Back to Nature

May Back to Nature: Touch Rugby Report

27 May 2019

Date: May 25, 2019 Location: Tokyo University Participants: 16 campers, 8 LITs, 6 care workers, 15 volunteers, about 30 Rugby Coaches, 7 Mirai no Mori Staff Corporate Sponsor: Morgan Stanley Pro-bono Photographers: Gordon Media & Seiichi Yasui Program: Since Japan is hosting the 2019 Rugby World Cup, we decided to introduce rugby at the Mirai no Mori as well! Through rugby, the children learned to communicate better and experienced what it means to be part of a team

April Back to Nature: Easter & Boxing Report

16 April 2019

Date: April 13, 2019 Location: Mitake Participants: 30 campers, 8 LITs, 7 care workers, 14 volunteers, 4 partners, 8 MM Staff Corporate Sponsor: Robert Half Program: We hosted our first program in this school year where we cerebrated Easter and try Boxing, with the focus on “New Beginnings”

February Back to Nature: Fun in the Woods Report

18 February 2019

Date: February 16, 2019 Location: Takao Participants: 21 campers, 2 LITs, 6 care workers, 18 corporate volunteers, 4 Mirai no Mori Staff Partner: Morito Odoru This past weekend we were back in woods of Takao with our partners from Morito Odoru

February Back to Nature: Yukiita Snow Surfing Report

05 February 2019

Date: February 2-3, 2019 Location: Tsunan, Niigata Sponsor: KEEN Partner: English Adventure Participants: 33 campers, 7 care workers, 6 high school students, 4 sponsors, 12 Mirai no Mori staff and volunteers Program: This year, we went to Tsunan in Niigata, where is very famous for its heavy snowfall for our annual snow-surfing program with our long-term partner, KEEN

December Back to Nature: Christmas Special Report

20 December 2018

Date: Saturday, December 15th Location: Mitake Participants: 38 campers, 5 care workers, 3 LITs, 10 sponsors, 8 Mirai no Mori staff, 1 special guest, 7 KIWL santas Program:  For the last Back to Nature Program of 2018, as many as 70 people gathered around in Mitake under beautiful weather! We started off with some fun English games to get to know each other, and divided into teams to decorate the room, bake cookies, and write Christmas cards for KIWL santas! The decoration team did a great job making a beautiful Christmas tree, the cookie team baked huge cookies with the help of the special guest Sanober san, and the card team went outside and created special Christmas card using little branches

February Back to Nature Program 2: Fun in the Woods Program

Date: Saturday, February 16th Location: Takao Program: Campers will be a lumberjack and learn about trees and nature

February Back to Nature Program 1: Snow Surfing

26 November 2018

Date: Saturday, February 2nd ~ Sunday, February 3rd Location: TBA Program: Campers will go on a winter adventure trying "snow surfing"! Stay tuned for the location announcement for this exciting program!

December Back to Nature Program: Christmas Special

26 November 2018

Date: December 15th, 2018 Location: Mitake Program:  The last Back to Nature Program of 2018 is Christmas special! Come have fun at a fun and magical event that will warm your heart - we hope to see you there!    

November Back to Nature Program: Autumn Hiking Report

20 November 2018

Date: Saturday, November 17 Location: Mitake Participants: 26 campers, 9 care workers, 4 sponsors (BNP Paribas), 9 Mirai no Mori staff and volunteers Program: This month's Back to Nature Program was a hiking under beautiful autumn leaves in Mitake! Campers challenged themselves for a round trip of 6km-long, 700m-high hike

October Back to Nature: Nature Art & Wood Workshop Report

16 October 2018

Location: Mitake Date: October 13th, 2018 Participants: 21 campers, 1 LITs, 11 sponsers (from Morgan Stanley), 2 wood workshop partners, 8 Mirai no Mori sraff, 2 guests Program:  This month's Back to Nature Program was nature art & wood workshop! In the morning, everyone gathered at Mitake station, and walked together to the community center for orientation and group making

September Back to Nature: Rafting Report

14 September 2018

Location: Mitake Date: September 8, 2018 Participants: 21 campers, 3 LITs, 6 care workers, 4 volunteers, 8 Mirai no Mori Staff Sponsor: PERSOL CAREER  Program: It's the season of annual rafting adventure with MITAKE RACERAFTING ! Everyone gathered around with full energy for the first program after Summer Camp 2018, and along with the theme of the day "Teamwork" and "Courage," we made up groups for the activities

July Back to Nature: Fun in the Woods Report

10 July 2018

Location: Mount Takao Date: July 7, 2018 Participants: 9 campers, 4 LITs, 3 care workers, 16 volunteers, 8 staff Program:  Another successful Back to Nature! Due to predicted rain last Saturday, we lost a large portion of our group