Kobe City: “Kobe Mountain Elementary School” will start in 2025!

Press Release (May 15, 2025)
Forest Maintenance Office, Parks Department, Construction Bureau
Kobe City has been implementing the “Kobe Mountain Elementary School” program as a modern version of forest conservation activities (forest experience learning) under the theme of “Playing in the Forest Makes the Forest Clean” mainly for children under elementary school age and their families. We are pleased to announce that the “Kobe Mountain Elementary School” program for fiscal 2025 has been decided.

1. Program Objectives and Outline

By providing nature experience programs for children throughout the year, we aim to develop human resources who are interested in forests and the natural environment and who will be involved in their maintenance in the future.
In FY2025, the program will be held 8 times from June to January of the following year, mainly in the park again.

2. Program planners and operators

MORINO HIMITSUKICHI

3. Schedule and Program Outline

Sunday, June 15: Hammock Field – Sway and feel the rhythm of nature

Saturday, July 26: Let’s play with ropes! Let’s challenge ourselves!

Saturday, August 23 Fire Cooking

Saturday, September 27th Mori no Shokubutsu Haikyutai (Exploring Mori’s Plants and Animals)

October 26 (Sunday) ASOBOU Festival -Let’s play and learn disaster prevention knowledge!

Saturday, November 22 Forest Athletic

Saturday, December 13 Lumberjack Day for Parents and Children

Saturday, January 24 Morino Himitsukiti – Let’s make Himitsukiti!

4. Others

Each session is free of charge and advance registration is required.

Details of the program will be posted on the Kobe City website and the Odekake KOBE website as they become available.

Kobe Mountain Elementary School: https://www.city.kobe.lg.jp/a17526/yamanosyougakko.html

Details of the first program, “Hammock Field,” scheduled for June 15, will be available on the above website from 2:00 p.m. today, as well as information on how to apply.