［Lumberjack Activity Report #5］ This lumberjack activity lets us experience how thinned wood from Tenryu Forest is processed and utilized in our office. We will see firsthand how logs from the forest are transformed into wooden products—becoming companions in our daily work. March 16, 2022In Kicoro Forest, Tenryu Ward, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, we carried out collection work using a small timber transporter. The …

［Lumberjack Activity Report #4］ Visiting the Tenryu Forest with Over 300 Years of History On November 12, 2021, our lumberjack team visited the Suzuki family forest in Tenryu Ward, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture—a forest that has been carefully maintained for over 300 years. Managed by the 12th-generation head, Masayuki Suzuki, it forms a stunning landscape worthy of the name “Tenryu Beautiful Forest.” In the …

［Lumberjack Activity Report #3］ On July 16, 2021, we carried out work to build a path for transporting trees in Kicoro Forest, Tenryu Ward, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture. Building a Path by Hand In this lumberjack activity, we challenged ourselves to create a path using only pickaxes and mattocks—experiencing the wisdom of our predecessors firsthand. We split into teams for digging, carrying earth, and …

［Lumberjack Activity Report #2］ Four months after our first lumberjack experience, we returned to meet Maeda san, the lumberjack, in Kicoro Forest, Tenryu Ward, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture. This time, we carried the cedar trees we had cut down ourselves, following the traditions of those who came before us, and sawed them into boards. The experience was exciting and full of new discoveries—almost as …

［Lumberjack Activity Report #1］ Located in the central region of Honshu, Japan in Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Tenryu Ward is a major forestry area, with about 90% of its area covered in forest, 80% of which are artificial forest. Known as one of Japan’s three great artificial forests, the “Tenryu Beautiful Forest” boasts a history of 500 years. This time, we visited Tsuyoshi Maeda, who …