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OKUDAISEN How can we live in harmony with nature? Oku Daisen will show you the way

Together, We Create a Book of Resonance A book made together with all of “you” who sympathize with A way of thinking of living in harmony with nature “Oku Daisen: The Realism of Living in Harmony with Nature” Inaugural Issue Project Crowdfunding runs from October 15 to November 30, 2025 (current schedule)Together, We Create a Book of Resonance A book made together with all of “you” who sympathize with A way of thinking of living in harmony with nature “Oku Daisen: The Realism of Living in Harmony with Nature” Inaugural Issue Project Crowdfunding runs from October 15 to November 30, 2025 (current schedule)
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The gazes of people
who live in a place of forests and water,
gathered in this book
through words and pictures.
This project will make this a reality
through crowdfunding
and
bring that book
to the people who want to support this project.
Oku Daisen Re:Connect Executive Committee Kofu Town and Imai PublishingOku Daisen Re:Connect Executive Committee Kofu Town and Imai Publishing
Here,
as We Interact with Nature,
A Question Arises
Surrounded by convenience,
we have begun to lose the spirit
of connecting with nature,
but the rivers and the forests
continue to ask of us:
“How should people live in harmony with nature?”
The time of leaving nature
on the outside has come to an end,
and we now live as a part of nature.
Taking back that perspective
is the first step to changing our future.
A Place where Forests Circle
and Water Flows
The Source of Life,
Oku Daisen
Oku Daisen,
located in western Tottori Prefecture
at the southern foot of Mt. Daisen,
is a plateau area that is home
to one of the largest
beech forests in western Japan.
The “Mother Forest” stores
rainwater and snowmelt,
sending it springing forth pure and fresh
to water the fields and be used to brew sake,
supporting the lives of the people there.
The water flows all the way
into the Seas of Japan,
even nurturing the bounties of the sea.
Oku Daisen is a place
where the source of life connects water,
forests, and the sea.
Living Here,
Matching Nature
Breath for Breath
The people who live here
have shown affection toward nature,
at times adapting it when needed,
breathing along with
the forests that surround them.
There are people who have moved here
from elsewhere and poot down roots.
They pass the days with philosophies
and aesthetics of living in harmony
with nature as
the cornerstone of their daily lives.

This book, by introducing the lives
of four people who live in Oku Daisen,
will endeavor to reexamine a realism of
living in harmony with nature.
It is neither simply
a “Record of Life in the Countryside”,
nor an “Introduction to an Ecological Lifestyle”.
This is a book that is searching for a connection
that reverberates with both nature and people.
The gazes of these four individuals quietly,
and yet emphatically,
communicate to us the dialogue with nature
that we are gradually letting slip away.
We Want to Show You
“A Way of
Coexisting with Nature”
We began this project with the hope that,
by showing how people
who live in Oku Daisen interact with nature,
our supporters will come
to think more deeply about
how to coexist with nature.
We ourselves have also found
that through our interactions
with the people of Kofu Town,
and by connecting with how they show
their love for nature in their lives
and their values
that have taken root in their community,
we have strongly sensed
the profoundness of how they coexist with nature.

Coexisting with nature
is not only happiness and blessings;
it also means at times
facing truths
that you would rather avert your gaze from.
With all of this in mind,
we hope that this book
will become an opportunity
for you to think about the relationship
between people and nature.
Together, We Create a Book of Resonance Editorial Concept 4 Ways of Thinking about Tales of Coexistence, Resonating between Nature and People
Four Diverse Perspectives
of Walking
in Stride with Nature
Seeking the Health
of People and the Earth,
A Doctor who Continues
to Practice in Oku Daisen
Representative Director,
Planetary Health Initiative / Doctor
Kirimura Lisa
Having moved to Kofu Town, Ms. Kirimura carries out environmental restoration and agricultural support activities with the theme of “the health of people and the Earth”. Her stance of watching the environment of water and life is one answer that shows us a future perspective on nature.
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Confronting Life Itself
Wild Game Artisan
who Makes the Most of Life
Oku Daisen Gibier
Udagawa Yasushi
Based on the knowledge he cultivated in over 40 countries, Mr. Udagawa practices his gibier (“wild game”) butchering skills that “make the most of life” here in Oku Daisen. He has perfected speed and sanitary conditions, changing bounties of the wild into nourishment for the future.
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A Chief Brewer
who Brews Sake while Connecting
with the Water
and Rice of Oku Daisen
Representative, Oiwa Shuzo Honten
Oiwa Kazuhiko
Mr. Oiwa brews sake with water and rice from Oku Daisen, carefully communicating with the climate each year as he seeks a once-in-a-lifetime taste. His resolution to live together with the land dwells within his sake.
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Taking Her Experiences
around the World
and Putting them into Practice
Nurturing Coexistence
with Nature in Oku Daisen
K & S Representative / Instructor,
Oku Daisen Shizenjuku (“Nature School”)
Koushima Hiromi
From tropical rainforests, natural disaster areas, and marginal settlements to Oku Daisen. Ms. Koushima moved here with her family and now embodies coexistence with nature as she shares it with others.
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How should we coexist with nature?
There is no single answer; indeed,
answers take on a diverse array of forms.
As one part of that incredible diversity,
this book shares tales
of the lives of four people.
“For people to be healthy,
the Earth must be healthy as well.”
Activities and Vision
People can only be healthy if the Earth itself is healthy as well.
Led by this conviction, Ms. Kirimura moved to Kofu Town, in Oku Daisen.

