h25611

Member for
12 years
Hokkaido
Hokkaido
Shimamaki,Shimamaki-gun.
User ID
25611
Host
Username
h25611
島牧郡島牧村
  • Vegetable Farm
  • Poultry Farm
  • General Organic Farming
  • Sustainable Farming
  • Diversified Farming with Some Livestock (Rotating Livestock and Crops to Produce Sustainability)
  • Vegetable Farming
  • Keeping Free-Range Chickens
  • Production of Non Genetically Modified Foods
  • Living Self-Sufficiently
  • Tips About Running a Farm
  • Opportunities to Study Japanese
  • Traditional Local Japanese Cooking
  • Roadside Store Selling Food Directly to the Public
  • Walking to Enjoy Nature
  • Swimming in the Ocean (In Season)
  • Fishing
  • General Japanese Family
  • Traditional Japanese Family
100% organic
Yes
有機JAS
We have an organic attitude of sorts, but we do not go out of our way to be organic or alternative, rather, we do what suits us at the time
食べ物にこだわっている、ファーストフード店には行かない、日々いろいろと勉強している、利用できるものは長く使用している、物をリサイクルしている.
we do our best to minimize the garbage, we do not eat at fast food restaurants.we recycle as much as possible.
  • General diet including meat and fish
  • We put great effort into how to cook and what to eat
  • We cook mainly Japanese meals
  • We sometimes cook Western types of food
  • We always cook homemade meals
  • We never eat pre-made foods from supermarkets and department stores
  • We never buy obento (lunch boxes) at convenience stores and supermarkets
  • We never eat fast food such as McDonald’s and KFC, etc.
When we have a party or an event, we might drink with WWOOFers but these occasions are not so often
No, nobody smokes
  • Near the sea
  • Near a river
  • Very quiet
  • On a small street
  • WWOOFers can walk here from the nearest public transportation, station / bus stop
Our home and our workplace are situated at different places and the atmosphere stated pertains to our home
Within 1ha (100 a)
  • Typical Japanese Size
  • One Story House
  • Other
海の側です。
The house is located by the sea.
10
25
10
-5
Yes
  • Chickens for Eggs
No
  • April
  • May
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • 8 to 10 Days
  • A Few Weeks
  • If WWOOFers want to stay for a long period, after about a one week trial period, we decide if the WWOOFer is suited to our place and whether we will ask him or her to stay longer
Up to Two
5 to 20
  • 2 friend WWOOFers of the same gender
  • 2 friend WWOOFers of different gender
  • A couple who are WWOOFing together
  • A wife and husband couple
  • Siblings WWOOFing together
Depends on the situation
  • Any gender
  • Under 20
  • In their 20s
  • In their 30s
  • In their 40s
  • In their 50s
  • In their 60s and over
  • We prefer WWOOFers who can speak Japanese
  • We welcome all nationalities
  • WWOOFers who want to learn farming skills
  • WWOOFers who are interested in farming
  • WWOOFers who like nature
  • WWOOFers who are interested in living in a rural area
  • WWOOFers who are interested in food
  • WWOOFers who can cook
  • WWOOFers who can look after children
  • WWOOFers who can do carpentry
  • Active WWOOFers
  • Cheerful WWOOFers
  • Honest WWOOFers
  • WWOOFers who have aspirations
  • WWOOFers who can undertake activities without supervision
  • WWOOFers who can get up early in the morning
  • WWOOFers who have no dislikes about eating and food
  • WWOOFers who do not dislike insects
  • WWOOFers who have a will to learn the native language(s)
  • WWOOFers who are interested in this culture
  • Healthy WWOOFers
  • WWOOFers who do not have allergy to eggs
  • WWOOFers who have done WWOOFing before at different places
  • General farming
  • Weeding
  • Harvesting
  • Wiping eggs
  • Reaping rice
  • Managing vegetable / rice fields
  • General animal care
  • Shipping goods
  • Cleaning
  • Cooking
  • Washing the dishes
  • Looking after children
  • Repairing houses
  • Painting
  • Helping at events
Usually 6 hours or less a day
  • In a room in the house where the Host family live
  • In a house separate from the main house
  • Using a Japanese futon
  • Using a bed
  • One room for one person
  • One room for two WWOOFers
  • Usually with the Host
  • Other
1日3食ほぼ手作りです。
地元産のものがある時期は使うようにしています。北海道産の食材を選ぶようにしています。日本食中心、時には洋食も作ります。
ウーファーさん滞在中に一度は好きな料理を作ってもらっています。
We basically cook you 3 meals everyday. Sometimes we ask you to cook meal for everyone when It’s busy.
we proudly choose the local grown food first and cook Japanese dish and some western dish too.we use some home made processed food such as Miso,tomato sauce,jams etc.
We would love to eat what you cook once during your stay!
We can cook for WWOOFers who are really light vegetarians, who can eat chickens, ham & sausages, eggs, dairy products
Yes, at a designated location
  • No
No
If we do not have any language barriers, we have time to communicate with WWOOFers
  • Yes, to a certain degree
  • WWOOFers do not need to speak Japanese now but they have to have a will to learn Japanese
  • Japanese
  • English
  • Other
we would like to have people who speaks Japanese or highly motivated to talk in Japanese.
About us---
We mainly grow cherry tomatoes in greenhouses.In July we start picking ripe tomatoes till the end of September.We especially needs hands in this period.
Besides we started chicken farm with 25 chickens in 2021 and now we raise 200 chickens in 2025 and are selling eggs as free-range eggs all the year.

