NHK WORLD is the worldwide TV program by Japanese public broadcasting and approximately 1 billion viewers in the world. I was captured by them in 2020 and this program was broadcasted in the world since 2021.


I explained the contribution of thatched culture in landscape for natural environment, diversity, and human health according to the wisdom of our ancestors’ traditions. I also explained about future possibilities in thatched roofs as the way of architecture which coexisted with nature from scientific point of the research of microorganism.


This program received high ratings from overseas viewers and received the most comments ever.