Journey to revitalizing a forest in Japan
EventThis time, I held an event to do some hiking and relax in the forest over organic coffee and roasted marshmallows on a mini bonfire! We got 16 participants from Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Vietnam, England, and the United States. I got the coffee from a local takeout organic coffee shop. The coffee is...
EventIn the past blog, I wrote that we needed to come up with ways to utilize forests that fit with modern times to maintain healthy forests.As part of the efforts, I held an International Exchange Hiking Event. In Ogawa Town, where I live now, there are mountains called Kannokurayama（官ノ倉山）and Sekisonsan（石尊山）. The elevation of the mountains...
ForestThe best season to mow in the forest has come again! But we don’t need to be so afraid of the hard work because Mr. Nakanishi, that Riding Lawn Mower man came to help me again this year! This is the 3d year for me to mow in this season.Although the bamboo grasses keep growing...
ForestI made a flat area in the forest where we can have a BBQ, and so on, and just had a trial BBQ with some of my friends. It always tastes better to eat outside, but having a BBQ in the forest was just awesome! I made some good friends who help me with the...
ForestI got Mr. Nakanishi to help me to cut the grass in the forest this day. He is one of the friends I made during the training on forestry for 40 days organized by Saitama prefecture. He used to live in Saitama city, the biggest city in Saitama prefecture, but moved to Higashi-Chichibu village, the...
ForestThe forest that I’m maintaining now used to be used to cut the trees for charcoal or plant the trees for building timber. People in Japan lived together with the forests or mountains making good use of them. Nowadays we don’t have a lot of needs for charcoal or building timber any more however, and...
ForestI started cutting these bamboo grasses in the forest last year. They keep growing back again and again every summer after getting cut down using their energy stored in their underground stems. But it obviously seemed like their energy is decreasing with the smaller height of the grasses this year. I’ll cut them down this...
ForestThere are many forest scraps left in the forest, which is making the forest messy and keeping people away from the forest. This is one of the things we need to deal with. Small woods and branches are easy to move, but there are some big ones that are too heavy to move.We need to...
ForestI just finished the training on forestry for 40 days organized by Saitama prefecture. It was held on weekends and public holidays over 5 months, and it was quite tough to attend it while I was working on week days, but it was definitely worth it. I learned forestry in Japan and forest management as...
ForestI’ve started maintaining an abandoned forest near my house. I don’t know how many years has past since this forest got abandoned. What is troublesome is this bamboo grasses. They’re very fertile, and spread out widely suppressing other plans. We need to cut them down otherwise it will get difficult for us to get in...
