Abstract

Why is a Japanese person creating an agricultural academy in France?
Yamashita Farm in Paris, which has established a reputation in the gastronomic capital of Paris for its "miraculous turnips" and provides the ultimate vegetables to top-rated restaurants of grand chefs at a "fair price.
In order to teach the "aesthetics of the heart," which is essential for producing beautiful and delicious vegetables, he established an agricultural school in Paris.”No do”, the "way of agriculture" is revealed through the marriage of a beauty medicine specialist and the thoughts and style of Asafumi Yamashita, who tries to cultivate the soil, vegetables, and even the people.

Chapter 1: What exactly is a "miraculous turnip"?
Chapter 2: Yamashita Farm's Idea of "No do"
Chapter 3: What Yamashita Farm has seen through close interviews
Chapter 4: The path to agriculture
Chapter 5: From Bonsai Business to Japanese Vegetable Farmer
Chapter 6: French Gastronomy and Yamashita Farm
Chapter 7: Analyzing "Yamashita No do"
Chapter 8: Agriculture, Health, and Other Thoughts
Chapter 9 "Vegetable Aesthetics" from the viewpoint of a beauty medicine specialist
Chapter 10 From Vegetable Growing to Human Resource Development

Author’s Information

Asafumi Yamashita
Farmer, Owner of Yamashita Farm in Paris
Born in 1953. He studied at Ecole du Louvre in France from Tamagawa Gakuen in 1976, and started his own bonsai business in Chapet, Yvelines, near Paris, in 1989. After closing his bonsai business, he started growing Japanese vegetables in 1996 at the age of 43. A few years later, he became a vegetable grower highly praised by the grand chefs of three-star restaurants in Paris. His reputation has spread not only to France, but also to all of Europe, including the world's best restaurant, NOMA, and even to North America, where he received rave reviews in the New York Times. The vegetables he grows are called "the world's best Japanese vegetables," "haute couture vegetables," "miracle turnips," etc. Currently, he is making efforts to establish "Yamashita Academy," an agricultural college and Japanese culinary school in the suburbs of Paris, to train agricultural producers and chefs for cultural exchange between Japan and France.
He is the author of "The World's Most Delicious Japanese Cuisine Born in Paris" (Shufu To Seikatsu Sha), "No do (No Do)" (Actes Sud), and "Maraicher 3 etoiles (Three Star Farmhouse)" (La Matiniere).

Mana Iwamoto
Dermatologist, Honorary President of the Japan Cosmetic Association, President of the Japan Warming Association

After graduating from Tokyo Women's Medical University, Dr. Iwamoto trained in the Department of Dermatology at Keio University School of Medicine. During her 20 years in Paris, she deepened her knowledge of European anti-aging medicine, natural herbal medicine, and preventive medicine. Currently, she is engaged in research and clinical practice of cutting-edge regenerative medicine, cosmetic medicine, and CBD (cannabidiol) at several clinics in Tokyo (GRANDPRO CLINIC Ginza, Natural Harmony Clinic Omotesando, Ginza TSUBAKI Clinic, etc.). At the same time, she pursues the fusion of the medical industry and AI technology, and plays a role in opening up a new future for medicine.
She is the author of "Sleep Beauty Recommendation" (Nishimura Shoten), "How to Live Without Eraser in Your Life" (Nihon Keizai Shimbun Publications), "Learning the Secret of Lifelong Love from a Parisian Madame" (Discover Twenty One), and many others.

Series/Label	---
Released Date	Aug 2023
Price	¥1,800
Size	127mm×188mm
Total Page Number	364 pages
Color Page Number	---
ISBN	9784296118564
Genre	Hobby > Cook book
Visualization experience	NO