01 / Seeds
People with lived knowledge
Firsthand experience from the field becomes the starting point for learning.
Hunters, farmers, nature guides, wildlife photographers, and others
RE:BASE Lab
Reconnection between
Cities and Nature
Reconnection to Nature from an Urban Base
Nature and wildlife do not conform to human society.
RE:BASE Lab is an educational platform that uses nature and wildlife as a lens to nurture the ability to ask questions, think from multiple perspectives, and make thoughtful judgments in the age of AI.
Concept
Next-Generation Learning in the Age of AI
AI is changing how we access knowledge.
In this era, the value of asking one's own questions, thinking from multiple perspectives, and making thoughtful judgments will only continue to grow.
Why RE:BASE Lab?
A Question That Began
with a Bear in Shiretoko
In 2018, an encounter with a mother bear and her cubs in Shiretoko became the beginning of everything.
After the mother bear was later killed, my interest expanded from nature itself to people, society, education, communities, and public systems.
To understand nature is also to understand human beings.
Platform
An Ecosystem of Learning in the Age of AI
Hunters, farmers, nature guides, wildlife photographers, and others.
The knowledge held by people with firsthand experience in the field is passed on to the next generation through connections with schools, children, companies, universities, public agencies, and many other organizations.
RE:BASE Lab is a platform that creates a cycle of regional co-creation by connecting people with nature, people with communities, and people with one another.
Platform
RE:BASE Lab
Connecting people with nature, communities, and one another to create a cycle of regional co-creation.
01 / Seeds
People with lived knowledge
Firsthand experience from the field becomes the starting point for learning.
Hunters, farmers, nature guides, wildlife photographers, and others
02 / Sunlight
Companies that illuminate the work
Funding and opportunities help move the cycle of regional co-creation.
Local companies and sponsors
03 / Soil
Collaborative partners that form the soil
Expertise, places, and systems create the conditions where learning can take root.
Universities, zoos, public agencies, and Park-PFI operators
04 / Young Trees
Schools that cultivate learning
Local knowledge is transformed into children's questions and learning.
Classes, inquiry-based learning, exploration, and regional collaboration
05 / New Leaves
Children who carry the next generation
They develop the qualities needed to ask, think, empathize, and act.
Multiperspective thinking, curiosity, empathy, agency, and ethics
From New Leaves, the cycle returns to the forest. Learning continues as a regional ecosystem.
Philosophy
Three Ideas
Behind RE:BASE Lab
While nature and wildlife are the entrance, RE:BASE Lab is ultimately looking at what learning should become in an age of constant change.
01
Continuity and Change
Nature has things that do not change.
Human society, meanwhile, is always changing.
RE:BASE Lab values the perspective to see both what remains and what changes.
02
Knowing Through Action
Knowledge alone does not change a person.
Learning becomes real when it is connected to action.
03
The Usefulness of the Useless
Learning through nature may not look practical at first glance.
Yet experiences that seem indirect can deepen and enrich a person's way of seeing the world.
Programs
Connecting School Education and Regional Co-Creation
01
Science
Students learn how nature is connected through ecosystems, food chains, invasive species, and local environments.
02
Ethics
Through wildlife, students consider respect for life and the distance between humans and nature.
03
Inquiry
Encounters with local companies and specialists broaden children's perspectives and future choices.
04
Corporate Collaboration
We collaborate with companies and communities around next-generation development and regional co-creation.
Activities
Activities
Held
Lessons held at Seitoku University Elementary School
Held
Lessons held at Chiba University Elementary School
Sponsor
Sponsored YohaS 2026
Discussion
Partnership discussions with Chiba Zoological Park
Discussion
Discussions with local companies including Iwabuchi Pharmaceutical and Takusho Kaihatsu
Discussion
Partnership discussions with Manabeing
Gallery
Photographs Born from Firsthand Encounters
Notes
Thinking in Progress
The linked note articles are currently written in Japanese.
Why I Left a Megabank to Choose the Path of Nature Education
The decision that led to RE:BASE Lab and the beginning of a new chapter.
What a Brown Bear I Photographed in Shiretoko Taught Me
A reflection on wildlife, society, and the meaning of firsthand experience.
Starting a Business at 50 in the Age of AI
Why starting again in the second half of life matters now.
Contact
Contact
We welcome inquiries from schools, companies, sponsors, public agencies, and regional partners.