h44689

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Chugoku
Okayama
Mimasaka city
User ID
44689
Host
Username
h44689
棚田が美しい 美作市上山
  • General Farm (grow various kinds of plants)
  • Nature School
  • Infant Minding Place
  • Knowledge of General Farming
  • Non Agricultural Chemical Method of Farming
  • Sustainable Farming
  • Companion Plants
  • Rice Farming
  • Vegetable Farming
  • Keeping Free-Range Chickens
  • Living Self-Sufficiently
  • Using Your Own Seeds
  • Composting Toilet
  • Making Mountain Paths
  • An Educational Environment
  • Food and Farming Education
  • Infant and Child Minding
  • Hand-Made Houses
  • Making Jam
  • Producing Miso
  • Making Japanese Pickles
  • Baking Bread
  • Making Soba noodles
  • Making Seasonable Ornaments
  • Canoeing, Kayaking
  • Playing Music with Local People
  • Singing
  • Walking to Enjoy Nature
  • Swimming in the Ocean (In Season)
  • Fishing
  • Hot Spring
100% organic
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
薪でお風呂を沸かす、物をリサイクルしている、
  • General diet including meat and fish
  • We usually cook homemade meals
When we have a party or an event, we might drink with WWOOFers but these occasions are not so often
No, nobody smokes
  • In the mountains
  • In a tiny village in a mountain area
  • Farming area
  • In a valley between mountains
  • Very quiet
Our home and our workplace are situated at the same place or very close to each other and so the atmosphere stated pertains to both our home and our workplace
  • Traditional farm house
Yes
  • Chickens for Eggs
  • Goats
No
  • Almost All Year Round
  • 3 to 4 Weeks
We welcome one WWOOFer at a time, and a few WWOOFers too can stay with us simultaneously
20 to 50
Depends on the situation
  • No conditions. If we do not have other WWOOFers or other WWOOFer reservations, we welcome all WWOOFers
  • We welcome all nationalities
  • WWOOFers with absolutely no farming experience are welcome
  • WWOOFers who want to try organic farming
  • WWOOFers who are interested in farming
  • WWOOFers who like nature
  • WWOOFers who are interested in environmental issues
  • WWOOFers who are interested in living in a rural area
  • WWOOFers who are interested in food
  • WWOOFers who can look after children
  • WWOOFers who like animals
  • WWOOFers who can do carpentry
  • WWOOFers who can get up early in the morning
  • WWOOFers who do not dislike insects
  • Healthy WWOOFers
  • General farming
  • Weeding
  • Seeding
  • Planting seedlings in the ground
  • Harvesting
  • Planting rice plants
  • Reaping rice
  • Threshing
  • Managing vegetable / rice fields
  • Chopping wood
  • Carrying logs
  • Cultivation of farm land
  • Feeding livestock
  • General animal care
  • Maintaining forest in the mountains / bush
  • Cooking
  • Washing the dishes
  • General housework
  • Looking after children
  • Making a bath using wood for fuel
  • Building houses
  • Repairing houses
  • Making bread
We are trying to give WWOOFers 6 hours a day, however, it may increase or decrease depending on the activities we are doing
  • In a house separate from the main house
  • In a traditional Japanese Tatami mat room
  • Using a Japanese futon
  • Other
  • Usually with the Host
Depends on the situation
Yes, at a designated location
  • No
Yes
It depends on the activities we are doing at our place at the time, however, we usually have time to communicate with WWOOFers
  • Yes, to a certain degree
  • Japanese
  • English
  • Mandarin Chinese
自分たちの理想郷を創りあげたいと想い、2017年4月に棚田と森に囲まれた古民家に移住しました。これからそのイメージを現実の形にしていくところです。縁あってうちに来ていただけた方と一緒に楽しく「0から創りあげる喜び」を感じていきたいと思い、ホストに登録しました。

私たちが移住した集落は、人口は180人ほどの小さい集落です。周りを山々に囲まれた中山間地で、朝は朝靄が雲海のように広がる中、鳥の鳴き声だけが聞こえる静かなところです。この地域は棚田が有名で、今の時期は鏡のように水をはった棚田に青々とした苗が植えられていて、散歩するだけでも素晴らしい景色に出会えます。

私たちの暮らしは始まったばかりです。パーマカルチャーの概念をもとに、人、米、野菜、果樹、家畜、森、川、池、花などが有機的につながっている空間を時間をかけてつくっていきたいと思っています。
田んぼ(2反)での米づくり、畑(合計3反)での野菜づくりでは、自然農・自然栽培を中心にすすめていこうと日々、試行錯誤をしている段階です。また、私たちが生活する古民家やゲストが宿泊する宿泊棟のリフォーム、生きものと共生するビオトープづくり、子ども達(我が家には3人の娘(8才と5歳と1才)がいます)の遊具づくりなども平行してすすめていきたいです。

ただ今、暮らしから学んでいく幼児と小学部フリースクールを行っています。子ども達が幸せな子ども時代を過ごせるような場にしていくつもりです。

まだスタートしたばかりの私たちですが、出会ったウーファーの方と楽しい時間を過ごしたいと思っています。以前、自分がウーファーだったときのホストの方々と同じように、ウーフに参加した人の気持ちを尊重しつつ、家族の一員として温かく受け入れたいと思います。
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