{"id":638,"date":"2025-05-22T19:56:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T10:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rusutsu-sustainable.com\/?p=638"},"modified":"2025-08-21T14:41:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T05:41:42","slug":"nature-becomes-visible-only-when-its-measured-rusutsu-resort-launches-a-hands-on-field-measurement-project-for-its-water-and-forests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rusutsu-sustainable.com\/?p=638&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"\u201cNature becomes visible only when it\u2019s measured\u201d \u2014 Rusutsu Resort launches a hands-on field measurement project for its water and forests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"723\" src=\"https:\/\/rusutsu-sustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/blog597-1-1-1024x723.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rusutsu-sustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/blog597-1-1-1024x723.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rusutsu-sustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/blog597-1-1-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rusutsu-sustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/blog597-1-1-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rusutsu-sustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/blog597-1-1.jpg 1032w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Measuring nature\u2019s invisible cycles is what makes them visible.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The term <strong>\u201cwater positive\u201d<\/strong>\u2014the idea of returning more water to nature than you use\u2014is gaining global attention. As major corporations and municipalities make this commitment, Rusutsu Resort took its own first step in May 2025, conducting a field survey that directly measured and visualized the roles of groundwater and forests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"723\" src=\"https:\/\/rusutsu-sustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/blog597-10-1-1024x723.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rusutsu-sustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/blog597-10-1-1024x723.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rusutsu-sustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/blog597-10-1-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rusutsu-sustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/blog597-10-1-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rusutsu-sustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/blog597-10-1.jpg 1032w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The investigation was led by <strong>Amenowa Inc.,<\/strong> active in the sustainability sector, and <strong>Elspina<\/strong>, which is involved in resort development. Two of Japan\u2019s foremost experts also participated on site: Professor<strong> Koichiro Kuraji<\/strong> of the University of Tokyo and Dr. <strong>Hiro Takashima<\/strong>, Professor at Daiichi Institute of Technology and member of the NPO Japan Geological Contamination Review Organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"723\" src=\"https:\/\/rusutsu-sustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/blog597-4-1024x723.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rusutsu-sustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/blog597-4-1024x723.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rusutsu-sustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/blog597-4-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rusutsu-sustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/blog597-4-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rusutsu-sustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/blog597-4.jpg 1032w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The guiding question was simple: <strong>\u201cHow are Rusutsu\u2019s water and forests connected?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Answering it required boots on the ground\u2014literally. Selecting observation wells, mapping spring-water distributions, and studying how forest density affects water-retention capacity were painstaking tasks carried out while wading through mud and pushing through brush.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"723\" src=\"https:\/\/rusutsu-sustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/blog597-11-1-1024x723.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rusutsu-sustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/blog597-11-1-1024x723.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rusutsu-sustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/blog597-11-1-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rusutsu-sustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/blog597-11-1-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rusutsu-sustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/blog597-11-1.jpg 1032w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Rusutsu\u2019s ambition is not merely to be a <em>tourist<\/em> resort, but a resort that <em>coexists with nature<\/em>. This hands-on measurement campaign marks the first step toward a future in which data will guide how we live alongside the natural world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Measuring nature\u2019s invisible cycles is what makes them visible. The term \u201cwater positive\u201d\u2014the idea of returnin [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":715,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jinr_url_youtube":"","_jinr_pip_youtube":false,"_jinr_time_youtube":"","_jinr_thumb_youtube":"","_jinr_media_youtube":"","_jinr_category_edit":false,"_jinr_category":"","_jinr_title_display":false,"_jinr_snsbutton_display":false,"_jinr_ads_display":false,"_jinr_thumbnail_display":true,"_jinr_profile_display":false,"_jinr_representations_display":false,"_jinr_relatedpost_display":false,"_jinr_sidebar1col_display":false,"_jinr_sidebar2col_display":false,"_jinr_seotitle_display":"","_jinr_description_display":"","_jinr_keyword_display":"","_jinr_hastag_display":"","_jinr_canonical_display":"","_jinr_noindex_display":false,"_jinr_paidpost":false,"_jinr_paidpost_product_id":"","_jinr_headtag_article":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-water-monitoring-en"],"views":"16","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rusutsu-sustainable.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rusutsu-sustainable.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rusutsu-sustainable.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rusutsu-sustainable.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rusutsu-sustainable.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=638"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/rusutsu-sustainable.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":716,"href":"https:\/\/rusutsu-sustainable.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638\/revisions\/716"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rusutsu-sustainable.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rusutsu-sustainable.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rusutsu-sustainable.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rusutsu-sustainable.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}