Teshikaga Land
Biruwa, Teshikaga-cho, Kawakami-gun, Hokkaido. Here, near Mt. Io and Lake Kussharo, we own about 18.5 hectares of land (about four times the size of Tokyo Dome).
Growth in proportion to the size of the Earth.
Doing business means using electricity and fuel, and emitting CO2. Rather than look away from that fact, we wanted to secure, with our own hands, a place that absorbs what we emit. The Teshikaga land is owned by Grandefarm. Our parent company, GRANT Inc., brought Grandefarm, the owner of this land, into its group with this idea in mind.
In a 2008 announcement, GRANT Inc. stated its aim of securing and protecting a sink for the greenhouse gases (particularly CO2) it emits, and wrote that it would "choose growth in proportion to the size of the Earth."
Our thinking in 2008
According to the 2008 announcement, GRANT Inc. estimated the amount of greenhouse gases (particularly CO2) from the electricity and fuel used in its business, and brought Grandefarm, the owner of this land, into the group as a corresponding sink. Assuming the estimate would contain errors, it erred on the high side for emissions.
How much CO2 the land absorbs varies greatly with vegetation and climate, and measuring it accurately requires a specialist survey. For this reason, we do not give figures for absorption here.
Policy set out in the 2008 announcement
The 2008 announcement also set out what to do if emissions increased: plant trees on the land to increase absorption, and expand the land owned.
The land and its surroundings
Grassland spreading across our land 
Mt. Io in the evening, seen from our land 
Our land in the evening light 
Grassland and trees on our land 
The surrounding area: a sea of clouds and Mt. Io 
The surrounding area: Lake Kussharo 
The surrounding area: the hills of Biruwa
About 18.5 hectares, about four Tokyo Domes.
This diagram shows the shape of the land we own. It covers about 18.5 hectares, roughly four times the size of Tokyo Dome.
Note: This is a simplified diagram we created; it is not a map. Tokyo Dome is taken as a building area of 46,755 m² (about 4.7 hectares).
Teshikaga on video
Size is hard to convey through numbers and diagrams alone. Take a look at the land through footage such as driving through the site in a 4WD vehicle.
Our land: grassland and woods in autumn A panoramic look around our land Driving through our land in a 4WD Moving through our land in a 4WD, with the site fence and Mt. Io in the distance Following the track on our land as far as a 4WD can go Fumes rising from Mt. Io (Atosanupuri), seen from our land
Location
Location: Biruwa, Teshikaga-cho, Kawakami-gun, Hokkaido, Japan
We own this land as part of our relationship with our parent company, GRANT Inc.
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