There, she encountered the principle of “planetary health”, a way of thinking that views people and the Earth as parts of the same organic system, and aims to make both parts healthier.

After concluding an agreement of cooperation with Kofu Town, Ms. Kirimura has moved forward with activities involving renewal of water sources at Seseragi Park, as well as synecoculture and environmental education. The path she has taken is itself a challenge to make this principle into something concrete in this small town.

She began these activities along with her husband, and while at first it was only the two of them, what she was doing resonated with other people, and she has been able to expand the scope of these activities with help from the area.

These activities, which continue to be implemented here in Oku Daisen, are not merely local activities, but shine as a symbol of “a new relationship between people and nature” directed to the future.
Activities and Vision
People can only be healthy if the Earth itself is healthy as well.
Led by this conviction, Ms. Kirimura moved to Kofu Town, in Oku Daisen.

There, she encountered the principle of “planetary health”, a way of thinking that views people and the Earth as parts of the same organic system, and aims to make both parts healthier.

After concluding an agreement of cooperation with Kofu Town, Ms. Kirimura has moved forward with activities involving renewal of water sources at Seseragi Park, as well as synecoculture and environmental education. The path she has taken is itself a challenge to make this principle into something concrete in this small town.

She began these activities along with her husband, and while at first it was only the two of them, what she was doing resonated with other people, and she has been able to expand the scope of these activities with help from the area.

These activities, which continue to be implemented here in Oku Daisen, are not merely local activities, but shine as a symbol of “a new relationship between people and nature” directed to the future.
Representative Director, Planetary Health Initiative / Doctor
Kirimura Lisa
After practicing as a physician in Osaka, Ms. Kirimura encountered the principle of planetary health, and she continued to search for areas to put this principle into practice that expand beyond her role as a doctor. She moved to Kofu Town in 2018, founding TENRAI INC. with her husband. Together with people in the area, she continues to promote activities such as renewal of water sources, synecoculture, and environmental education.
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“Utilize every last part,
without wasting
the blessings of life.”
Activities and Vision
Born and raised in Kofu Town, Mr. Udagawa has lived his life in stride with the natural surroundings of Oku Daisen.
Based on the discriminating eye for meat and processing skills he cultivated during his many years working at a ham company, as well as the knowledge and experience he fostered working in over 40 different countries, he now works in the area processing meat from wild animals considered to be “harmful”.

His techniques allow him, in the blink of an eye and with accurate skill, to process meat from wild animals caught in traps so that the final product is of supreme quality with no gaminess to it. He has reached a level of skill that cannot be imitated by anyone else.

With his skills, he is able to turn the lives of animals that would often just be buried into blessings of food.
This work of his is based on his unwavering conviction to “utilize every last part of the blessings of life”.

His work, deep in the forests of Oku Daisen, cast an inquiry to us about the relationship between people and nature, and communicate to us the true weight of the blessings of life.
Activities and Vision
Born and raised in Kofu Town, Mr. Udagawa has lived his life in stride with the natural surroundings of Oku Daisen.
Based on the discriminating eye for meat and processing skills he cultivated during his many years working at a ham company, as well as the knowledge and experience he fostered working in over 40 different countries, he now works in the area processing meat from wild animals considered to be “harmful”.

