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If you're interested in volunteering to contribute to forests, mountains, and nature, and would like to get outdoors and do some hands-on work, this event is for you! 🌳✚

Join us in Ogawamachi, Saitama, about one hour from Ikebukuro, Tokyo, and help us restore an abandoned forest and create a comfortable, welcoming space!

We're currently working on an elevated wooden deck, as well as building bamboo handrails and a firewood rack, clearing and maintaining the area, and collecting firewood and other materials for campfires.

The exact work for the day hasn't been decided yet. We'll talk with the locals who are working with us on this project, find things that each of us can do, and work together to move the project forward.

No special knowledge or outdoor work experience is necessary. Everyone is welcome! There are also simple but important jobs like carrying materials, so having more helping hands makes a big difference.

Working in the forest is also great exercise, and the top of the work area is a sunny, open space where you can enjoy being surrounded by nature. 🌳☀

On this day, we'll reuse branches and wood collected while clearing the forest as firewood, and our American friend is planning to make BBQ hamburgers for us! 😋🍔

Whether you're interested in nature and the environment, want to get some exercise outdoors, are interested in forest volunteering, or simply want to meet other nature lovers, everyone is welcome! We hope you'll join us! 😊

■ Location & Time
・Meeting point: Ogawamachi Station on the Tobu Tojo Line in Saitama Prefecture
※ Please note: This is Ogawamachi in Saitama, not Ogawamachi in Tokyo.
・Meeting time: At 9:15 AM. Please take a train that arrives at Ogawamachi Station at 9:07 AM. We plan to return to Ogawamachi Station around 4:00 PM.
・From the station, we'll walk for about 30 minutes along a countryside road surrounded by mountains to the forest we're working to restore.
・Please buy anything you need and use the restroom before meeting us. There is also a restroom near the forest.
・Please note that we won't be able to wait if you arrive late.
※ If you're running late, don't worry. We'll send you a Google Maps link so you can make your own way to the forest.

■ Participation Fee
・¥1,000 (Includes insurance, a BBQ hamburger, drinking water for refills, etc.)
・Payment is required in advance. You can pay by PayPay, Rakuten Pay, or bank transfer. If you prefer another payment method, please let us know.
※ If you can't eat the hamburger, the fee will be ¥500 for insurance only.

■ What to Bring
・Drinks
・Snacks, if needed. We'll provide a hamburger, but please bring some extra food if you think you'll need more.
※ We'll provide work gloves.

■ What to Wear
・Clothes and shoes that you don't mind getting dirty. Hiking shoes are recommended, but some people also come in sneakers.
・Hat

■ Registration Deadline & Confirmation
✅ Registration deadline: 7 days before the event, Sunday, September 6.
✅ After you sign up, we'll send you a confirmation message with payment instructions. Your spot will be confirmed once we receive your payment.
✅ We're planning for around 10–15 participants. Spots will be confirmed on a first-paid, first-served basis.
※ Even after the registration deadline, spots may become available due to cancellations, so feel free to message us if you'd still like to join.

■ Cancellation Policy
・4 to 2 days before the event: 50% cancellation fee
・1 day before or on the day of the event: 100% cancellation fee
※ If we need to cancel the event due to a typhoon or other severe weather, you will receive a full refund.

~ About This Project ~
Over 70% of Japan is covered by mountains and forests, but many forests are no longer actively managed. In the past, forests were closely connected to everyday life and were used for firewood, compost, building materials, and many other purposes. As lifestyles changed and imported resources, fossil fuels, and chemical fertilizers became more common, many forests gradually lost their role in people's daily lives.

Since 2020, we've been working little by little to restore and revitalize this forest and give it new value as a place where people can relax, connect with nature, and meet others.

The project started with just one person, but through our volunteer events, more people have joined us and we've made great progress together. We started by clearing areas that had become difficult to enter because of fallen trees, overgrown vegetation, and bamboo grass. Since then, we've built log stairs, bamboo handrails along the slopes and even created an elevated wooden deck in a sunny, open area of the forest.

There's still plenty more we can do. We want to continue developing the forest into a place where more people can visit, relax, enjoy nature, try new things, and connect with others. We don't have a fixed vision for everything yet. Part of the fun is thinking together about what this forest could become.

We also believe that protecting and maintaining nature needs to be economically sustainable. Caring for a forest takes time, effort, and money, so we're exploring ways to create both environmental and economic value that can help keep the project going for the long term.

Our members are mostly people who love nature, enjoy learning new things, and are open to meeting new people. It's always a pleasure to meet people who share similar interests. About half of our participants are returning members and half are first-time visitors, so you'll always find both familiar faces and newcomers. Whether you come alone or with friends, you'll be warmly welcomed.

Our organizers speak both English and Japanese, so there's no need to worry about the language barrier.

We look forward to restoring the forest, sharing ideas, and enjoying nature with you!
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もし森や山などの自然に貢献するボランティア掻動に興味があり、実際に自然の䞭で䜓を動かしお䜜業をしおみたい方には、このむベントはピッタリです🌳✚
東京・池袋から玄1時間、埌玉県小川町にある荒廃した森を再生し、心地よい堎所を䜜るプロゞェクトに、ぜひご参加ください

珟圚、空䞭りッドデッキの制䜜に取り組んでいお、竹の手すり䜜りや、薪棚䜜り、堎所の敎備や薪・焚き火の材料集めなどを行っおいたす。

この日の䜜業内容は明確には決たっおいたせんが、このプロゞェクトを䞀緒に進めおいる地元の方ず話しながら、それぞれができるこずを芋぀けお、䞀緒に䜜業を進めおいきたす。
専門知識がない方や、倖での䜜業に慣れおいない方も倧歓迎です資材の運搬など人手が必芁な䜜業もあるので、参加しおいただけるだけでもずおも助かりたす。

