Media Center

Transmitting information from the Forest to the world.

The Seicho-No-Ie Media Center, part of the “Office in the Forest,” comprises an office building housing the public relations and publishing departments, and an art studio building with recording and broadcasting studio and an open studio. It plays a vital role in disseminating information about the teachings of Seicho-No-Ie and its activities in the forest to Japan and the world. The art studio building is used for radio broadcasts, video and audio recordings, press conferences, lectures, art exhibitions, and mini-concerts. Plans are also underway to make it available for use by local artists and musicians. Altogether, both buildings of the Media Center utilize 60kW of solar power panels and solar thermal collectors for heating (in the office building), and five wood-burning stoves that require no electricity, achieving an annual net-zero energy (carbon neutral) balance.

Office building

Art studio building

Inside the Art Studio

(There is a recording studio in the back, while the front is an open studio that can also be used as a gallery)

Suekazu Inari Shrine

Relocated from its original location in Akasaka, Tokyo, the Suekazu Inari Shrine, for praying for the realization of world peace, has been erected since the founding of Seicho-No-Ie (1930) as a shrine dedicated to praying for the expansion and development of Seicho-No-Ie publishing activities. As its name “Suekazu” suggests, it is also dedicated to promoting the teaching that “All Religions Emanate from One Universal God,” which holds that although religions are diverse, they ultimately lead to the same truth, and that the essence of their teachings is one. Its worship hall and purification basin utilize stones quarried from the site, and the torii gate is made of cypress logs stripped of their bark.