Forestry Work Experience Festival in 90 seconds

※Note: This video features Japanese audio.
Japanese captions and English subtitles are available.

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Ambassador Introduction

  • Photos of Yoshio Kojima Day 1

    Yoshio Kojima

  • Photos of QuizKnock Day 2

    QuizKnock

Supporters will also join us! Photos of PG
Day 1

PG

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Fun for both children and adults

Content Guide

Experience forestry work experience activities, powerful heavy machinery displays, educational exhibits, gourmet food made with ingredients from Tokyo, stage performances, and much more.

Stage

Woody stage

Actual scene from the logging championship

The Logging Championship where forestry work professionals compete in skill. This stage features powerful competitions where you can experience precise and advanced chainsaw techniques up close through demonstrations of various events.

Audience watching the Performance Stage featuring large-diameter logs

This powerful stage show featuring forestry work professionals wielding large chainsaws.
Enjoy a variety of dynamic yet delicate techniques, such as felling standing trees and slicing large-diameter logs into cross-sections.

Wonder stage

Photo of the opening ceremony

Please come see the opening ceremony event featuring a variety of guest speakers and introductions of attractions that convey the appeal of forests and forestry work.

Photo of the Kids NATURE Stage

A song and dance performance of “The Earth’s Orchestra” (theme song from the anime “Latair the Earth”) by children. This stage, which also features the PG elementary and junior high school unit, fosters familiarity with forests, trees, and nature.

[Performers]
7th: PG
8th: Bunkei and Reo Tanie and Earth Saver

Photo of the Future Forest Design Stage

The first half features WWF Japan’s forest lesson, while the second half invites you to envision the “Future Forest” with EXPO2025 producer Director Shoji Kawamori.

[Presenters]
7th: Professor Hiroaki Miyata and WWF Japan Yosuke Amano
8th: Hayato Moriya, Representative Director of YAMABUSHI Co., Ltd. (Mr. Tokyo Forestry) and Kitokito Association Kanako Noguchi and WWF Japan Yosuke Amano

Photo of the Yoshio Kojima Special Stage

This stage for parents and children features popular entertainer Yoshio Kojima, who delivers fun routines and stories. It features a program that weaves learning about nature into laughter.
*Only on the 7th

Photo of the QuizKnock Special stage with people taking part in the Quiz Tournament

A quiz tournament with visitor interaction, where QuizKnock selects questions submitted by children. This stage uses smartphones to create “entertainment with learning” that everyone from children to adults can enjoy.
*Only on the 8th

Experiences

Photo of participants taking part in a log cutting experience

An experience booth where you cut logs with a hand saw. This popular content lets you feel the wood’s scent and warmth while experiencing the fun and satisfaction of forestry work.

Actual scene from the VR forestry experience

A forestry work VR experience booth. Safely simulate the experience of felling trees with a chainsaw and enjoy the powerful world of forestry work.

Photo of participants engaging in a Shiitake mushroom inoculation experience

An experience booth for planting shiitake mushrooms from Tokyo. Learn how shiitake mushrooms are cultivated and take some home as a souvenir.

Wooden playground photos

A plaza featuring logs and wooden stepping stones. A variety of other play equipment is also available, so please come and play.

Workshops

Photo of people participating in the Woodworking Workshop

A workshop booth using wood. This experience content lets you process wood yourself to create original wooden items with unique grain patterns.

Photo of participants in the ITONOKO Workshop

A crafting workshop where you cut out wood pieces using a scroll saw. Create original works with your own designs to take home.

Learning and
Exhibits

Photo of the Forestry Work Introduction Booth

Panel exhibits that introduce forests and forestry work in Tokyo. Learn about forestry work and forest functions through panel exhibits as well as experiments and experience corners, where you can see, touch, and have fun learning.

Photo of the Chainsaw Exhibition

An exhibit booth by chainsaw manufacturer.
Chainsaws and a variety of other equipment are exhibited, allowing you to actually touch real forestry work machinery.

Photo of a Processor with Performance Available

A high-performance forestry machine tree processor demonstrates delimbing and cross-cutting logs. This is a full-scale stage where you can experience the powerful operation of heavy machinery and advanced techniques up close.

Photo of a Forwarder with Performance Available

A forwarder, active in forestry work sites, is exhibited up close. This booth lets you experience the power of log transport and brings forestry work closer to you.

Photo of participants playing the Crab Crane Basketball Challenge

A basketball challenge using a spider crane. This unique experience booth can be enjoyed by both children and adults while learning about the mechanics of heavy machinery.

Photo of participants playing the Crab Crane Basketball Challenge

We are exhibiting the Sin Raptor II, an unmanned vehicle that fells and transports standing trees via remote control. Come see the latest high-performance heavy machinery that embodies smart forestry.

Food Trucks

Photo of TOKYO WASABI

A TOKYO WASABI food truck. Enjoy the flavors of Okutama with all five senses through special menus that highlight the aroma, spiciness, and sweetness of real wasabi.

Photo of Sunny Galette

A food truck specializing in buckwheat galettes and crepes. The galettes are made with 100% Shinshu buckwheat flour and cooked with fermented butter! They use sausages containing wild garlic shipped directly from Hokkaido. Pair them with cider selected by the sommelier owner!

Photo of Lasagna Italiana

Authentic lasagna made by an Italian chef. Enjoy freshly prepared lasagna made using experience gained working as a sous chef on a luxury cruise ship.

Photo of Farmers FOOD Tokyo “Maruhiru”

Offering healthy dishes full of vegetables that everyone from children to seniors can enjoy. These dishes are made using culinary experience gained from running a Japanese restaurant and vegetables from its own farm in Tokyo.

Photo of Baran

Offering fluffy, melt-in-your-mouth omelet rice made with fresh eggs.

Photo of Bear’s CAMP Café

A mobile camping-themed café offering Seattle-style coffee brewed with a La Cimbali espresso machine and original juices.

※Meal quantities are limited. We will close once supplies run out.

All 11 shops will be participating. Stay tuned!