His techniques allow him, in the blink of an eye and with accurate skill, to process meat from wild animals caught in traps so that the final product is of supreme quality with no gaminess to it. He has reached a level of skill that cannot be imitated by anyone else.

With his skills, he is able to turn the lives of animals that would often just be buried into blessings of food.
This work of his is based on his unwavering conviction to “utilize every last part of the blessings of life”.

His work, deep in the forests of Oku Daisen, cast an inquiry to us about the relationship between people and nature, and communicate to us the true weight of the blessings of life.
Oku Daisen Gibier Wild Game Artisan
Udagawa Yasushi
A specialist in processing wild game meat. Born in Kofu Town.
Mr. Udagawa worked for more than 40 years at a ham manufacturing company, and has worked at meat processing plants in more than 40 countries around the world.
In 2020, he became involved with the founding of the meat processing plant Oku Daisen Gibier, and along with the community, he works to expand how life and food can be connected.
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“The water chooses the sake.”
―― A Chief Brewer’s Conviction
that Thrives in Oku Daisen
Activities and Vision
Oiwa Shuzo Honten is a sake brewery based in Kofu Town. Its history has continued from its founding more than 140 years ago, and Mr. Oiwa, the 5th generation owner, currently works as the head brewer here.
In the winter of his 40th year, in order to protect the brewery which was at the time without a head brewer, Mr. Oiwa decided to take on that role of brewing sake himself.
The instigator of this resolution was Kitanizawa Stream, where pure meltwater flows.
“No matter what, I have to brew sake.” This idea is still the foundation of his sake brewing.

The water that flows in Oku Daisen is soft water. The sake brewed using rice raised with this water in the natural weather conditions of the area is different every year. The brewery’s sake, for which “every year is the first year”, is not only tradition, but also the way of life itself for a head brewer who continues to challenge himself.

For Mr. Oiwa, “local sake” is making sake, brewed with local rice and water, that local residents will be delighted with.
However, each glass of sake, as something that reflects the blessings of Oku Daisen and the lives of the people there, shares this with people outside of the area as well.
The flavors nurtured by the natural surroundings of Oku Daisen help people, including those who visit here from other areas, understand that “this is a sake that could only be created in this place.”
Activities and Vision
Oiwa Shuzo Honten is a sake brewery based in Kofu Town. Its history has continued from its founding more than 140 years ago, and Mr. Oiwa, the 5th generation owner, currently works as the head brewer here.
In the winter of his 40th year, in order to protect the brewery which was at the time without a head brewer, Mr. Oiwa decided to take on that role of brewing sake himself.
The instigator of this resolution was Kitanizawa Stream, where pure meltwater flows.
“No matter what, I have to brew sake.” This idea is still the foundation of his sake brewing.

The water that flows in Oku Daisen is soft water. The sake brewed using rice raised with this water in the natural weather conditions of the area is different every year. The brewery’s sake, for which “every year is the first year”, is not only tradition, but also the way of life itself for a head brewer who continues to challenge himself.

For Mr. Oiwa, “local sake” is making sake, brewed with local rice and water, that local residents will be delighted with.
However, each glass of sake, as something that reflects the blessings of Oku Daisen and the lives of the people there, shares this with people outside of the area as well.
The flavors nurtured by the natural surroundings of Oku Daisen help people, including those who visit here from other areas, understand that “this is a sake that could only be created in this place.”
Representative, Oiwa Shuzo Honten
Oiwa Kazuhiko
The 5th generation owner of Oiwa Shuzo Honten and current head brewer. To keep the brewery’s more than 140-year history alive, he decided to take on the role of head brewer and make sake here at the age of 40.
Making the most of the water and rice of Oku Daisen, and connecting with the natural climate, he brews sake characteristic of the year in which it was brewed.
With “every year is the first year” as a creed, he continues to brew sake that maintains a close connection to the region.
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“A small drop leads to big change.”
Activities and Vision
Raised in Okayama, Koushima Hiromi started out as an occupational therapist.
As a member of the Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers, she traveled to the jungles of Malaysia, and through her work there to support children and their families, she expanded her life’s path from international cooperation to community development.
Following that, she lived a nearly self-sufficient lifestyle in Shinjo Village, Okayama Prefecture, for 10 years, putting her efforts into local welfare, including setting up Kodomo-Shokudo (children's cafeterias) and food delivery services.

