Foundation overview | 一般財団法人史春森林財団

Officer composition

Councilor

Takue Uchida, Shigenori Tani, Satoshi Matsueda, Toshio Torii

director

Naoya Ikeda, Yasutaka Imai, Tomoyuki Sugano (Representative Director), Junichi Misshiba

auditor

Masaomi Tokuda

History

2009-2016 The late Tokiharu Okazaki purchased approximately 450 ha of forest in Hokkaido and Shizuoka prefecture.

2012 Established Fumiharu Forestry Co., Ltd.

2015 Tokiharu Okazaki passes away Fumieko Okazaki takes over

2017 Establishment of Fumiharu Forest Foundation General Incorporated Foundation

2022 Transfer of Okazaki family forest assets to foundation

Forest overview

(As of the end of 2022)

Hiroo Town, Hokkaido 118ha

Taiki Town, Hokkaido 260ha

Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture 65ha

By taking over forests that can no longer be managed by individuals or companies through donations from owners, and managing them to increase biodiversity, we will contribute to the restoration of rich ecosystems and the revitalization of local economies.

multilayer forest in "Seika no Mori"(Taiki Town)

A red spruce grows under the broad-leaved trees.

Larch forest and working road (Taiki Town)

We use the working path from the time of planting, repairing it each time we thin the trees. During the thinning interval, we aim to create a forest where you can enjoy the scenery as a walking path.

Line thinning of Sakhalin fir (Taiki Town)

Thin the trees along the planting rows where heavy machinery can enter. woody debris is also sold as biomass for fuel.

Skunk cabbage in the wetland (Taiki Town)

Scattered communities of hygrophytes are scattered in the spring-fed wetlands.

Production of Mizunara firewood (Taiki Town)

株立ちしたミズナラ林を間伐してシイタケ原木用榾木を生産・出荷。間伐後もミズナラ林としてさらに成長していきます。

Thinned logs piled up in a timber yard (Hiroo Town)

Longer straight timbers are used for plywood and construction materials.Short straight timbers for packaging materials.Bent timbers for pulp chips and sawdust.They are sorted according to their purpose and transported to their respective sales destinations.

Location environment of "Seika no Mori" (Taiki Town)

隣接する湧洞湖と太平洋を望みます。海岸と河口湿原に挟まれた丘状地形にあるのが生花の森です。立地特有の貴重種やタンチョウなどの大型鳥類の生息地、マガンなどの渡り鳥の渡来地にも隣接していて、多様な生態環境の一部を構成しています。

Wind-fallen birch tree (Hiroo Town)

The "bomb cyclone'' that hit in 2015 caused many large natural hardwood trees to fall. This incident also led to the introduction of a Bio dryer.

浦川の森のスギ・ヒノキ林（浜松市）

長期的に利用可能な道を整備し、主間伐組み合わせて森林構造を多様化していきます。