Fermenting For The Future with Aya H. Kimura

Discussion panel with Christine Yano

DATE: Saturday, August 15, 2026

TIME: 10:00 - 11:30 AM (check-in at 9:45 AM)

LOCATION: JCCH Honouliuli Education Center (1st floor near Gift Shop)

Please RSVP here by Monday, August 10, 2026. Limited seating is available.

What does a package of Kyoto pickles have to do with the future of food? More than you might think.

Join us for a lively, flavor-packed morning with Aya H. Kimura, author of Fermenting for the Future: Japanese Pickles and Microbial Foodways, in conversation with celebrated scholar Christine Yano (Pink Globalization; Speak American). Together they'll trace the remarkable world of tsukemono (Japan's pickles) from the barrels of Kyoto to questions about sustainability and biodiversity. 

Whether you're a fermentation enthusiast, an environmental activist, or simply someone who loves a good story over food, this event promises new flavors, surprising history, and plenty to talk about long after the last tsukemono is gone.

Copies of Fermenting for the Future: Japanese Pickles and Microbial Foodways will be available for purchase in the JCCH Gift Shop. Aya H. Kimura will be available to sign books following the event. 2-hour parking validation with a JCCH Gift Shop purchase. If you have any questions, please email info@jcchawaii.org.

Mahalo!