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The 4th INFOM International Seminar & Workshop 2024 in Japan
INFOM will hold its 4th international seminar in English in October 2024. This is an original
workshop targeted to qualified clinicians to become a certified physician of forest medicine. The
INFOM international certificate of completion will be handed to the doctors who complete thiscourse.
This seminar is not just for doctors, but any participants who are interested in Shinrin-Yoku. TheINFOM Seminar certificate of completion for non-physician participants is also available on achargeable basis. Non-physician participants can receive an international shinrin-yoku instructor
certificate.
Participants who have obtained a certificate at this seminar can conditionally apply to establish anINFOM chapter in their own country.
Dates

October 25 (Fri), 26 (Sat), 27 (Sun), 2024

Maximum numberof participants

50 people
Doctors, Ayurveda Physicians and Chinese medicine doctors who would like tobe qualified as INFOM-certified doctors.
Participants who are not doctors will be issued a certificate of completion aswell.

Locations

Hotel on Friday (October 25): Hotel Metropolitan Edmont Tokyo
https://edmont.metropolitan.jp/
10-8, Iidabashi-3chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102-8130, Japan
TEL:03-3237-1111

Seminar on Saturday (October 26): Nippon Medical School
Forest Therapy Practice: Forest therapy bases in Yamanashi prefecture
Hotel on October 26 in Yamanashi (https://kaiji.co.jp)
Raki House Kaiji
1607-40 Kawanakajima, Isawa-cho, Fuefuki-shi, Fuefuki, Yamanashi, Japan,
406-0024
Participation fees

¥ 180,000 (Japanese Yen) (Tax included)This is the price for a twin room. A single room or one person staying in atwin room will be ¥180,000＋18,500 (Japanese Yen) (Tax included).
The fee includes the followings:

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1. Accommodation, transportation expenses, travel insurance and meals forparticipants.
2. Conference room fees
3. Seminar and Shinrin-yoku practice participate fees
4. The membership fee of INFOM (6,000 Japanese Yen)
For those who have already paid the membership fee (6,000 Japanese Yen)for this year, the annual membership fee will be subtracted.
5. INFOM international forest medicine doctor certificate issuance fee 30,000yen
Forest bathing tourfees after theseminarInformation on forest bathing tours will be announced in May.

Start of application

April 15, 2024

Deadline

September 25, 2024

Application and further more information, please contact the secretary.
shinrinyoku2024@gmail.com

Schedule overview (subject to change)
Day 1- October 25 (Fri), 2024
15:00 – Check-in at " Hotel Metropolitan Edmont Tokyo " (Hotel in Tokyo)
Free time, no dinner

Day 2- October 26 (Sat), 2024
Location: Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0023
Timetable
7: 00 ~ breakfast
08:20 Check out and take a bus to Nippon Medical School Alumni Hall (about 15 min)
09:00-15:30 Academic workshop at Nippon Medical School Alumni Hall

Academic Seminar Program (09:00-15:30)
Chairperson: Prof. Qing Li, MD, PhD (Nippon Medical School, Vice-President of INFOM)
1. Introduction of INFOM
Michiko Imai, MD, PhD (President of INFOM)
2. Video: introduction of research project conducted by INFOM

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Michiko Imai, MD, PhD (President of INFOM)
3. The effects of forest therapy (forest bathing/shinrin-yoku) on the human immunesystem
Qing Li, MD, PhD (Nippon Medical School, Vice-President of INFOM)
4. The effects of forest therapy (forest bathing/shinrin-yoku) on the human endorine
systemQing Li, MD, PhD (Nippon Medical School, Vice-President of INFOM)
5. The effects of forest therapy (forest bathing/shinrin-yoku) on the human autonomic
nervous system
Qing Li, MD, PhD (Nippon Medical School, Vice-President of INFOM)< Lunch break at Nippon Medical School>
6. The effects of forest therapy (forest bathing/shinrin-yoku) on the human mental
healthNorimasa, Takayama, Ph.D. (Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute)
7. The current situation of forest therapy bases and forest therapists in Japan
Qing Li, MD, PhD (Nippon Medical School, Vice-President of INFOM)

Oral presentations

14:00-15:30

Participants can apply for oral presentations on the topic of forest bathing/shinrin-yoku/forest
therapy as follows:
1. Research on forest bathing/shinrin-yoku/forest therapy
2. Introduction of forest bathing/shinrin-yoku/forest therapy activities in your country
3. Proposals in forest bathing/shinrin-yoku/forest therapy
Each oral presentation is 8 minutes.
16：00 Departure from Nippon Medical School to a hotel at Yamanashi (About 2h)
18：00 Arrival at the hotel: Raki House Kaiji (https://kaiji.co.jp)
1607-40 Kawanakajima, Isawa-cho, Fuefuki-shi, Fuefuki, Yamanashi, Japan, 406-0024
19:00-21:00 Welcome dinner party at the hotel

Day 3- October 27 (Sun), 2023
Dr. Michiko Imai, Dr. Qing Li
And other staff will be in charge.

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08:30 Check out from the hotel in Yamanashi (https://kaiji.co.jp/guest_room.html) and depart byprivate bus (travel time about 30 min)9:00-15:20
included)On-site workshop (forest therapy practice) at forest therapy base in Yamanashi (lunch

15:20-15:50 Presentation of certificates of completion and closing ceremony

16:00-18:00 Take a private bus to Shinjuku Station and finish the program
Schedule for forest bathing tour after the seminar and workshop (October 28 30)
16:00- Take a private bus to Nagano prefecture and arrive at a hotel in Nagano prefecture
Planned forest therapy bases: Natural Recreation Forest, Nagano Prefecture (the birthplace of forest
bathing in Japan: https://www.japan.travel/en/japans-local-treasures/akasawa-natural-recreationforest/), Achi Village, Nagano Prefecture
The detailed information on forest bathing tours will be announced in May.

Application deadline: September 25, 2024
Cancellation policy
After the contract for the seminar & workshop, if the contract is canceled, the following cancellation
fee will be charged.
Participation for seminar & workshop will start on October 25th.
Cancellation time (Japan time)
Cancellation before 30 days from the start date of
the seminar or optional tour
Cancellation after 29 days from the start date of theseminar or optional tour
Cancellation after 14 days from the start date of theseminar or optional tour
Previous day cancellationDetails of the fee charged
Full refund (no charge)

Cancellation fee equivalent to 20% of the participation
fee
Cancellation fee equivalent to 50% of the participation
fee
Cancellation fee equivalent to 80% of the participation
fee
Cancellation on the day, after the start of the Cancellation fee equivalent to 100% of the participation
seminar or optional tour, or non-participationfee

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You can find the information of the previous INFOM International Seminar & Workshop in Japan
from the following websites.
The 1st seminar & workshop in 2018: https://www.infom.org/symposiums/symposium_2018.html
We certified 17 international forest therapists and forest medicine doctors from around the world.

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The 2nd seminar & workshop in 2019: https://www.infom.org/symposiums/workshop_2019.html
We certified 38 international forest therapists and forest medicine doctors from around the world.

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The 3rd seminar & workshop in 2023: https://www.infom.org/news/2024/01/19.html
We certified 26 international Shinrin-yoku instructors and forest medicine doctors from around theworld.