Vision
A society where people enjoy living things, daily life, and the life of the Earth.
VISION / MISSION / PHILOSOPHY
Enjoy Life. When people enjoy nature, everyday life and local communities grow richer.
Enjoy living things, daily life, and the life of the Earth.
We use Life broadly: living things, daily life, human life, and the ecosystems that support them. Before talking about protecting nature as a duty, we first want to open it to society as something people can encounter, feel, and enjoy. That is where IKIMON begins.
CORE MESSAGE
Observation restores our relationship with the world.
What matters to us is not putting grand ideals first, but increasing good everyday relationships with nearby nature. Learning names, noticing seasons, and seeing familiar streets differently can turn enjoyment into healthier lives, local attachment, and a more sustainable future.
Mission
Expand opportunities to encounter, enjoy, and grow fond of nature.
Turn that connection into continuous records, healthier lives, deeper local attachment, and a more sustainable future.
Philosophy
Before we speak of protection, we create an entrance people can enjoy.
We believe our relationship with nature begins not with obligation, but with Enjoy Life.
People naturally want to care for what they have come to love.
Connection with nature supports mind and body, changes how we see where we live, and nurtures attachment.
That accumulation creates local vitality, strengthens sustainability, and ultimately supports biodiversity.
IKIMON aims to help citizens, companies, and communities record, learn from, and use biodiversity as an everyday experience.
That is why we speak of nature first as something people can encounter, feel, and enjoy, before framing it only as something to protect.
Origin Story
Where this way of thinking began
I flipped over a stepping stone by the front door, and found an earwig underneath.
In Iwanai, Hokkaido, my first hometown, I spent my early childhood surrounded by the sea, mountains, and rivers. Places close at hand, like the garden or the ski slope, became the stage for my first encounters with living things.
I would turn over the stone pavers by the entrance to catch earwigs. In autumn, I chased migratory locusts on the ski slope. Small encounters like that were enough to make the world feel endlessly fascinating.
Almost none of those moments remain as photographs. That is why I want to create experiences where discoveries can be recorded and revisited again and again.
Not only untouched wilderness, but also nearby places shaped by human hands can become entrances to nature. That lived feeling sits at the root of IKIMON’s Vision, Mission, and Philosophy.
THE CYCLE WE BELIEVE IN
The cycle IKIMON believes in
Enjoying nature does not end as leisure. Encountering, getting familiar with, and recording the living world gradually changes both the person and the place. IKIMON wants to increase that flow in daily life and connect it to citizen participation and biodiversity action by companies and communities.
Enjoy nature
Encountering, feeling, and recording nature becomes the entry point.
Become healthier
Mind and body gain more room to breathe and recover.
Love where you live
The resolution of everyday places increases, and attachment grows.
Strengthen the community
More people get involved, and local vitality and sustainability rise.
Support the future
That momentum ultimately contributes to biodiversity.
Would you like to make Enjoy Life a shared social experience?
We want to turn the enjoyment of nature into continuous records, healthier lives, and stronger local communities. If that direction resonates with you, we would like to talk.
Contact UsIKIMON Inc. / Hamamatsu, Shizuoka