h57349

Member for
1 years

Kanto

Ibaraki

hitachiota

常陸太田

  • Grain Farm
  • Tea Farm
  • Poultry Farm
  • Vegetable Gardens
  • Farm Inn, Backpackers Lodge, Etc.
  • Farm Foods Processing Place
  • Center for the Environment

  • General Organic Farming
  • Non Agricultural Chemical Method of Farming
  • Non Chemical Fertilizer Method of Growing Foods
  • Natural Farming
  • Permaculture
  • Sustainable Farming
  • Diversified Farming with Some Livestock (Rotating Livestock and Crops to Produce Sustainability)
  • Rice Farming
  • Tea Farming
  • Keeping Free-Range Chickens
  • Eco-Farming
  • Living Self-Sufficiently
  • Holding Courses for People to Experience Farming
  • Tips About Running a Farm
  • Using Your Own Seeds
  • Forestry and the Use of Timber
  • Outdoor Skills
  • Camping
  • Slaughtering Chickens for Meat for Human Consumption
  • Traditional Local Japanese Cooking
  • Building Houses, Fixing Houses
  • Making Vine Baskets
  • Walking to Enjoy Nature
  • Walking in the Bush
  • Bird Watching
  • Hot Spring

100% organic

No

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

里山の中の生活、テレビはありません、薪風呂、薪ストーブ、野菜はほぼ有機野菜、タバコは吸いません、昔ながらの生活を取り入れるようにしている、古民家での生活、古いものを多く使用しています。循環する生活を心がけ目指しています。有機農業を基準にした生活。近所の爺ちゃんばあちゃんの話を聞く生活

We live in a satoyama, no TV, wood-burning bath, wood-burning stove, almost all vegetables are organic, we don't smoke, we try to adopt the traditional way of life, we live in an old house, we use many old things. We try and aim for a cyclical lifestyle. Our lifestyle is based on organic farming.

  • General diet including meat and fish
  • We cook mainly Japanese meals
  • 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
  • Outside the town
  • 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

Within 1ha (100 a)

  • Large House
  • One Story House
  • Traditional farm house

20

25

15

5

Yes

  • Chickens for Eggs
  • Goats

Yes

  • Cat

  • Almost All Year Round

  • 4 to 7 Days
  • 8 to 10 Days
  • A Few Weeks
  • 3 to 4 Weeks
  • A Few Weeks to a Few Months
  • A Few Months
  • More Than a few Months
  • The period will be determined depending on our workload
  • The first 1 to 3 days will be a trial period. If we feel that the WWOOFer is not suited to our place, the activities we do and the people we are, then we ask them to leave
  • 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

It is not possible

  • No conditions. If we do not have other WWOOFers or other WWOOFer reservations, we welcome all WWOOFers
  • WWOOFers do not need much physical strength but they should be able to do light activities
  • WWOOFers with absolutely no farming experience are welcome
  • WWOOFers who are planning to be a farmer
  • WWOOFers who want to learn farming skills
  • 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 cook
  • WWOOFers who can cook meals by themselves at the Host
  • WWOOFers who like doing house chores, for example cooking, cleaning and washing
  • WWOOFers who can clean rooms
  • WWOOFers who like animals
  • WWOOFers who can do carpentry
  • Active WWOOFers
  • Cheerful WWOOFers
  • WWOOFers who like talking to people
  • Quiet WWOOFers
  • Funny WWOOFers
  • WWOOFers who have a happy smile
  • Honest WWOOFers
  • Responsible WWOOFers
  • Independent WWOOFers
  • WWOOFers who have aspirations
  • WWOOFers who can be patient
  • WWOOFers who can be cooperative
  • WWOOFers who can undertake activities without supervision
  • WWOOFers who are interested in producing quality outcomes
  • WWOOFers who can learn things with the Host together
  • WWOOFers who have no dislikes about eating and food
  • WWOOFers who do not dislike insects
  • WWOOFers who are interested in this culture
  • WWOOFers who do not have any animal allergies
  • WWOOFers who do not have allergy to eggs

