The Commemorative Stone at the Forest Entrance Staff and Forest planners gather before the ceremony IUJ President Sugihara with T. Shinoda (Class of 86) and IUJ Sec. Gen. Ichinose President Y. Sugihara thanking IUJ Founder S. Nakayama for his wonderful contribution Walking along the new path to the forest entrance Approaching the Commemorative Stone Mr. Takeuchi and student representative Gigi prepare to unveil the stone The covering is removed as poppers pop and confetti flies . . . . . . and we see the Commemorative stone! Sec. General Ichinose invites us to take a walk through the new forest Participants head out on the winding trail seeing the plates on the trees. A glorious day greets those viewing the trees for the first time One of the 35 Zelkova trees representing one of the Graduating Classes betwen 1985 and 2002. Looking back on the trail with Mt. Hakkai and Mt. Komagatake towering over the IUJ dorms Such a spendid day - after a week of rain and snow - for this commemorative event "IUJ Alumni Forest in Commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of IUJ"