Blogs

2025 July Back to Nature: Boxing Report with Robert Half

16 July 2025

Date: July 13 , 2025Place: Sawai, TokyoParticipants: 18 campers, 2 LIT,  6 care workers, 10 Mirai no Mori staff, 6 sponsorsSponsor: Robert HalfPartner: Hiroyuki Sakamoto, Yoshihiro Ito Last Sunday, Mirai no Mori welcomed back a special program that hadn’t happened since 2019: our Back to Nature Boxing Program! Campers from four care homes gathered in Sawai for a program that tested their physical and mental strengths, in an environment where they feel supported

2025 Special Care Home Visit with Morgan Stanley

07 July 2025

Date: June 19, 2025Place: TokyoParticipants:  About 15 campers, 1 LIT, 1 graduate, 9 Mirai no Mori staff, 18 sponsorsSponsor: Morgan Stanley As part of an ongoing partnership, we recently visited a care home in Tokyo with Morgan Stanley, whose employees had the rare chance to see where the children’s daily life takes place and to connect with them in a comfortable setting

2025 May & June Graduate Program Report

01 July 2025

May and June were two months full of meaningful connections with long-time sponsors and supporters of Mirai no Mori: Knights in White Lycra (KIWL) and Morgan Stanley

2025 KIWL Post Ride Party

27 June 2025

We’re excited to invite you to the KIWL & Mirai no Mori Post-Ride Party, a special evening to celebrate everyone's amazing efforts, reconnect with fellow riders, and share the KIWL spirit with friends, family, and sponsors

2025 Awareness Talk with Morgan Stanley

27 June 2025

Date: June 20, 2025Place: TokyoParticipants: 2 graduates, 2 Mirai no Mori staffPartner: Morgan Stanley Last week, we had the privilege of holding our 4th awareness talk at Morgan Stanley, one of our long-time sponsors

2025 Leader in Training program report: June

25 June 2025

This month’s Back to Nature Program was a weekend full of creativity and teamwork

2025 June Back to Nature: Crafts Report with Oracle

24 June 2025

Date: June 21, 2025Place: Mitake, TokyoParticipants:  25 campers, 3 LIT,  10 care workers, 13 Mirai no Mori staff, 10 sponsorsSponsor: Oracle This June, we returned to the beautiful riverside of Mitake for our June Back to Nature program

2025 June Back to Nature: Crafts Report with FedEx Express

24 June 2025

Date: June 22, 2025Place: Mitake, TokyoParticipants:  6 campers, 2 LIT, 4 care workers, 9 Mirai no Mori staff, 7 sponsorsSponsor: FedEx Express The June Crafts program is designed to spark creativity both indoors and out

KIWL Charity Ride 2025 Report

04 June 2025

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

2025 Leader in Training program report: May

03 June 2025

This month's Back to Nature program was a Kikori program in Takao

2025 May Back to Nature: Kikori Report with Morgan Stanley

28 May 2025

Date: Saturday, May 24, 2025Place: Takao, TokyoParticipants:  15 campers, 2 LITs, 4 care worker, 12 Mirai no Mori staff, 13 sponsorsSponsor: Morgan Stanley Saturday marked the first Kikori Back to Nature Program of the year

2025 May Back to Nature: Kikori Report with Freudenberg Group

27 May 2025

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