Shishigami

What Shishigami does

Shishigami Company Ltd. (株式会社シシガミカンパニー) is a Japanese forestry venture founded on April 1, 2024 by Representative Director Fusakuni Taguchi, headquartered in Higashishirakawa Village, Gifu Prefecture. The company's core offering is "forenta," an annual subscription-based forest rental service that lets individuals lease designated ~530㎡ sections of forest for camping, nature observation, and outdoor recreation, while providing forest owners with stable, non-timber income from previously underutilized land. The forenta concept, originally developed at Yamatomu Co., Ltd. starting in 2020, was transferred to Shishigami in April 2024 and has since scaled to 43 nationwide locations through a franchise model.

The company's revenue mechanics combine annual rental subscriptions (priced at approximately 77,000-88,000 yen per section per year at the newest Nagano site), per-session forest bathing event fees (2,500 yen/person for middle school and above), and early-stage complementary products including domestic truffle development and a forest location identification service called "More-search" (モリサーチ). Customer segments include outdoor recreation enthusiasts, individual and corporate forest owners, wellness and nature-experience seekers, and corporate clients using forest spaces for training and hospitality. Strategic partnerships with Somanobase (corporate forest activation, resort use cases) and Oto-oki Wood Shop (logging machinery integration) extend the platform into adjacent forestry and lumber industry use cases.

Distribution operates through a hybrid direct-to-consumer and franchise model across Japan, with the franchisee base providing national geographic reach while Shishigami retains brand, concept, and operational standards. The company has accumulated industry recognition including the Good Design Award, a Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries contest award, the Gifu Prime Startup certification (2024), and the JOLA AWARD 2026 Special Prize. The company is private, with no disclosed funding rounds, revenue figures, or institutional investors in the available sources.

Name

Shishigami

Legal name

株式会社シシガミカンパニー

Website

https://shishigami.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Shishigami is a Japanese forestry venture operating the "forenta" annual forest rental franchise across 43 nationwide locations. It serves outdoor recreation renters seeking private forest access and forest owners seeking non-timber income, and is developing adjacent products in domestic truffles and forest location services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Forest Recreation Services

NAICS

Support Activities for Forestry (1153), RV (Recreational Vehicle) Parks and Campgrounds (721211), Timber Tract Operations (11311)

SIC

Forestry (800), Hotels, Rooming Houses, Camps & Other Lodging Places (7000)

akta.pro primary industry

Timber Tract Operations & Forest Ownership (Timberland) (IMAMAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Timberland Operations Planning & Contractor Management (AFAMAKAE), Sustainable Forest Certification & Chain-of-Custody Services (FSC/PEFC/SFI) (IMAMAJAJ), KOA/Chain & Franchise Campgrounds (THAMAJAG)

Keywords

• Forest rental services
• Outdoor recreation
• Forestry management
• Domestic truffle production
• Shinrin-yoku tours

Headquarters

HQ city

Koshihara

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Forest Rental (Forenta) Annual Contracts: Annual subscription-based rental of designated forest sections. Users pay yearly fees to access private forest space for camping and nature activities. Franchise operators manage local forest sites.
2. Forest Bathing Events: Organized forest bathing (shinrin-yoku) tours and experiences offered to individuals and groups, priced per session.
3. Forest Products (Truffles): Production and sale of domestic truffles as a new forest industry product.
4. Forest Location Services: Services to identify and locate forest properties for owners seeking to utilize, sell, or manage their forest assets.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Shishigami operates a forest rental service called "forenta" that enables individuals to rent private forest sections through annual contracts for camping and nature activities, distributed across 43 nationwide franchise locations in Japan. The company additionally develops domestic Japanese truffles as a new forest industry product and offers a "More-search" forest location identification service that uses public maps and forest records to help forest owners locate their properties for utilization, sale, or management purposes.

