Date: Sunday, May 24th, 2026Place: Takao, TokyoParticipants: 25 campers, 3 LITs, 12 care workers, 11 Mirai no Mori staff, 2 sponsorsVolunteers from: Datadog As the morning rain brought a refreshing coolness to the forest, we welcomed 25 campers for a Sunday Kikori (lumberjack) program in Takao
Date: Thursday, May 28, 2026 - Sunday, May 31, 2026Place: Shiga, Mie, Wakayama, OsakaParticipants: 40 KIWL riders, 6 support crew, 3 Wild Tame video crew, 4 graduates, 2 Mirai no Mori staff We are incredibly honored to have been chosen as the charity partner of the KIWL Charity Ride for the 7th time this year
Date: Saturday, May 23rd, 2026Place: Takao, TokyoParticipants: 22 campers, 3 LITs, 11 care workers, 16 Mirai no Mori staff, 12 sponsorsSponsor: Morgan Stanley This May, our Kikori (Lumberjack) Program brought together 22 eager campers from five different care homes, including many elementary school students who experienced a day filled with exciting "firsts", for a day of outdoor exploration and teamwork in Takao
Last weekend, three of our Leaders in Training (LITs) headed to Takao as members of the behind-the-scenes support team for our Kikori program, which featured a hands-on bamboo cutting activity
Date: May 19, 2026Place: TokyoParticipants: 1 graduate, 2 Mirai no Mori staffSponsor: Morgan Stanley This May, we had the great pleasure of hosting our 6th Awareness Talk with Morgan Stanley, one of our top sponsors and dedicated partners
Date: April 24-25, 2026Location: TokyoParticipants: 204 walkers, 3 LIT, 8 graduates, 6 volunteers, 5 Mirai no Mori staffSponsors: Patrick Achache, Build+, Wild Tame, KEENPro-bono Photographers: Mario Elfadi, Hope Davison, Moodley Nayalan, Victor Queiroz April in Japan is a season of fresh starts, and it marks a defining time for our campers entering a new grade, LITs stepping into high school, and graduates beginning university or their first job
March and April were months of joyful reunions and new challenges, strengthening the connections within our Mirai no Mori community
Date: Sunday, April 19, 2026Place: Sawai, TokyoParticipants: 8 campers, 3 LITs, 3 care workers, 11 Mirai no Mori staffSponsor: AdobeIn-kind Donor: Costco The arrival of spring in Japan brings the excitement of a new school year, in addition to Mirai no Mori’s first Back to Nature program of the 2026 cycle
Our first Back to Nature Program with the campers this year featured an Easter theme, with a few thinking games and plenty of running around outdoors
Date: Saturday, April 18, 2026Place: Sawai, TokyoParticipants: 27 campers, 3 LITs, 9 care workers, 15 Mirai no Mori staff, 4 sponsorsSponsor: Avery DennisonIn-kind Donor: Costco Last weekend, we were thrilled to kick off our first one-day weekend program of the new school year in Sawai with our Easter Game Day program
We were given the opportunity to visit the ANA InterContinental Tokyo in Akasaka, operated by IHG Hotels & Resorts, a strong supporter of Mirai no Mori, and four LIT participants and four graduates joined the program
Last month, we had the incredible opportunity to host a film screening and interview session at Morgan Stanley with a Mirai no Mori graduate who recently directed a film inspired by her experiences growing up in a care home from a young age