itswellness has been selected for Service Grant’s pro bono collaboration project, launching a business wellness forest bathing initiative. Over the next three months, we will work closely with young professionals in their 20s to advance the project.

itswellness' representative participated in Dr. Li’s 'One Health Forest Bathing' training at Shioji no Mori, Fukuoka, experiencing the ancient earthen fortifications, ruins, and cypress forests. The 'One Health' concept, endorsed by WHO, G7 Summits, and COP15, integrates human, animal, and environmental health. itswellness is committed to actively contributing to One Health initiatives.

At the 7th Kanto-Koshinetsu Branch Conference of the Japanese Society of Intensive Care Medicine, we exhibited a forest bathing booth featuring an introduction to forest bathing benefits and an aromatherapy room spray-making workshop.

Our organization's representative (a mental health social worker) participated in a forest bathing experiment led by Dr. Li at Akasawa Natural Recreation Forest.

itswellness was honored to receive the Special Award at the 'GRANT Award 2023' for its contributions to social participation initiatives. [Read more](https://grant.community/news_articles/46)

As of today, COVID-19 has been reclassified as a Category 5 infectious disease. itswellness will continue implementing safety measures while conducting wellness tours and forest bathing experiences.

itswellness has fully renewed its website, incorporating feedback from the 'itswellness Website Revamp Project' supported by Service Grant from September to December 2022. The new site now supports tour reservations.

With support from 'Regional Trading Company Aki Ota' in Aki Ota Town, Hiroshima, we hosted a forest bathing experience at Hijiyama Park for local residents.

At the Japan Society of Hygiene Annual Meeting held today, itswellness supported a book exhibition booth introducing forest bathing, alongside a symposium on 'The Past, Present, and Future of Forest Medicine Research'.

To facilitate the development and arrangement of wellness tours, we have officially registered as a travel service arrangement business, TOUR OPERATOR(Tokyo Governor Registration No. 20496). This will allow us to expand wellness tour offerings beyond Tokyo.