Junichi Takayasu (高安淳一, Takayasu Jun’ichi) (born 1963)[1] is a Japanese hemp rights advocate, considered "one of Japan’s leading experts on cannabis".
[2] He is the curator of the Taima Hakubutsukan (Cannabis Museum) in Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture, which he founded in 2001.
[3] He also organizes an annual tour to the legal farms around the museum, and a monthly workshop to teach cannabis fiber weavering.
[2] At age 3, Junichi Takayasu read a picture book with ninjas jumping over marijuana plants, which set his mind on becoming a cannabis grower later in his life.
[2] This Cannabis-related article is a stub.