Fumotoppara Inc. was founded in 2005.
With forestry as our main business, we share the splendor of nature and excellence of Japanese wood through timber production, use of wood energy, agriculture, gibier wild game, and campsite operation using the forest environment. We live with the mountains and give back to them. That is how Fumotoppara strives to achieve healthy, beautiful land at the foot of the mountain.

To create and nurture bountiful mountains, Fumotoppara fully manages our forests from planting to harvesting. For about 15 years after planting, trees are maintained by clearing undergrowth, pruning, and thinning, and after about 20 to 30 years, the forest is thinned. Thinning allows sunlight to enter the forest, creating a healthy forest environment.
The wood from thinning is put to effective use, sold as firewood and charcoal at our campsite and used in buildings on our property.
Then, trees are regrown over 50 years and harvested after which the ground is prepared before replanting. These activities are repeated to maintain a healthy mountain and forest.

Thinned trees are burned in a charcoal kiln and sold as Fumotoppara charcoal at our campsite. Small scraps that are difficult to process into charcoal and firewood in addition to used charcoal and firewood collected from campsite guests are used as energy sources for the firewood boiler installed in 2018 to generate heat for campsite guests.

Overpopulation of sika deer is currently a serious problem in Japan. An increased population of sika deer can cause damage to the forestry, agriculture, and livestock industries as the deer eat seedlings and peel off tree barks, not to mention traffic accidents caused by the deer jumping out onto roads.
For this reason, Fumotoppara has established a sika deer processing facility to promote the effective use of sika deer in cooperation with the local hunting club.

With the cooperation of local farmers (and aiming for self-sufficient rural living), we grow over 20 varieties of vegetables on our private farm.
Vegetables grown in Fumotoppara are sold at the Kanayama Terrace and our shop in hopes that everyone can feel the season in the foods they eat and the freshness of vegetables picked in the morning.

Kanayama Terrace, our dining hall on the campsite, offers original menus using carefully selected ingredients such as local seasonal vegetables and wild game from the Asagiri Plateau.
We regularly add new items so that everyone from children to adults can enjoy our menu and local ingredients.

Asagiri Plateau gibier wild game (venison) is the meat of sika deer that inhabit the area around Fumotoppara. At the venison processing facility on the premises of Fumotoppara, venison is carefully processed to remove the gamey taste.
Free-range pigs are raised in the rich natural environment of the Asagiri Plateau in a stress-free environment where they can breathe clean air, drink clean water, dig up the soil, and eat plants. Pastured pork is characterized by good fragrance and sweet fat.
A delivered cow is a cow that has given birth. At Fumotoppara, delivered cows raised in good health in a stress-free grazing environment are processed, cooked, and sold as meat.

We offer hands-on learning experiences, such as cutting trees at summer camp for elementary, junior high, and high school students. For children’s learning, we grow not only old trees but also young trees that are skinny and easy to handle.
The purpose of this event is to have children experience forestry, which lies at the foundation of living. We hope to cultivate a spirit of forest and mountain preservation by giving children a feeling of being connected with nature.