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Friday, October 21st, 2016
Hi everyone! Nanatsu here. 
On September 29th, 15 of us went to Forest Adventure in Tochigi as a company trip! Have you ever heard of a Japanese TV program called “Sasuke” or maybe in the U.S. you’d call it “Ninja Warrior” where competitors compete in multiple obstacle courses to be the “muscle king”? Well, Forest adventure is no less tough than them! Some activities were definitely challenging, and we had to use the muscles we hadn’t used for a while. (I could barely got myself up when I woke in the next morning…)
Hi everyone! Nanatsu here.
On September 29th, 15 of us went to Forest Adventure in Tochigi as a company trip! Have you ever heard of a Japanese TV program called “Sasuke” or maybe in the U.S. you’d call it “Ninja Warrior” where competitors compete in multiple obstacle courses to be the “muscle king”? Well, Forest adventure is no less tough than them! Some activities were definitely challenging, and we had to use the muscles we hadn’t used for a while. (I could barely got myself up when I woke in the next morning…)
After about 2 hours bus ride from Akasaka, we arrived at Forest Adventure Ohira, Tochigi. It was raining a bit in the morning, but luckily, the rain stopped by the time we arrived in Tochigi. (Good karma, maybe!:p)
After putting on harnesses, getting a safety briefing and practicing together with the forest crew, Akira-san, we went off to the adventure!
There were 2 courses in Forest Adventure Ohira. One is ”Discovery Course” which is mainly for children between 5 years old to 9 years old and ”Adventure Course” which is more suitable for 9 year olds to adults. We took “Adventure Course” which is consisted with 32 activities divided into 5 sites in total.
We started off with an activity that was about 5 meters high and gradually went up to taller trees.
There were also zip lines between each site and they were super refreshing!
Also, each activity in Adventure course had an indication of its level from 1 to 4 .
Overall, it took us about 2.5 hours to complete the entire course, but it was definitely a rewarding, unique experience/workout you wouldn’t be able to have often in Tokyo.
After we completed the course, we rewarded ourselves with the BBQ in the forest!
We also went to all-you-can-eat-grapes at a local veneyard in Ohira after we left Forest Adventure!
A variety of grapes we had was 巨峰 (kyohō, literally “giant mountain grape”) and it was a speciality of Ohira area.
That’s it for today’s event report on Forest adventure trip. Thank you guys for reading this post! Stay tuned for the next event report!
Best,
Nanatsu
P.S. Special thanks to Hawken, Jae, Marvin and Meg for providing the pictures and the videos!