New place. Nearly done.
23/11/2024

New place. Nearly done.

Home for the first time in weeks. Think I’ll stay awhile.
14/11/2024

Home for the first time in weeks. Think I’ll stay awhile.

Planning session.
28/10/2024

Planning session.

Ekam Farm helping me get my garden ready for the summer next typhoon.
13/09/2024

Ekam Farm helping me get my garden ready for the summer next typhoon.

Spent the typhoon chopping up chillies to ferment. To the right, habaneros; in the middle, Carolina reapers; to the left...
30/08/2024

Spent the typhoon chopping up chillies to ferment. To the right, habaneros; in the middle, Carolina reapers; to the left, prik kee noo- which translates into mouse s**t chilies. These are from about 300 peppers total, not counting the prik kee noo. I’m still filling the jars.

Yesterday Typhoon Shanshan battered Yakushima. There’s no power in my area, and I drove 10 miles to get a phone signal. ...
29/08/2024

Yesterday Typhoon Shanshan battered Yakushima. There’s no power in my area, and I drove 10 miles to get a phone signal. My home is intact, and I’ve got candles, batteries, gas, water and food. I’m lucky.

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Yakushima, Kagoshima
8914404

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