Ms. Koushima has currently moved to Oku Daisen, working together with local residents in nature education and regional development. As well as being an instructor at a Shizenjuku (“Nature School”), she also promotes local projects and livelihood support for trainees from Indonesia, continuing activities that traverse welfare and the environment.

From tropical rainforests to marginal settlements, and on to Oku Daisen...
Her globe-spanning path is itself one that nurtures “connections between people and nature”.
Activities developed together with local residents quietly speak to us of the value of passing them on to future generations.
Activities and Vision
Raised in Okayama, Koushima Hiromi started out as an occupational therapist.
As a member of the Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers, she traveled to the jungles of Malaysia, and through her work there to support children and their families, she expanded her life’s path from international cooperation to community development.
Following that, she lived a nearly self-sufficient lifestyle in Shinjo Village, Okayama Prefecture, for 10 years, putting her efforts into local welfare, including setting up Kodomo-Shokudo (children's cafeterias) and food delivery services.

Ms. Koushima has currently moved to Oku Daisen, working together with local residents in nature education and regional development. As well as being an instructor at a Shizenjuku (“Nature School”), she also promotes local projects and livelihood support for trainees from Indonesia, continuing activities that traverse welfare and the environment.

From tropical rainforests to marginal settlements, and on to Oku Daisen...
Her globe-spanning path is itself one that nurtures “connections between people and nature”.
Activities developed together with local residents quietly speak to us of the value of passing them on to future generations.
K & S Representative / Instructor, Oku Daisen Shizenjuku (“Nature School”)
Koushima Hiromi
Born in Okayama City. After being active in the Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers in Malaysia and Borneo, she became involved in welfare and community development.
After moving to Kofu Town with her family in 2022, she now works as an instructor at Oku Daisen Shizenjuku and works in environmental education and welfare programs.
Utilizing her experiences cultivated in both Japan and overseas, she continues to work to connect nature and people, as well as people to each other.
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Project Team To Share
the Environment
and Ways of Thinking
in Oku Daisen
Oku Daisen Re:Connect Executive Committee
Kofu Town, located in Oku Daisen,
much like the majority of areas in Japan,
has been working on community development
while seeking new ways to promote tourism.
However, in recent years, the town has decided
to advocate for protecting the area environment,
the foundation of tourism in the region,
and ensure that it will be
passed along to future generations.
This has become the central theme
of the town’s development goals.
There is great meaning in recording and sharing
the connections between people and nature
here in Oku Daisen,
which stands at this turning point.
Taking on this idea, a local publisher,
a novelist, a photographer,
and civil servants at the Kofu Town Hall
have come together to form
the Oku Daisen Re:Connect Executive Committee.
With “Re:Connect =
reinterpreting values and reconnecting them”
as our slogan,
we will work together with people
who have put down roots in Oku Daisen
and
work toward preserving this way of thinking
for future generations.
  • Planning / Editing / Design /
    Photography (Sub)
    Hosoda Akihiro
    Born in Shiga Prefecture. Moved to Yonago City, Tottori Prefecture. Director at Imai Publishing. Mr. Hosoda has been involved with this project from first proposing this plan, and is involved with its editing and design, while also assisting with photography. Through interviews and photography, he has connected with the ways of thinking and values of people in Kofu Town, and it is his goal to share their voices with as wide an audience as possible.
  • Writing / Interviews
    Matsumoto Kaoru
    A novelist from Yonago City, Tottori Prefecture. Ms. Matsumoto began writing novels following a career as a junior high school teacher, and won the Waseda Literary Newcomer Award in 2000. Following this, she has written many works with the history and people of Tottori as their subject matter, and has been awarded the Tottori Prefecture Publishing Culture Award. Ms. Matsumoto also has a deep connection with Oku Daisen, including her historical novel “Ten no Hotaru”, set in Kofu Town.
  • Photography
    Saito Ai
    Born in Yonago City. After studying at a photography studio in Tokyo, Ms. Saito returned to Yonago and began working. Following a working holiday experience overseas, she now is involved in photography in a wide range of genres, including advertisements, architecture, and weddings. Ms. Saito has a lot of experience with interviewing and photography in Kofu Town, and is responsible for how this project will be recorded and expressed
