OUR STORY
About Oak Drift Zone
私たちについて
HOW WE BEGAN
Rooted In The Hills Of Akiha
秋葉の丘に根を張って
Oak Drift Zone began in the wooded hills above Niigata, where a small group of trail keepers noticed how few people paused to simply stand still among old oaks. We started with one marked path and a promise: to protect the forest as carefully as we shared it.
Since then, that promise has grown into a network of trails, seasonal programs, and a community of visitors who return, season after season, to the same quiet ground.
HOW WE WORK
Slow Stewardship, Not Mass Tourism
大量誘致ではなく、静かな保全
We limit the number of visitors on any single trail each day, maintain paths by hand, and close sensitive groves during nesting and undergrowth-recovery seasons. Growth, for us, is measured in healthy soil and returning wildlife — not visitor counts.
Every guide, trail map, and seasonal note we publish exists to help you move through the forest gently, leaving it exactly as you found it — or quieter still.
WHAT WE HOLD
Our Values
保全
Preservation
We treat every oak, root, and understory plant as something borrowed, not owned.
静寂
Quietude
Our trails are designed for silence — for the sound of leaves, not crowds.
繋がり
Connection
We believe a slow walk among old trees reconnects people to something patient in themselves.
COMPANY PROFILE
会社概要
- NAME / 名称
- Oak Drift Zone Co., Ltd. / オーク・ドリフト・ゾーン株式会社
- FOUNDED / 設立
- 2014
- ADDRESS / 所在地
- 1840 Furutsu, Akiha Ward, Niigata City, Niigata 956-0847, Japan
Tel: +81 250-22-1700 - EMAIL / メール
- contact@oak-driftzone.com
- BUSINESS / 事業内容
- Forest trail stewardship, seasonal nature programs, and visitor guidance across the oak woodlands of the Niigata–Akiha area.
Ready To Walk With Us?
Our visitor guide covers everything from trail difficulty to seasonal opening hours.
Visitor Guide