Are you interested in keeping an important part of the Japanese landscape alive? If so, The Totoro Fund is interested in your dollar! They’ve recently launched an English language version of their site, The Totoro no Furusato (Homeland of Totoro) Foundation. The foundation is charged with preserving the Sayama Hills and surrounding area on the outskirts of Tokyo, also important in the production of tea in Japan. It also happens to be Hayao Miyazaki’s inspiration for the well loved film My Neighbor Totoro, hence the name of the foundation. So visit their site, if you’re feeling generous give a little, and who knows, maybe next time you’re in Japan you’ll be able to track down everyone’s favorite mythical raccoon/cat/owl creature.

Totoro Fund (via Nausicaa.net)

By Jesse Mann