Creating a "Heart-Pounding Christmas" for the Community in This Town: "Manabi no Mori no Christmas Noël" to Become the Town's Light.

Our company endorses April Dream, a project aiming to make April 1st a day for announcing dreams. This press release represents the dream of "Odoru Kikaku Inc."

Odoru Kikaku Inc. (Headquarters: Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture) announces, in conjunction with April Dream on April 1st, its declaration to develop "Manabi no Mori no Christmas Noël" into a "town's light" created through the unified efforts of the community, businesses, and people.

Scene from the 2026 "Manabi no Mori no Christmas Noël" Santa Parade

Our Dream: From an Event to the "Light" of the Town

"Manabi no Mori no Christmas Noël" is a Christmas event held at Manabi no Mori in Kakamigahara City, Gifu Prefecture, where everyone from children to adults can be the star. In a rich natural setting, we have delivered the "joy of spending the same time in the same place" through activities such as markets, workshops, sky lanterns, and music.

Our dream is to make this "Noël" not just a temporary event, but a "town's light" that everyone in the community continues to illuminate.

・ Local restaurants and shops express Christmas by leveraging their unique characteristics.

・ Companies and organizations support children's experiences from behind the scenes and co-create creative works.

・ Each citizen participates as a "creator" or "expresser."

Everyone involved becomes the main character, nurturing the light of Christmas throughout the town. Instead of being customers attending an event prepared by someone else, we envision a Christmas where "we color the town with our own hands." We want to make such a scene commonplace in this town.

New Forms of Christmas Expanding Through Co-creation with Businesses and the Community

"Noël" is not a finished package. It is a project that continuously evolves, changing its form little by little each year as the ideas and technologies of the local community are added. We want to cherish the "space for local residents to participate" in this event.

For example, we hope to envision a future like this together:

・ Decorations that showcase "town technology": Unique objects and lighting displays that leverage the technology of local manufacturing companies.

・ Experiences that connect "learning": Collaborating with schools and organizations to create opportunities for children to fall in love with their town through Christmas preparations.

・ Mechanisms that deliver "kindness": Building a socially friendly Christmas model, in collaboration with local welfare facilities and environmental activities, where everyone can equally feel warmth.

These are still "seeds of dreams" in our minds. We want to expand the possibilities of Noël as a place where the "I want to try" ideas of local residents, such as "Maybe our technology can create this kind of display" or "Can we make ornaments with the children?" converge.

A Heartwarming Original Landscape We Want to Leave for Children

The winter scenery enveloped in light, and the sight of adults laughing joyfully, seen in childhood. Special moments filled with human warmth remain in our hearts even as adults.

We believe that each of these moments becomes a "hope for the town" that illuminates children's futures. We want to create a landscape where people can think, "It was good to grow up in this town," together with local residents and businesses.

Embedded in April Dream

This dream has just begun. To make "Manabi no Mori no Christmas Noël" a source of regional pride. And to create a future where everyone immediately thinks of "Noël" when they think of winter in this town.

Together with local residents and businesses, we will continue to work on "creating places where people's hearts dance" to realize a society where hearts are filled with joy.

"April Dream" is a project by PR TIMES where companies announce dreams they wish to achieve on April 1st. We are seriously committed to realizing this dream.

【Manabi no Mori no Christmas Noël Official Information】

Official Website：https://www.noel-odol.com

Official Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/odol_christmas

Organizer/Operator Information

◾️Odoru Kikaku

Company Name：Odoru Kikaku Inc.

Location：2-24 Shimaeicho, Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture

Representative Director：Yasunobu Maeda

Established：November 2021

Business Activities：We plan branding, marketing, and communication strategies to solve client and societal challenges, and execute place-making activities to address these challenges. URL：https://odol.co.jp