{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fjapan-eats.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fa919ea07-a919ea07","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Episode 147: Food Hub: Reviving the Community with the Power of Food","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/ea9428/ea942874-320c-404b-9d75-81023280badc/d2b660ba-a018-4ebc-9ec2-be2ddcb97f42/1551212184artwork.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/d2b660ba-a018-4ebc-9ec2-be2ddcb97f42\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Episode 147: Food Hub: Reviving the Community with the Power of Food\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"Our guest is Taichi Manabe, chief operating officer of Food Hub, which is a unique project to revive the declining community in Shikoku island of Japan through food.  \r\n\r\nTaichi wanted to change the world through design, but he realized that food has a bigger and stronger influence for his purpose.  He has gotten involved in multiple fascinating food projects before he became the COO of Food Hub http://foodhub.co.jp/daybook/?category=English, which is based in a small town with a population of 5,300 in Shikoku Island.   \r\n\r\nWe will discuss why food is important for our community, and Taichi's very local yet global projects!!!"}