  • English Translation (Editing and Translation）
    Dustin Kidd
    Born in Idaho, USA. While teaching at the Faculty of Education at Shimane University, he has, with his deep understanding of Japanese mythology and spiritual culture, worked to share local ways of thinking with the world. For this book, he will be responsible for overcoming the language barrier and communicating the “philosophy of coexistence” between the people and natural environment of Oku Daisen.
  • Project Assistance
    Ogura Kaname
    Operations, Imai Publishing. Moved to Yonago City from Osaka. Mr. Ogura will be supporting this project as the person in charge of sales for Kofu Town, located in Oku Daisen. As a project assistant for the Oku Daisen Re:Connect Executive Committee, he has come to understand the profoundness of the natural environment of Oku Daisen through his connections with the people of Kofu Town.
What We are Doing
Sharing the Reality of
Coexisting with Nature
from Oku Daisen
Kofu Town, located in Oku Daisen, has been supported by the ways of thinking and value systems of the people who live there along with the rich natural surroundings. We have conducted interviews and taken photographs there through the different seasons, and made a record of the lives that are woven as they respond to the forests and waters of the area. We entrust this record to words and pictures, and share with you the realism of living in harmony with nature.
The Significance of Crowdfunding and Publishing
A Book, Printed on Paper
It Will Connect People
Who Sympathize with its Message
Through its Value as Something the Will Remain
Electronic and social media messages will pass away with time, but a physical copy of a book, printed on paper that you can hold in your hands, will remain and be passed down to future generations over time. Our crowdfunding project aims not merely to gather the funds necessary for publication, but to spread a message that will allow people who can sympathize with its message to come together. We believe that your support will become an opportunity to for us to construct new relationships between people and nature, together.
Rewards:
Connect with Oku-Daisen Rewards that
Resonate with
the Philosophies and
Experiences of
Oku Daisen
Everyone who supports this project
will receive a copy of this book,
which is currently being put together.
Furthermore, we have prepared rewards
related to the efforts of the people featured
in this book’s pages.
The approaches that are spelled out in this book
will, through these rewards,
will expand into “real experiences”.
Main Reward
A Book, Made Together with “You”, who Sympathizes with a Philosophy of Living in Harmony with Nature
“Oku Daisen: The Realism of Living in Harmony with Nature vol.01”
(Languages: Japanese and English)
(Size: currently planned to be 240 x 170mm
/ 200 pages)
※ This book is not for sale. Copies will only be provided to those who support this crowdfunding project.
※ This book is the inaugural issue. We plan on publishing additional volumes.
※ The picture on the right is an image of what the completed book may look like. The actual finished product may differ.
Scheduled to ship
starting at the end
of January 2026
Shipping of the book may be rescheduled earlier or later, depending on how production of the book progresses.
We will contact our project’s supporters once the shipping time has been finalized.
Your Name Will Be Included in this Book.
It Will Remain as a Testimony to Your Support of Our Project.
【Inclusion of Supporters’
Names in the Book】
A book the shares the natural surroundings and ways of thinking of the people in Oku Daisen.
Supporters’ names will be inscribed at the end of the book.
Every time you pick it up, proof that you were here will continue to be passed along, together with the many sentiments that have been included in this project.
■Location: Near the back cover
　 (the last page of the book)
■Method: You can choose
　your individual name or a nickname
　 (please enter your selection
　in the support form)
　We have prepared other ways
　to list supporters’ names as well.
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Early Bird Reward
This is a reward for the initial supporters of this project. This is a limited reward and will be discontinued once that limit is reached, so we hope you will take advantage of this opportunity.
  • Limited to the first 100 supporters.
Echoes of Philosophy 00
Buddy Art Project
Oku Daisen SDGs Goods Set
■Buddy Art Vinyl Bag
■Buddy Art Bamboo Toothbrush
■Buddy Art Mug
■Buddy Art Postcards (2)
早期無料特典｜先着１００名様限定
A Special Art Set
Created in
the Oku Daisen Area
The “Buddy Art Project” is a project promoted by the Kofu Town Hall and the Shojin Welfare Society that children and users of welfare facilities in the Oku Daisen area take part in. Works of art with themes such as coexistence and diversity have been turned into SDGs merchandise. Special items that resonate with the principles of this project will be delivered to its initial supporters.
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Special RewardRewards that Connect you to the Activities of the People in the Book
