Theme — Climate & Conservation
From the frontlines
of climate and wildlife.
The Fujimae Tidal Flat in Nagoya, the sea off the Shakotan Peninsula in Hokkaido, the coral reefs of Okinawa, an uninhabited island beach in the Seto Inland Sea off Ehime. Field reports and films from across Japan and Asia, recording climate change and the lives that depend on these places.
Facts
- Narita Jun is a filmmaker and video journalist, born in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, in 1993.
- In April 2023, he became a professional partner of Patagonia (environmental conservation).
- With an environmental grant from Patagonia, he made “Small Lives, a Big Future,” marking 20 years since the Fujimae Tidal Flat's Ramsar listing. The film is now shown at the Fujimae Tidal Flat visitor center.
- At EXPO 2025 Osaka, Kansai, he made films for a pavilion on ocean conservation.
- He made a short documentary on the Youth Climate Case Japan for the NPO Kiko Network.
- Green Film Festival 2024 Grand Prize.
Journal — Field Notes
On the day
2021 — Shakotan, Hokkaido
43.30°N 140.48°E · Shakotan
Sea lions, and the people who live by the sea
Kelp loss driven by climate change, the overfishing of herring, and endangered Steller sea lions. Reporting with Mr. Fujita of the Sea Lions Club.
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2021 — Okinawa
26.21°N 127.68°E · Okinawa
Coral, and the people who watch the sea
Changes in the sea caused by climate change. A record of bleaching coral reefs and the state of the marine ecosystem today.
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2019 — Seto Inland Sea, Ehime
33.99°N 132.56°E · Seto Inland Sea
Plastic waste: where my reporting began
Microplastics and ocean issues. My reporting with Mr. Iwata of E.C Oceans is where it all began.
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2024 — Fujimae Tidal Flat, Aichi
35.08°N 136.84°E · Fujimae · Long-term project
Migratory birds, and the people who protect the tidal flat
A documentary marking 20 years since Ramsar listing (selected for a Patagonia environmental grant). The story of a paradise for migratory birds and the people who have kept protecting it. I also organized screenings of the documentary, “Small Lives, a Big Future.”
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2026 — Aceh, Indonesia
5.55°N 95.32°E · Aceh · Emergency relief
Daily life sunk in mud, and the hands that dig it out
A powerful cyclone, rare so close to the equator, struck the town. The force of nature made worse by climate change, on top of a man-made disaster: soil exhausted by oil-palm development. Even after the five-meter flood receded, the mud stayed in people's homes. Together with the local organization YEU, I recorded everything from soup kitchens to livelihood support.
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2023 — Chiang Mai, Thailand
18.79°N 98.98°E · Chiang Mai · Two weeks in field
Elephants, and the people beside them
Elephants living between the tourism industry and animal welfare. A record of conservation work at a sanctuary.
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