Maintenance and management of facilities
We maintain and manage park facilities by cleaning public toilets, managing visitor center facilities, maintaining of trails, repairing signs and benches, cutting grass in picnic areas, managing camp sites, controlling traffic and removing snow in parking lots and trails.
Introducing the Toilet Cleaning Activities of the Natural Parks Foundation
Maintaining and managing public toilets
Noboribetsu
Repairing wooden paths
Jododaira
Removing snow from walking paths
Shiretoko
Creating various signs
Aso
Replacing a path railing
Kamikochi
Managing camp sites
Takachihogawara
Managing parking lots
Naruto
Introducing the Toilet Cleaning Activities of the Natural Parks Foundation
Among its many activities, the Natural effort into toilet cleaning. We consider the toilet to be the gateway where we welcome visitors to the national parks, and we are committed to maintaining our toilets so that they are always clean and convenient. In terms of cleaning methods, we have conducted extensive research into methods that have a low environmental impact. Today, we employ a bio-maintenance method that uses microbes and avoids the use of chemical detergents.
Our staff is usually engaged in multiple operations, such as responding to Visitor Centers and maintaining forest access roads, and we strive to efficiently put together worksheets to make the rounds and diligently clean the toilets.
When the parks receive many visitors, we increase the frequency of our rounds to keep the toilets clean.
As hiking boots bring a lot of mud into the toilet, the drains need to be cleaned regularly and thoroughly.
By installing a blue plate in front of the flushing outlet on the toilet bowl, every flush spreads biotic components (i.e., microbes) through the toilet bowl and into the drain with the flowing water.
Spraying microbe-rich water all over the toilet to complete the cleaning cycle prevents odor as well as the buildup of urinary deposits.
Because urinary deposits are prevented thanks to the effects of the biotic components, daily cleaning can keep the toilet fresh and prevent recurring odor.