In 1993 Fritjof Capra's Elmwood Institute partnered with Kyoto's Kokusai Shimin Access Center (KOSAC) to produce workshops, conferences and inspirational events to promote living systems theory and transformational thinking in Japan. This piece introduces one phase of that work at Shinchihaya, KOSAC's mountain top event space, and features Capra, Echan Deravy, and KOSAC director, W. David Kubiak.