We started to grow tomatoes in 2011 just after the big earthquake happened.We decided to start new lifestyle as Organic Farmers. Since 2012 we started building secondhanded-greenhouses one by one,improving the skills of growing organic tomato and learn how to sell it by ourselves.
In 2013 we became a wwoof host.Our life was becoming busy after having child.so it was a natural choice for us to become a wwoof host to get helping hands.we both used to like traveling overseas when we were twenties and have open-minded for people from other countries.we had over 100 people in this 10 years from Europe,America,Australia and some Asian countries.

We love to eat,cooking,music,beer,snowboarding/skateboarding,and drawings.We have 2 daughters age 13 and age 9.
You can have a look an independent farming in Japan.

*Nature surrounded.
Shimamaki,where we live is a little village along with the coast facing the Sea of Japan.It's a between the ocean and mountains surrounded by deep and untouched nature.
Our house is just by the sea and our field is in a quiet area by the forest.

There are kinds of wilderness such as fox,deer,snakes and even bears in the forest nearby.There are also prich sea creatures such as kelps,fishes in the sea.
In summer we love to go swimming there to refresh our bodies and to discover the beauties under water.
Salmons come back to clean rivers in the Autumn.The sun is setting to the sea. It’s beautiful colors in the clear air and water.

It's not convinient as the city life but we love the way to be "inconvinient" living here and its confortable.we also enjoy our life with DIY spirits.
Slip out of the concrete world,you can feel free to be with nature here.
Let's share the thoughts and ideas for our bright future!

*Our Mission
The agriculture that never pollute the sea.
Grow food for local children.

*What we do---Schedule for farming
April: plant seeds,watering,operating greenhouses, plant seedlings.
May: plant seedlings,watering and operating greenhouses, weeding.
June: taking suckers off,wrap branch around strings,weeding.
July: taking suckers off,wrap branch around strings,picking worms,weeding, start harvesting cherry tomatoes.
August: Harvesting cherry tomatoes almost everyday,select and pack them in boxes and more.
September: Harvesting cherry tomatoes,select and pack them in boxes and more.
October: still have some harvesting tomatoes but start clearing up the field,agricultural materials and plants.

*Daily schedule
In summer we have breakfast at 5AM,go to the field and work about 6hours a day until just before lunch.you have free time in the afternoon.
In spring and Autumn,we start later in the morning.it depends on the sun rising time and temparture and weather on that day.
Lunch time:about 12noon
Dinner time:about 6PM
We have little children.we go to the bed about 9PM.
WE ARE ACCEPTING WWOOFers
夕陽が美しい北海道の小さな海辺の村にてオーガニックミニトマト収穫のお手伝いをお願いします。5月中旬〜、7月中旬〜9月中旬までのいずれか10日前後
Pls Help growing tomatoes from middle of May.or Picking cheery tomatoes in greenhouses from middle of July to middle of September.
By the Sea of Japan you can see the best sunset here.

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