Date: Sunday, November 16, 2025Place: Takao, TokyoParticipants: 7 campers, 4 care workers, 7 Mirai no Mori staff, 6 sponsors Sponsor: OracleProgram Partner: Mori to Odoru The outdoors is one of the three core tools we build our programs on, and Kikori, forestry experience is a unique opportunity that Mirai no Mori brings to the children we support, offering challenges and hands-on learning
Date: Saturday, November 15, 2025Place: Takao, TokyoParticipants: 27 campers, 6 care workers, 11 Mirai no Mori staff, 6 sponsors Sponsor: IHG Hotels & ResortsProgram Partner: Mori to Odoru Last Saturday in Takao, around 30 campers joined our Autumn Kikori Program, a hands-on activity in the forest, surrounded by shades of yellow, orange and red
Date: November 18, 2024Place: TokyoParticipants: Around 20 campers, 1 LIT, 1 graduate, 8 Mirai no Mori staff, 7 sponsorsSponsor: KEEN Kicking off the festive season, we hosted a special Christmas care home visit with KEEN that has supported our programs for many years as a sponsor, partner and advocate
Date: November 9, 2025Location: Futako Tamagawa, TokyoParticipants: 137 runners, 1 LIT, 4 graduates, 3 volunteers, 14 Mirai no Mori staff/internsPartners: Eco Marathon, KIWL, Ai Sakura, Patrick AchachePhotographers: Satoshi Aoki, Mario Elfadi (WildTame), Hope Davison (WildTame) This autumn, 137 participants of all ages and backgrounds came together in Futakotamagawa for our annual Charity Run, an active and inspiring day that raised an outstanding 1,024,000 yen for Mirai no Mori’s programs
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