Many things that humankind has made deteriorates over time.
However, trees grow over time, giving life to many, bringing comfort to people, forming relationships among people and between people and nature, and creating a warm-hearted and life-enriched environment.
Mitsui Fudosan is promoting the development of green urban areas that matures over time, described as “designed to improve with age.”

Mitsui Fudosan has proactively engaged in “Furusato-no-Morizukuri” (creation of woods in local regions) in relation to its development of detached house residential districts during the period from 1980 to 2000. “Furusato-no-Morizukuri” is a project that artificially creates a multilayered forest on slopes and unused land within a development project area or its periphery using tree species suitable for the region. We employ a method of planting mainly existing tree species that are optimal for the weather, climate and soil conditions of the region, which leads to natural selection and abundant growth with those trees becoming preferred tree species. In addition, dense and mixed planting of nursery plants in pots enables the creation of a forest similar to a natural forest in a short period of time.
The “Furusato-no-Morizukuri” project was implemented in 25 locations in Ibaraki, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa, Shizuoka, Nagano, Kyoto, Osaka, Hiroshima and Oita prefectures. The total area where trees have been planted is about 46.3ha and about 585,000 trees have been planted in total. Richly grown woods, with about ten to thirty years passed since planting, are rooted in the communities as woods that nurture many living creatures and provide people with enriched lives and comfort, and as woods that play an important role as a source to absorb and fix CO₂. Incidentally, the amount of CO₂ absorbed and fixed by “Furusato-no-Mori” constructed by Mitsui Fudosan is about 5,935 t-CO₂* as of 2008.

(*) The amount of CO₂ absorbed and fixed was calculated based on the “Report of the Subcommittee on Forest and Other Carbon Absorption Sources, Investigation on Calculation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Amount” issued by the Committee for Greenhouse Gases Emissions Estimation Methods of the Ministry of the Environment.

Moriya Residential District (Moriya City, Ibaraki Prefecture)

Yurigaoka, Kawasaki City (Asao Ward, Kawasaki City)

Gate City Ohsaki (Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo) is an urban area with hybrid functionality comprised of office buildings, retail properties, residential buildings, parks and other facilities, which was developed as a part of the urban redevelopment project around the east exit of Osaki Station along the JR Line. Gate City Ohsaki features Irukibashi Park run by Shinagawa Ward, which is open to the general public, the Japanese Garden and North Garden next to the park and green spaces around residential buildings, which are located along the Meguro River. Although almost ten years have passed since its completion in 1999, these green spaces remain in good condition due to proper maintenance and management. Located in a part of an urban area, they serve as places where visitors can relax as well as precious places where birds and other living things make their habitats. In addition, as places boasting a sizable amount of greenery in the region, they also contribute to the green network and the alleviation of the heat island phenomenon.

Introduction of initiatives conducted by the Mitsui Fudosan Group for actual projects