Iga City: "Experiential Mystery Solving Game" to Start on May 1st!
Iga City, Mie Prefecture, will launch an experiential mystery-solving game, "Ancient City Forest and the Secret of Lost Water," on May 1, 2026, aimed at promoting forest environmental education and human resource development. The program targets junior high school students to adults, focusing on deepening their understanding of the natural environment.
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Iga City, Mie Prefecture, has created an experiential learning program called "Ancient City Forest and the Secret of Lost Water" with the aim of promoting forest environmental education and human resource development.
This program, spearheaded by the Iga City Future Mountain Building Council in collaboration with local junior and senior high school students, private companies, and others, is an experiential mystery-solving game where participants explore the actual site and solve puzzles. Participants can gather clues while walking through the forest and learn about nature and forests in an enjoyable way.
In Iga City, challenges include the decreasing opportunities for children to interact with forests and the need to engage especially junior and senior high school students. There is also a demand for more opportunities to learn about the importance of forests through experience. Against this backdrop, this program was planned as a fun and proactive learning method.
The characteristic of this program is that it utilizes actual forest fields, allowing participants to deepen their understanding of the natural environment through hands-on experiences with trees and nature. It is also structured for participants to cooperate and solve mysteries together, making it suitable for group training and team building activities.
Moving forward, the city aims to expand its use for school excursions and corporate group training, thereby enhancing forest environmental education and promoting visits to the region.
[Implementation Outline]
Name: Ancient City Forest and the Secret of Lost Water
Start Date: May 1, Reiwa 8 (2026)
Location: Aoyama Harmony Forest (3137-1 Honyu, Iga City, Mie Prefecture)
Content: An experiential program to solve mysteries while exploring the facility (forest, lawn area, promenade).
Target Audience: Junior high school students to adults
Participation Fee: 1,000 yen per person (tax included)
* The operation of this program will be carried out by Honyu Ward, the designated manager of Aoyama Harmony Forest, to whom Iga City has outsourced the designated management.
Aoyama Harmony Forest website: https://www.harmony-forest.org/
[Contact Information]
Aoyama Harmony Forest
0595-55-2255
This program, spearheaded by the Iga City Future Mountain Building Council in collaboration with local junior and senior high school students, private companies, and others, is an experiential mystery-solving game where participants explore the actual site and solve puzzles. Participants can gather clues while walking through the forest and learn about nature and forests in an enjoyable way.
In Iga City, challenges include the decreasing opportunities for children to interact with forests and the need to engage especially junior and senior high school students. There is also a demand for more opportunities to learn about the importance of forests through experience. Against this backdrop, this program was planned as a fun and proactive learning method.
The characteristic of this program is that it utilizes actual forest fields, allowing participants to deepen their understanding of the natural environment through hands-on experiences with trees and nature. It is also structured for participants to cooperate and solve mysteries together, making it suitable for group training and team building activities.
Moving forward, the city aims to expand its use for school excursions and corporate group training, thereby enhancing forest environmental education and promoting visits to the region.
[Implementation Outline]
Name: Ancient City Forest and the Secret of Lost Water
Start Date: May 1, Reiwa 8 (2026)
Location: Aoyama Harmony Forest (3137-1 Honyu, Iga City, Mie Prefecture)
Content: An experiential program to solve mysteries while exploring the facility (forest, lawn area, promenade).
Target Audience: Junior high school students to adults
Participation Fee: 1,000 yen per person (tax included)
* The operation of this program will be carried out by Honyu Ward, the designated manager of Aoyama Harmony Forest, to whom Iga City has outsourced the designated management.
Aoyama Harmony Forest website: https://www.harmony-forest.org/
[Contact Information]
Aoyama Harmony Forest
0595-55-2255