Therefore, SATOYUME established a new company, ”EDGE Corporation”, in July 2018. EDGE Corporation was then utilized to establish a new lodging facility in conjunction with the Kosuge Village Office and NOTE Corporation, a specialist in the restoration of old private homes. The first project, " NIPPONIA KOSUGE VILLAGE ", a decentralized hotel that treats the entire region as a single inn, opened on August 17, 2019 under the concept of creating, "A Village of 700 people Into A Hotel". All of the staff who manage “NIPPONIA KOSUGE VILLAGE” are local residents, and most of the food is grown by farmers in the area. The facility will provide an experience not only as a hotel, but also include the surrounding area of the hotel, by giving the customers opportunities to be able to explore natural environments with the local staff by foot and by bicycle, providing tours of the entire village, and interacting with the local villagers along the way. Staying at this hotel will further provide help to preserve the rich history, culture, and lifestyle of the area and its inhabitants.
Furthermore, from 2020, a joint project with East Japan Railway Company (JR East) has begun to expand its stay-and-go tourism business to other locations along the local railroad line. It is called the "Ensen (along the railway line) Marugoto Hotel" project. This project is aimed towards revitalizing the Ome Line of JR East. The project involves numerous local governments/councils (Ome City, Okutama Town, Kosuge Village, and Tambayama Village), local residents and businesses. The main hurdle involved with this project will be renovating the vacant houses scattered along the line into hotel rooms, converting the entire line into a hotel. This “Demonstration experiment” was conducted from February to April of 2021, and received favorable results and evaluations. In December 2021, a joint venture company, “Ensen Marugoto Corporation”, was established to promote full-scale commercialization.

SATOYUME has been involved in the Healing Forest project since its inception and has provided integrated support for the project, including the creation of business plans, progress management of the entire project, and the creation of a roadmap for local branding. In particular, we have used marketing techniques to revitalize the entire town by making effective use of its limited resources. Specifically, we have prepared programs that address the mental health needs of companies primarily in urban areas, and have established partnerships with 35 companies (as of February 2020) through promotion using marketing techniques. The introduction of corporate training programs that incorporate forest therapy have had as ignificantly positive impact on the partner companies involved, with results such as, significant reductions in turnover rates over the course of three years, and the number of people interacting with the town have also increased. In addition, a system has been established so that employees of affiliated companies can a ctively purchase fresh highland vegetables and other local products from the town, contributing to industries other than just tourism. In April 2016, SATOYUME's Nagano branch was established in Shinano Town to further expand its support for the project. In cooperation with the “Shinano Town Forest Therapy Study Group - Hitotoki no Kai” organized by forest medical trainers, other associated bodies, and the “C.W. Nicol Afan Woods Foundation”, the originator of the “Healing Forest” project, we established the “Shinano Town Woods-Life Community”. The town and the “Shinano Town Woods-Life Community” are collaborating to further develop the “Healing Forest” business, and are progressing towards the acceptance of customers.

In June 2022, we renovated the Hatonosu Station building (unmanned station) on the JR Ome Line and opened the “Ensen Marugoto Laboratory” to serve as a base for innovation in the region. In addition to fulfilling the office function of “Ensen Marugoto Co.,Ltd ”, we will work with local residents and local businesses to discover and edit attractive local resources that have not yet been converted into content (tours, local contribution activities, development of local specialty products, etc.), and to “connect” with the local community and “create” in the local community. The three main functions of this organization are to “connect” with the region, “create” in the region, and“activate” the region, and it was established to function as a research institute (laboratory) to create regional innovations. The hotel business will renovate old private homes (vacant houses) along the JR Ome Line in fiscal 2023, and the brand name for the core accommodation facility was decided to be “Satologue”. On May 16, 2024, a restaurant and sauna were opened at a location between Hatonosu and Kori Stations on the JR Ome Line, prior to the accommodation building. A lodging building is scheduled to open on the same site in the spring of 2025, followed by sequential renovation and opening along the JR Ome Line, with a total of five to eight lodging buildings scheduled to be in operation by 2028.

Successful restoration of the None River,
where ayu fish migrate upstream Ayu, a migratory fish, spawns near the mouth of the river in the fall, and the hatched fry are washed out to the sea. In the winter of 2016, the weir and fishway that had been an obstacle to the run-up were repaired, and in the spring of 2017, a whopping 1.5 million ayu came back to the river, In 2018 and 2019, ayu fish came back smoothly, numbering about 800,000. The size of the fish has increased, and the river is returning to its former state. Satoyume was in charge of developing a vision for the restoration project, assisting with fundraising, and surveying the changes in fish and aquatic insect species and populations before and after the weir and fish passage were repaired.

Also initiated the promotion of new hands-on, stay-and-go type tourism. The Nonegawa River is approximately 28.5 km long. Surrounded by rich forests, the watershed has many attractions such as huge rocks, suspension bridges, and abysses. The “8 Views of Nonegawa” have been developed for people to enjoy the river, and the “Nonegawa River Walk” is a guided tour along the river, Not only to revitalize the river, but also to revitalize the community, We have begun various trials to promote new types of hands-on, stay-and-go tourism.

The company is working on the inheritance and development of“Yakihata” farming, an important element of the mountainous agroforestry complex system. Commissioned by Shiiba Village, Satoyume was in charge of managing the “Shiiba Yakihata Study Group,” which conducts research on the History of Yakihata, formulation of work procedures, biodiversity assessment, etc., as well as producing an educational booklet “Shiiba's Yakihata” to increase the number of inheritors and supporters of Yakihata in Shiiba Village, and a manual “Shiiba's Yakihata Procedure Manual” that verbalizes and systemizes the unique method of Yakihata in Shiiba Village. Satoyume was in charge of creating the “Shiiba YakihataManual. ”

Many of the past participants continue to be involved in the community and became a team that creates businesses. In the past, participants have established organizations to commercialize their projects, worked hard to obtain government grants, and develop prototypes regarding their services. We are expanding a new type of related population that does not consume the community, but co-creates with it together.

This project aims to create an environment where attractive products, content, and its creators can gather in Kahoku town,they can interact with the customers, which will then allow the town to develop in a sustainable manner. SATOYUME supports the company’s activities from various aspects, including market research, concept design, brand logo development, business plan drafting, and organization chart review, as well as business operation support and financial analysis support once the company is up and running.