Summer Camp

2023 Summer Camp Report

30 August 2023

Location: Miyagi PrefectureParticipants: 85 campers, 9 LITs, 23 care workers, 20 camp volunteers and staff (3 sessions total)Dates: Session 1: August 6-10 / Session 2: August 13-17 / Session 3: August 20-24In-kind donations: KEEN, Costco, Wholesum Japan, SANOKFA In the summer of 2023, for the first time in 4 years, we were able to offer 3 sessions of 4-night/5-day summer camp with multiple care homes! The 5 days were full of learning opportunities for each of the campers who participated

2022 Summer Program Report

31 August 2022

Location: Kanagawa and Tokyo Participants: (3 days total) 22 campers, 5 LITs, 6 care home staff, 10 staff Date: August 17, 18, 19 2022　*All days are day trips We held day-trip-programs for 3 care homes that requested them, at parks near the care homes and on the riverbanks of Mitake

2022 Summer Camp Report

31 August 2022

Location: Miyagi Prefecture Participants: 29 campers, 7 leader trainees, 7 care home staff, 9 volunteers and staff (2 sessions total) Dates: Session 1: August 1-4 / Session 2: August 5- 8 In-kind donations: KEEN, Colombia, Wholesum Japan, Costco In August, we were able to hold shorter overnight summer camps for 2 care homes that requested them

2021 Summer Day Program Report

25 August 2021

Location: Tokyo and Chiba Participants: 66 campers, 5 LITs, 20 care workers, and 6 MM staff  Date: August 5, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17 (All one-day programs) We have decided to cancel our regular summer program again this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic

2020 Summer Day Program Report

27 August 2020

Location: Mitake & Takao in Tokyo Participants: 86 campers, 4 LITs, 31 care workers, and 8 MM staff & volunteers Date: August 3-7, 10-12 (All one-day programs) As an alternative to our usual sleep-away Summer Camps, we hosted Summer Day Programs in Tokyo in early August

2020 July Back to Nature: KIKORI Program Report

31 July 2020

Date: Saturday, July 4thLocation: TakaoParticipants: 14 campers, 3 care workers, 3 LITs, 7 Mirai no Mori staff While things are not the way it was half-a-year ago, Mirai no Mori has gradually resumed our programs while adhering to our best practice safety guidelines

Update on 2020 Summer Programs

01 July 2020

Dear Supporters, We hope you and your loved ones are safe and healthy

Join us at Charity Premium New Zealand Wine Tasting

03 October 2019

Rangitoto Tokyo​ in Ochanomizu is generously hosting a guided tasting of premium New Zealand wine with Certified Sommelier Wayne Shennen on Tuesday, October 29th at 7:30pm

Voices from Summer Camp 2019

By first time camper (grade 3) Thank you Mirai no Mori

Summer Camp 2019 Report - We did it!

20 August 2019

Location: Miyagi Prefecture Participants: 91 campers, 8 LITs, 29 care workers, and 17 MM staff & volunteers Date: Session 1: July 29th - August 2nd, Session 2: August 5th - 9th, Session 3: August 12th - 16th The 2019 Mirai no Mori Summer Camp is over, but certainly not forgotten

Summer Camp Survey Results

10 May 2019

【#1 "What was the most fun thing at the camp?"】 By far, campers most enjoyed the full day stream hike

23 Days in the Woods

03 March 2019

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived