This chapter provides a brief history of the management of the University of Tokyo Hokkaido Forest (UTHF), northern Japan. In 1899, Tokyo Imperial University acquired 23,597 ha of virgin forest from the Hokkaido Agency to serve as an experimental site for the College of Agriculture. Forest colonization, which included converting undeveloped forest lands into cultivated areas, settling immigrants, and involving them in both forestry work and pioneering tasks, was crucial to the early development of the UTHF. In the 1910s, severe forest fires caused significant damage, and the affected areas were subsequently treated. During 1920s and 1930s, the UTHF focused on expanding its management base while scaling back its afforestation project. Forests situated in the countryside experienced overcutting due to the demand for timber for military use and firewood collection in areas for enhancing tree growth through silvicultural operations during and after the war. In 1958, the UTHF initiated a business-scale experiment of the “Stand-Based Silvicultural Management System.” A typhoon struck the UTHF in 1981, damaging approximately 40% of the total forested area. After addressing the wind-damaged areas, further developments were made based on the prior outcomes of the SSMS. Since the 2010s, the UTHF has been leading the digitalization of natural forest management operations.