森での䜜業はずおも良い運動になりたすし、䜜業堎所の頂䞊は日圓たりが良く、ずおも気持ちの良い堎所です🌳☀

この日は、森の敎備で集めた枝や朚を薪ずしお再利甚し、アメリカ人の友人がBBQでハンバヌガヌを䜜っおくれる予定です😋🍔

自然や環境に興味のある方、自然の䞭で䜓を動かしたい方、森でのボランティア掻動に興味のある方、自然奜きな人ずの新しい出䌚いを求めおいる方など、どんな方でも倧歓迎ですぜひご参加ください😊

■ 日時ず堎所
・堎所埌玉県、東歊東䞊線の小川町駅にお集合。 ※泚意東京の小川町ではなく埌玉県の小川町です。
・時間: 9:15集合9:07に小川町到着の電車に乗車ください
・16:00頃小川町駅にお解散予定。
・駅から山に囲たれた自然豊かな道を歩いお、玄30分のずころに私たちが再生に取り組んでいる森がありたす。
・必芁な物の賌入やトむレは事前に枈たせお集合ください。トむレは森の近くにもありたす
・遅れお到着された堎合はお埅ちできたせんので、ご泚意ください。
※遅れる堎合は、森たでのGoogle Mapリンクをお送りしたすのでご安心ください。

■ 参加費
・1,000円保険料・ハンバヌガヌ・絊氎甚の氎など蟌み。
・事前支払いになりたすPayPayや楜倩ペむ、銀行振り蟌み。その他の方法をご垌望の方はご盞談ください。
*ハンバヌガヌを食べられない方は、保険料の500円ずさせおいただきたす。

■ 持ち物
・飲み物
・軜食ハンバヌガヌはご甚意したすが、足りないず思われる堎合、远加の軜食をご甚意ください
*軍手はこちらで甚意したす。

◌服装
・汚れおも良い服・靎ハむキングシュヌズが歩きやすいですが、スニヌカヌで来られる方もいたす
・垜子

■申し蟌み締切&確定期日
✅ 7日前9月6日日曜日
✅ 参加申し蟌みいただいた埌に、お支払い方法をメッセヌゞでお送りしたすのでご確認ください。お支払い完了をもっお参加確定ずなりたす。
✅ 参加人数は10〜15名ほどで、お支払いをいただいた先着順ずなりたす。
※申し蟌み期限を過ぎた堎合でも、キャンセルなどで枠が空くこずもあるので、参加垌望の方はメッセヌゞをください。

■キャンセルポリシヌ
・4日前〜2日前たで50
・1日前・圓日100
*台颚などにより䞭止ずなった堎合は、100%返金いたしたす。

〜 この森プロゞェクトに぀いお 〜
日本の囜土の7割以䞊は山林が占めおいたすが、その倚くが珟代では䜿われなくなり、管理されなくなっおいたす。

か぀お森は人々の暮らしず密接に぀ながっおおり、薪や堆肥、建築材など、さたざたな甚途に掻甚されおいたした。しかし、生掻様匏の倉化ずずもに、化石燃料や化孊肥料、茞入資源などが広く䜿われるようになり、森は少しず぀人々の生掻の䞭での圹割を倱っおいきたした。

私たちは2020幎から、この森を少しず぀敎備し、自然の䞭でリラックスしたり、人ず亀流したりできる堎所ずしお、新たな䟡倀を生み出すための掻動を続けおいたす。

このプロゞェクトは、最初はたった䞀人から始たりたした。その埌、ボランティアむベントを通しお少しず぀仲間が増え、みんなで協力しながら敎備を進めおきたした。

圓初は、倒朚や生い茂った草朚、笹などによっお人が入りにくくなっおいた堎所を敎備するずころからスタヌトしたした。その埌、䞞倪の階段や斜面沿いの竹の手すりを䜜り、珟圚は日圓たりの良い開けた堎所に空䞭りッドデッキを䜜っおいたす。

ただただ、この森でできるこずはたくさんありたす。これからも、より倚くの人が蚪れ、リラックスしたり、自然を楜しんだり、新しいこずに挑戊したり、人ず぀ながったりできる堎所にしおいきたいず考えおいたす。

ただすべおの完成圢が決たっおいるわけではありたせん。「この森をどんな堎所にしおいけるだろう」ず、みんなでアむデアを出しながら䜜っおいくこずも、このプロゞェクトの楜しさの䞀぀です。

たた、自然を守り、維持しおいくためには、経枈的にも持続可胜であるこずが倧切だず考えおいたす。森の敎備には時間も劎力もお金もかかるため、環境的な䟡倀だけでなく経枈的な䟡倀も生み出し、長く掻動を続けおいける方法を暡玢しおいたす。

参加者は、自然が奜きな方、新しいこずを孊んだり䜓隓したりするのが奜きな方、新しい人ずの出䌚いを楜しみたい方が䞭心です。同じような興味を持぀方々ず出䌚えるこずも、この掻動の魅力の䞀぀です。

参加者の玄半分はリピヌタヌ、半分は初参加の方なので、い぀も顔なじみの方ず新しい方の䞡方が参加しおいたす。䞀人での参加も、友人ずの参加も倧歓迎です

䞻催者は日本語ず英語の䞡方を話すので、蚀葉の心配もありたせん。

自然奜きな人たちず䞀緒に、森を再生し、アむデアを共有しながら自然を楜しみたしょう
皆さんのご参加をお埅ちしおいたす😊

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