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[Cannabis Textbook for Japanese People - Rediscovering an "Ancient and New Crop"] Cannabis Museum

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A must-see for Japanese people! The Hemp Museum reveals the potential of cannabis (hemp) as an agricultural crop

Publisher's summary

We grew cannabis before we grew rice.

1. Name 2. History 3. Agriculture 4. Clothing 5. Religion 6. Culture 7. Food 8. Medicine 9. Pattern 10. Law

The strange story of a certain plant revealed through 10 keywords

Product overview

title

Cannabis Textbook for Japanese People - Rediscovering an "Old and New Crop"

author

Cannabis Museum

Number of pages

256

Format

B6 version

Publisher

East Press

First edition date

May 16, 2021

table of contents

Chapter 1: Name

Chapter 2: History

Chapter 3: Agriculture

Chapter 4: Clothes

Chapter 5: Religion

  • Special Feature 1: Will cannabis become an "essential" thing in Japan? (Writer Yumiko Sakuma)
  • Special Contribution 2: The crackdown on marijuana is a health issue and a political issue (Psychiatrist Toshihiko Matsumoto)
  • Special Feature 3: Initiatives to achieve the SDGs using hemp (Levi Strauss & Co. Japan Co., Ltd.)

Chapter 6: Culture

Chapter 7: Food

Chapter 8: Drugs

Chapter 9: Patterns

Chapter 10: Law

  • Special Contribution 4: Marijuana is an issue that the judiciary should address (Attorney Michiko Kameishi)
  • Special Contribution 5: The Potential of Cannabinoids in Japan (Mr. Minoru Arakaki, President of the Japanese Society of Clinical Cannabinoids)
  • Special Contribution 6: Liberation and Governance? Confronting the Duality of Marijuana (Sociologist Shinji Miyadai)


About the Cannabis Museum

General incorporated association.

It opened in Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture in 2001.

While collecting and sharing information about hemp as an agricultural crop that has supported the lives of the Japanese people, he also holds lectures in various places and workshops such as the "Hemp Thread Successor Training Course." His books include "Cannabis as an Agricultural Crop: A Plant that Has Supported the Lives of the Japanese People and Its Crisis" and "Asanoha Pattern: Why Has This Design Continued to Appeal to Japanese Sensibilities for 800 Years?" (both self-published).

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