Tenjinzaki/Cape Tanabe (Wakayama prefecture)
National Trust in Japan

Following the example of National Trust in the United Kingdom, voluntary participation by the public in activities, such as fund raising for the acquisition and management of land with good natural environment has grown.

The National Trust movement began in Japan in February of 1974 with 16000 signatures. It's purpose: the protection of the natural enviroment. In 1975 the first Nature view school started. With the 1976 fund raising campaign, it was possible to buy Tenjinzaki's area with it's mountain and forests. In October of 1983 National Trust's party in Japan opened Tanabe City, Wakayama.