Noto Peninsula, designated a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) site, “Noto Satoyama and Satoumi” (2011), is facing serious aging and depopulation. In this SCoT webinar we present a discussion of the importance of the area’s traditional fermented food culture for the reactivation of GIAHS through the promotion of livelihood businesses (e.g., agriculture, fisheries, the food service industry, and tourism), and the engagement of schools and local people.

The two reporters are Noto Satoyama Meister graduates; Takazawa works on nurturing the next generation of local human resources and promoting sustainable tourism and Segawa is a food coordinator who runs her own company, where she supports the development of products and recipes for local companies that make use of Noto ingredients and culture and creates Noto food culture education programs for local schools

Urata (Noto Satoumi Education Research Institute member) will comment on their presentations from the perspective of building a social cooperation education model through marine education practice and support at school education sites, including Noto.

Afterwards, we look forward to an exchange of opinions regarding the sustainable development of Noto and other regions.