Hoshino Community Base The Wild Bird Forest Maintenance Team: Getting familiar with the forest and maintaining it togetherEvent period 2026/3/13

The Karuizawa Wild Bird Sanctuary is a beloved national park where anyone can easily interact with nature. In order to keep this familiar forest healthy, the Karuizawa volunteer group Acorn Movement, of which Picchio is also a member, carries out regular forest maintenance work based on the Forest of Interaction agreement.

Would you like to join us in working hard to preserve this precious forest for the future? Picchio staff will take the lead in clearing the undergrowth. Let's share the joy of shaping the forest with our own hands and cultivate a pleasant forest together.

Hoshino Community Base Gathering: Connecting with the Forest through Care

This activity is part of the Hoshino Community Base, which has the theme of "Enriching Life in Karuizawa." Based at the base of Mount Asama, we aim to create a place like a "base" where participants can connect with each other.

Based on the idea that "maintaining the forest brings people closer to it," we plan to hold this event four times this year. By continuing to get involved, we are sure that the landscape of yesterday will transform into a "place of attachment" that people can protect with their own hands.

In between work, Picchio staff members will teach you how to enjoy nature throughout the seasons. You will gain more knowledge about the forest, and before you know it, you will have made many new friends. Let's work together to create a community that will make your daily life a little more enjoyable.

If you have your own pruning shears or secateurs, please bring them along (they are available for loan). Share the refreshing sense of accomplishment of trimming the forest with your own hands.

Date

2026/3/13 (Friday) 13:30-16:00
Also scheduled for mid-April, June, and October

Capacity

6 people
*Children of elementary school age and above can accompany you.

Applications

Advance reservation system
*Until 10am on the day

Meeting Place

Picchio Visitor Center

Entry fee

Free

clothing

It is recommended to wear boots. Also, because there are thorns and other thorns, we recommend wearing work clothes (long sleeves and long pants), preferably clothes that you don't mind getting torn.

Belongings

Work gloves such as leather gloves (we do not recommend cotton gloves as they can easily get caught on thorns), and drinks.
Tools will be provided, but if you have a pruning saw or other tool you are comfortable using, please bring it with you.

Visit reservation

What is “Hoshino Community Base”?
We hold courses, workshops, and events with the theme of "enriching your life in Karuizawa" for people who live in Karuizawa and its surrounding areas.
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