Adventure World (Wakayama, Japan), in support of the "Earth Hour," an environmental event in which the lights are turned off simultaneously around the world, will cooperate in the "Earth Hour 2024" project to be held at 10 hotels across Japan operated by Mori Trust Hotels & Resorts Co.
　Under this project, lantern-making workshops will be held at banquet halls and restaurants of each hotel, utilizing discarded empty cans. As part of the Panda Bamboo Project (nature conservation and bamboo forest resource recycling with pandas as partners), the Park will provide the Nanki Shirahama Marriott Hotel (Shirahama-cho, Wakayama Prefecture; General Manager: Mr. Shoichi Sasagawa) with bamboo left uneaten by pandas for the workshop. Project members will give lectures and support the production of bamboo lanterns (bamboo lanterns).
The empty can lanterns completed at each hotel will be collected from all over Japan for the lights-out event to be held at the Tokyo Marriott Hotel on March 23, 2024 (Saturday), the day of the "EARTH HOUR" and installed at the hotel venue.

~About "EARTH HOUR" ~
"EARTH HOUR" began in 2007 when WWF Australia and its partners held a lights-out event in Sydney to raise awareness of climate change. It has now grown to become one of the largest grassroots events in the world.
Held on the last Saturday in March each year, EARTH HOUR brings together over 190 countries and regions to take action for a better future for people and the planet.

Nanki Shirahama Marriott Hotel "Bamboo Lantern (Bamboo Lantern) Making Workshop"]
Dates:
December 9 and 23, 2023
January 6, 27, and 3, 2024
Time:
Each day ① 5:00pm-6:00pm
② 6:30pm-7:30pm
Capacity: 15 people/time
Participation fee: Free
Target age: 3 years old and up (If elementary school children or younger participate, please be accompanied by a parent or guardian)
Contents: Making bamboo lanterns using bamboo trunks left uneaten by pandas

Contact: Nanki Shirahama Marriott Hotel (TEL︓0739-43- 2600) 2600)
*About making empty can lanterns, this event will be held every day from December 1, 2023 to February 29, 2024.
*Completed lanterns can be taken home upon request. Those who donate lanterns will receive an original hotel sticker.

About the Panda Bamboo Project] https://www.ms-aws.com/vision/sustainability/policy02/
The project protects the environment of satoyama
by cutting down bamboo that devastates satoyama and using it as food for giant pandas, and promotes upcycling of bamboo trunks, leftover bamboo, and feces that were previously disposed of as effective resources. This project promotes the upcycling of bamboo trunks that giant pandas do not eat,
uneaten bamboo, and feces as effective resources.

Mori Trust Hotels & Resorts K.K.] https://www.mt-hr.com/
Mori Trust Hotels & Resorts K.K. was established in 1973 as the core company of Mori Trust Group's hotel and resort business. As of 2023, the company operates 22 hotels and resorts under its own and international brands, including SUI SUI Hotels, Marriott Hotels, Courtyard by Marriott, and Laforet Hotels & Resorts.
The company also operates a wide range of service businesses, including restaurant and café operations such as LAVAROCK, a restaurant offering authentic grill cuisine, as well as rental conference room operations and tourist information center operations.

Nanki Shirahama Marriott Hotel (Shoichi Sasakawa, General Manager, Prefectural Government of Wakayama Prefecture)
URL: https://www.shirahama-marriott.com/index.html
Location: 2428 Shirahama-cho, Nishimuro-gun, Wakayama Prefecture 649-2211
TEL: 0739 -43-2600