The activities and philosophies of the four people featured in this book…
We have prepared rewards that will connect you to them.
These special returns will help you actually experience Oku Daisen’s way of life that is described in the pages of this book.
Representative Director,
Planetary Health Initiative / Doctor
Kirimura Lisa
Echoes of Philosophy 01
Planetary Health
Large Furoshiki Mandala
（900mm×900mm）
Designed with the Gaze of Susano-o
A Planetary Health Mandala of the San’in Region
The concept on this large cloth mandala depicts the principle of “planetary health” carried out by Ms. Kitamura, layered with images of the Oku Daisen area. It expresses the “civilization of San’in” while uncovering the area’s history, natural features, and wisdom of those who came before, and connecting them to internationally advocated principles and the latest scientific perspectives.
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Oku Daisen Gibier
Udagawa Yasushi
Echoes of Philosophy 02
Wild Game Meat
from Oku Daisen Gibier
Shipped Frozen
(Total Weight: about 600g)
Perfected with an Artisan’s Techniques
Wild Game Meat that Communicates the Importance of Life
This meat, refined with reliable techniques that have perfected speed and hygiene, boasts quality that would be hard to find anywhere else. The philosophy of “making the most of life” resides within this product, a masterpiece that shares the importance of life itself.
※ Contents will vary depending on what wild game is caught.
※ While we cannot provide specific weight (in grams) ahead of time, we will ship meat at the approximate weight listed above.
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Representative, Oiwa Shuzo Honten
Oiwa Kazuhiko
Echoes of Philosophy 03　
Top-Quality
Daiginjo Sake
Oku Daisen no Shizuku
(“Drops of Oku Daisen”) (720ml)
Brewed in Connection with the Water and Rice of Oku Daisen
A Once-in-a-Lifetime Daiginjo Sake
This daiginjo (highest-quality) sake is brewed with pure water and rice from Oku Daisen while taking into consideration each year’s weather conditions. The completed product is made by putting the sake mash into a cloth bag and using natural gravity to squeeze out drops of sake.
Each drop of the sake produced through this method, which spares no effort and does not cut corners, concentrates the natural bounty of Oku Daisen into every drop, creating a once-in-a-lifetime taste.
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K & S Representative / Instructor,
Oku Daisen Shizenjuku (“Nature School”)
Koushima Hiromi
Echoes of Philosophy 04
Experience the Realism
of Oku Daisen
that Lets You Explore
the World of the Book
A Special, Small-Group Program
Where you can “Feel” the Ideas in the Book on Site
  • Limited to Crowdfunding Supporters Small Groups
  • Scheduled to be Held 2 Times for Small Groups
Meet the Reality of the World
Depicted in this Book’s Pages
This special program that takes you out into the field and lets you experience in real life the ideas and settings contained within the pages of the book “Oku Daisen: The Realism of Living in Harmony with Nature”. Your guide will be Ms. Koushima Hiromi, who has put down roots in Oku Daisen and carries out her activities here.
■ Experience Ms. Koushima’s
　Oku Daisen Shizenjuku
■ An introduction of water source renewal
　and synecoculture
　at Ayame-kan,
　where Ms. Kirimura conducts her activities
■ Lunch: Earth Curry, produced by Ms. Kirimura,
　which contains wild game meat
　prepared by Mr. Udagawa
　Souvenir: Planetary Health
　Large Furoshiki Mandala
Souvenirs
Planetary Health
Large Furoshiki Mandala
【Schedule】① May 9, 2026 ② May 21, 2026
【Meeting place】Oku Daisen – Everland （Google Maps）
We will meet up and leave directly from there.
(You will need to drive your own vehicle
to the various spots we visit.)
※ Your invitation ticket will be sent to you along with the book.
※ All shipping will be within Japan only.
  • Event Exclusively for Crowdfunding Backers
  • Small-group sessions,
    held twice
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No matter which return you choose,
it will connect to the future.
It will become support to pass
that way of thinking on to the future.
This is how you can help
keep Oku Daisen’s way of thinking
alive for future generations.
Support: Connect with Oku-Daisen Your Support
will Connect Us to the Future
What is depicted in this book
is the people in Oku Daisen
who live their lives while interacting
with the natural surroundings there.
However, the questions
brought up there
are not things
that should only be limited to one single area.

“How should people
live their lives together with nature?”
This theme is one that cannot be avoided
by anyone, either in Japan or around the world.
Living or lives while interacting with nature
brings not only harmony and blessings,
but at times involves
unavoidable conflict and choices.
Taking a long, hard look at this reality
is the first step in building new relationships.

It is our hope that the perspectives cultivated
in this one area known as Oku Daisen
will become opportunities
to think about the future for all of our readers.
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