‘I believe children know everything about
how the world is connected with their senses’.
- Eriko Kobayashi

Eriko is a nature artist, illustrator, and conservationist. She is also the founder of Japan Nature Journal Club. From being an insect loving child, to growing into a wildlife artist and nature journal teacher, the natural world has always been an important part of Eriko's story.

Listen to hear more about:

• Eriko’s experience wild foraging as a child and the different plants she encountered.

• Eriko’s love for insects as a child.

• How nature taught her about the delicacy of life.

• How she came to wildlife art and then to nature journaling through the work of artists like Robert Bateman and Clare Walker Leslie.

• The beautiful story of when Eriko met Clare Walker Leslie for the first time at the Wild Wonder Nature Journaling Conference.

• Eriko’s experience of starting the Japan Nature Journal Club.

• Her involvement with the translation of The Law’s Guide to Nature Drawing and Journaling into Japanese.

• Stories and memories of sharing nature with her daughter.

Eriko’s website can be found here: https://njos-jp.teachable.com.

See Eriko’s nature journal pages on Instagram @erikokobayashi_naturejournal and Facebook. 

To learn more about the Japan Nature Journal Club, click here. 

Read Eriko’s blog post for International Nature Journaling Week: Why I Started a Nature Journal Club – Everything happens for a reason. 

Eriko created a short video answering the question ‘What does nature journaling mean to you?’ You can watch the video here. 

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