Product overview

Shishigami Company operates a multi-service forest venture portfolio centered around its flagship forest rental service Forenta, which offers annual contracts for private forest sections for camping and nature activities. The company has expanded through a franchise model to over 43 locations nationwide. Complementing the core rental business, Shishigami develops domestic truffle production as a new forest industry and offers a forest location identification service called More-search to help owners identify their forest properties. Additional services include guided forest bathing tours and nature experience events, creating a comprehensive ecosystem that connects forest owners with urban users seeking nature experiences while enabling sustainable forest management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• モリサーチ (More Search): Forest location identification service that helps forest owners identify the location of their forests using public maps and forest records.
• 戻り苗

Products and services

• Forenta Forest Rental Service (フォレンタ) Annual-contract forest rental service that allows individual users to rent designated private forest sections (approximately 530㎡) for camping, nature observation, and outdoor recreation. Operated through a nationwide franchise network of 43 locations in Japan, with annual fees of 77,000-88,000 yen (tax included) per section.
• Domestic Truffle Development (国産トリュフ開発事業) Development of domestic truffle production leveraging Japanese climate and soil conditions, aimed at creating a new forest industry with globally desirable aromatic products.
• More-search Forest Location Identification Service (モリサーチ) Professional service that identifies and locates forest properties for owners using public maps and forest records, serving as a first step toward utilization, sale, or management of forest assets.
• Forest Bathing Tours (森林浴ツアー) Guided forest bathing (shinrin-yoku) experiences conducted in century-old tree forests, offering mindfulness and nature immersion activities for tourists and locals, priced at 1,300 yen (elementary school students) to 2,500 yen (middle school and above) per person including tax and insurance.

Quantifiable outcome

• Forest rental service enables sustainable forest management for landowners while providing private nature access to urban populations

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Oto-oki Wood Shop (株式会社小友木材店)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 February 2025A wood company working to transform the forestry and lumber industry into a field where young people can work actively, enjoyably, and stylishly. Collaboration focuses on: 1) Utilizing 'mountain cats' (logging machinery) in forenta areas, 2) Applying forenta forest utilization to forests managed by Oto-oki Wood Shop. The partnership aims to create new engagement with forests through combining forestry expertise with the forest rental model.
• Somanobase (株式会社ソマノベース)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 October 2024Somanobase is a forestry venture company working to achieve zero human casualties from sediment disasters through forest management. The partnership focuses on developing new forest utilization methods, including: 1) Corporate forest activation to increase regional relationship populations, 2) Resort-adjacent forest utilization for visitor attraction and monetization, 3) Forest space utilization for employee training and customer interactions. The partnership aims to realize a society where anyone can easily and enjoyably engage with forests.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Getto Forest (ゲットフォレスト): Japanese nature experience platform offering curated forest bathing, outdoor activities, and nature event bookings. Comparable to Shishigami's shinrin-yoku tour offering and nature-based experience focus.
• Somanobase (ソマノベース): Japanese forestry venture focused on preventing sediment disasters through forest management. Partnered with Shishigami in November 2024 for corporate forest activation. Comparable as a Japanese forestry venture with overlapping forest utilization use cases.

Direct peers

• Tentrr: US company that partners with private landowners to offer curated, ready-to-camp private campsites with standardized equipment. Operates a network of private-land campsites comparable to Forenta's per-section rental model.
• Hipcamp: US-based marketplace that enables private landowners to list and rent camping experiences on their land. Hipcamp is comparable in the non-ownership forest/land rental concept but operates as a marketplace/platform rather than a franchise model.
• Recamp: Japanese campground aggregator and booking platform providing access to private and managed campgrounds nationwide. Comparable to Forenta in the Japanese private-camping access market, though as a marketplace rather than direct operator.
• Kampgrounds of America (KOA): North America's largest campground franchise system with 500+ franchised campgrounds. KOA offers the closest analog to Forenta's franchise-based paid camping/forest stay model, though at a much larger scale and focused on RV/tent camping rather than forest rental.

Broad incumbents

• Yamatomu Co., Ltd. (山友): The Japanese forestry company from which Forenta was transferred into Shishigami in 2024. Yamatomu remains active in timber and forest management and historically developed the Forenta concept starting in 2020.

Others

• LandWatch: US land listing marketplace where owners can sell or list rural and forest properties. Comparable to the More-search service use case where forest owners seek to identify, utilize, or monetize their forest assets.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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