September and October marked the start of the busy autumn season for Mirai no Mori program graduates! Graduates at various stages of their lives returned to the community, each engaging in different ways and embracing new challenges
Date: October 12, 2025Place: Mitake, TokyoParticipants: 28 campers, 10 care workers, 10 Mirai no Mori staff, 13 sponsors Sponsor: FedEx The ideal weather between summer and fall set the stage for our Back to Nature Hiking Program in Mitake
Date: October 11, 2025Place: Hachioji, TokyoParticipants: 27 campers, 10 care workers, 6 Mirai no Mori staff, 6 sponsors Sponsor: Avery DennisonProgram Partner: Isonuma Farm Kicking off our fall Back to Nature programs, around 30 children from four different care homes joined our Dairy Farm Program last weekend, in collaboration with Isonuma Farm and sponsored by Avery Dennison
Date: September 25, 2025Place: Osaka, Tokyo, Beppu, Okinawa & SapporoParticipants: 2 Mirai no Mori staff, 350+ sponsorsSponsor: IHG Hotels & Resorts We were honored to be selected as the charity partner for this year’s IHG Hotels & Resorts Charity Walk-a-thon, held during their Giving for Good Month in Japan
Thanks to the support of many people, we were able to hold our annual rafting program for graduates and LITs, this time including two workshops
September’s Back to Nature program was rafting, one of the campers’ all-time favorites
Date: August 30 & 31, September 6 & 7, 2025Place: Mitake, TokyoParticipants: 62 campers, 3 LITs, 22 care workers, 22 Mirai no Mori staff, 13 sponsors (4 days in total)Sponsor: Knights in White LycraProgram Partner: Mitake Race Rafting As summer draws to a close, campers from 7 care homes had the chance to wrap up their vacation with a rafting adventure over two full weekends
Continuing from last year, the members of Michael Page kindly hosted a communication workshop, with 2 Leaders In Training (LIT) and 5 graduates participating
Date: September 30, 2025Place: TokyoParticipants: 3 Mirai no Mori staff, 11 sponsorsSponsor: Promat Japan We had the pleasure to welcome a group of 11 employees from Promat, part of Etex Group, to our office in Tokyo
KEEN, a long-time supporter of Mirai no Mori, gave one of our LITs (high school students) the opportunity to experience working at one of their stores through an internship
The annual 500:5000 Challenge supported by volunteers from the Knights in White Lycra (KIWL) and elsewhere, takes place from October 1st-31st each year, with participants challenged to ride at least 500km and/or climb 5,000 meters of elevation during the month
Location: Miyagi PrefectureParticipants: 89 campers, 4 LITs, 4 graduates, 33 care workers, 19 camp volunteers and staff (3 sessions total)Dates: Session 1: August 3-7 / Session 2: August 10-14 / Session 3: August 17-21In-kind donations: Costco, Coleman, QUIPMENT JAPAN, Blue Owl Capital, SANKOFA Another impactful summer in the books! The 2025 Summer Camp welcomed around 90 campers from 9 care homes for five days of outdoor adventure, and growth