A "Hunting Experience Tour" where participants accompany skilled hunters and observe/experience the entire hunting process up close. HOSHINOYA offers an overwhelmingly unique and extraordinary experience at each of its resorts, based on original themes. HOSHINOYA Fuji, Japan's first glamping resort, will hold its annual "Hunting Experience Tour" eight times from October 1, 2026, to January 7, 2027. This adult food education program encourages participants to reconsider the connection of life by observing and experiencing hunting, and following the process by which life is transformed into food and traditional crafts. This year, marking its 10th anniversary, a new "Forest Walk to Learn About Nature" has been added, where participants walk through the forests of Fuji with foresters to experience the workings of nature firsthand. Background In the Fuji foothills, the overpopulation of deer and wild boar has led to serious problems of damage to agriculture and forestry (wildlife damage) and destruction of the ecosystem due to the consumption of bark and plants. In Yamanashi Prefecture, agricultural damage caused by deer amounts to approximately 50 million yen annually (FY2024). The prefecture is adjusting the population based on its management plan, but only about 10% of the captured animals are utilized as game meat (gibier), with the majority being discarded. HOSHINOYA Fuji has been addressing this regional issue by continuously offering gibier dishes since its opening. Since its inception in 2017, this tour has, over the past nine years, conveyed the "weight of life" to a cumulative total of 38 groups of guests through the skills of top-tier hunters and traditional craftspeople. It goes beyond a mere hunting experience, offering an opportunity to reflect on the importance of living in harmony with nature and utilizing life without waste, by tracing the cycle of how discarded lives are transformed into food and traditional crafts. (Note 1) Yamanashi Prefecture's Secon