Date: Thursday, May 29, 2025 - Sunday, June 1, 2025Place: KanazawaParticipants: 44 KIWL riders, 7 support crew, 3 WildTame video crew, 5 graduates, 1 Mirai no Mori staff The 2025 Knights in White Lycra (KIWL) Charity Ride brought together 44 riders, 7 support crew, and a shared mission to cycle over 100 kilometers per day in Ishikawa prefecture to raise funds for Mirai no Mori
This month's Back to Nature program was a Kikori program in Takao
Date: Sunday, May 25, 2025Place: Takao, TokyoParticipants: 16 campers, 2 LITs, 7 care worker, 12 Mirai no Mori staff, 6 sponsorsSponsor: Freudenberg Group Last Sunday in Takao began with damp trails and misty trees after a rainy evening, but that didn’t stop our group of eager participants from gearing up for a full day in the forest for our Kikori program
March and April were two warm spring months filled with graduations, new beginnings, and heartfelt reunions
This year's LIT program started with an orientation and a goal-setting workshop
Date: April 26, 2025Place: Mitake, TokyoParticipants: 6 graduates, 5 Mirai no Mori staff, 29 KIWL ridersPartner: KIWLIn-Kind Donor: YUMMCUPCAKERY On a beautiful Saturday in Mitake, we welcomed the Knights in White Lycra (KIWL) riders for a special barbecue ahead of their upcoming 4-day charity cycle ride, happening from May 29th to June 1st
Date: April 20, 2025Place: Sawai, TokyoParticipants: 4 campers, 3 LITs, 2 care worker, 9 Mirai no Mori staff, 3 sponsorsSponsor: Avery Dennison This year’s Back to Nature Easter Game Day program landed perfectly on Easter Sunday
Date: April 19, 2025Place: Sawai, TokyoParticipants: 33 campers, 3 LITs, 8 care workers, 13 Mirai no Mori staff, 2 sponsorsSponsor: Adobe Last weekend, we kicked off this year’s Back to Nature program cycle with Easter Game Day under clear skies, warm sunshine, and blooming colors all around
Date: April 4-5, 2025Location: TokyoParticipants: 296 walkers, 2 LIT, 6 graduates, 2 volunteers, 12 Mirai no Mori staff/internsSponsors: KIWL, Robert HalfPro-bono Photographers: Moodley Nayalan, Francisco Aceituno, Gordon Davis, Zoe Lee Sunshine and blooming sakura trees welcomed us at the 2025 Imperial Palace Charity Walk- our annual event hosted in partnership with the Knights in White Lycra
Columbia Sportswear, an outdoor clothing and footwear maker, has been a continuous supporter of Mirai no Mori for the past few years
Date: March 17, 2025Place: Tokyo, JapanParticipants: 5 graduates, 3 graduating LITs, 2 Mirai no Mori staff, 20+ sponsor volunteers Morgan Stanley, an ongoing supporter of Mirai no Mori, offered us the opportunity to conduct a goal-setting workshop as we approach the end of the school year and the start of a new chapter for graduates and graduating LITs
Date: March 26, 2025Place: Shinagawa, TokyoParticipants: 4 LITs, 4 graduates, 2 Mirai no Mori staff, 5 sponsor volunteers Adobe is a world leader in digitalization software, particularly in creative and documentation software