Name: Lessons from the Ocean: Satoumi and the Next Generation of Ocean Stewards | National Geographic
Uploaded: 2026-03-27T17:07:10.000Z
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I've always found solace being in nature, and to me, diving is a special kind of immersion.

A literal immersion into a world that feels both strange and familiar.

After all, it's where we came from, like all of life.

You know, standing here with this coastline, it's hard to believe that we're just 2 hours from Tokyo, a megacity of, what, 40 million people.

Up until the 19th century, most of Japan's coastal ecosystems would have been as pristine as this place.

But two centuries of development have obviously changed that.

I mean, it feels to me that we're at a crucial point where we have an opportunity to recalibrate our relationship with the ocean.

And I think a key way of doing that moving forward is to reconnect with it.

Japan's culture and geography is shaped by the ocean.

It harbors one of the world's most dynamic and species-rich marine environments.

I think when you spend time in nature, you feel a natural urge to protect it.

私は東京に住んでいます。自然がもともと大好きなんですが、都会って自然と触れ合える機会が少ないなって感じていました。墨田水族館に私が初めて行ったときには、クラゲがたくさんいて、すごいキラキラした空間だったというのを覚えています。それで、さらに海を好きになったんじゃないかなと思います。さかなくんのことは昔から好きでした。さかなくんの人柄とか、さかなくんの知っている知識の説明の仕方がすごい分かりやすくて。 私はさかなくん探究隊を通して、海洋プラスチックごみについて知ったんですけど、海洋プラスチックごみを減らすために自分にとってできることをみなさんにもしていってほしい、です。環境について考えている人が多くて、うれしいです。さかなくんとSDブルーアースのおかげで、私たちが海を大切にすれば海も私たちを大切にしてくれることが分かりました。 Why did you start the Sakana-kun exploration team?

私自身がいつも海からたくさん元気と感動をいただいてます。やっぱり探求心を持つといろんなことも分かります。ぜひとも小さなお子さまにも、海が大好きな気持ちでたくさん探求していただいて、そして、あ、海のいろんなことも、こんなことが起こってんだ、いろんなことがあるんだということを自分ごととして捉えていただいて、それをどんどん応援させていただきたいと思っております。 I remember this concept here in Japan called Satoumi, which is where coastal communities' interaction actually benefits the ocean's health as well as their own.

It's completely reciprocal, symbiotic, and that's how it should be.

And that's why it's so important to provide young people with opportunities to actually connect with the ocean.

And it's why I love being a Sea Beyond ambassador.

Sea Beyond, a Prada Group project in partnership with UNESCO, is providing children around the world with the knowledge and tools they need to understand the ocean and protect it.