  • General farming
  • Weeding
  • Gathering grass
  • Seeding
  • Harvesting
  • Sprinkling chicken droppings
  • Wiping eggs
  • Planting rice plants
  • Reaping rice
  • Threshing
  • Getting rid of rice husks
  • Thinning out seedlings
  • Producing fodder
  • Managing vegetable / rice fields
  • Chopping wood
  • Carrying logs
  • Cultivation of farm land
  • Feeding livestock
  • Moving dung
  • General animal care
  • Shipping goods
  • Packing
  • Supporting deliveries
  • Maintaining forest in the mountains / bush
  • Cleaning
  • Collecting garbage
  • Cooking
  • Washing the dishes
  • General housework
  • Making flower gardens
  • Maintaining tools & equipment
  • Building houses
  • Repairing houses
  • Painting
  • Helping farm / environmental experience courses
  • Helping attending to customers in a shop
  • Shoveling snow
  • Pruning trees

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 WWOOFer & worker house (building)
  • In a traditional Japanese Tatami mat room
  • Using a Japanese futon
  • Using a bed
  • In a tiny room
  • One room for one person
  • One room for two WWOOFers
  • One big room for several WWOOFers

  • Usually with the Host
  • With other WWOOFers, trainees, etc.
  • Normally WWOOFers cook food for themselves using ingredients we give
  • Normally WWOOFers cook breakfast and dinner for themselves using ingredients we give them. We have lunch together
  • Normally WWOOFers fix breakfast for themselves using ingredients we give them. We have lunch and dinner together

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

  • WWOOFers do not need to speak Japanese now but they have to have a will to learn Japanese
  • No, WWOOFers do not need to speak Japanese if they speak English

  • Japanese
  • English

2006年に新規就農し、古民家に住み、有機農業、在来作物、平飼い養鶏、民泊を営んでいます。住んでいる場所は縄文時代から続く里山です。過疎化も進んできている地域です。私達夫婦は、地域の活性化、里山の維持管理、移住の促進、里山の生活を発信し関係人口を増やしたい！またパーマカルチャーをベースに昔からの生活の知恵や技を周りの年配の方から学び、融合、継承していきたいと思い生活、活動しています。もちろん日々の田畑、養鶏の作業、土手の草刈り、裏山の整備、民泊施設の修繕、片付け等も同時進行！里山暮らしがしたい、新規就農したい、移住したい、自給自足的な生活の経験を積みたいと考えている方は、取っ掛かり、経験値を上げるには良いと思いますよ！是非お越しください！一緒に汗を流しましょう！

※食事に関して
・私たちや仲間が栽培している米、野菜、卵、豆中心の食事です。
以下の食材は常備していないので、必要な場合は持参または近くのお店で購入してください。（たまにはあることもあります）
コーヒー、牛乳、生クリーム、バター、チーズ、お菓子、アミノ酸添加の調味料
・食にこだわりのある方、朝晩自炊希望の方はお知らせください。農園にある食材はお渡しできます。

I became a new farmer in 2006, and live in an old private house where I run an organic farm, conventional crops, heirloom poultry farming, and homestay. I live in a satoyama that has been inhabited since the Jomon period. The area has been depopulated. My wife and I want to revitalize the community, maintain and manage the satoyama, promote immigration, and increase the number of people involved by communicating the satoyama lifestyle! We also live and work in the hope of learning, integrating, and passing on the wisdom and skills of the old ways of life based on permaculture from the elderly people around us. Of course, I am also engaged in daily work in the fields, poultry farming, mowing the banks, maintaining the hills behind the house, and repairing and cleaning up the facilities for overnight stays. If you want to live in a satoyama, start a new farming business, emigrate, or gain experience in a self-sufficient lifestyle, this is a good place to start and gain experience! Please come! Let's sweat it out together!

About the food
Our meals will consist mainly of rice, vegetables, eggs, and beans grown by us and our friends.
We do not always have the following ingredients on hand, so if you need them, please bring them with you or buy them at a nearby store. (Sometimes they are available)
Coffee, milk, cream, butter, cheese, sweets, seasonings with added amino acids
Please let us know if you are picky about food or if you wish to cook your own breakfast and dinner. We can give you the ingredients we have on the farm.
WE ARE ACCEPTING WWOOFers
日本の里山と共に暮らすすべを学ぶ意欲のある方や
在来大豆や小豆の栽培、販路や自然養鶏について学びたい方は
長期滞在も可能です。クーラーはないので、夏場はちょっと体調管理が必要です！
返信には最低2,3日はかかります。余裕をもって連絡ください。
秋は稲刈り、豆の収穫に脱穀とまったり大忙しです！
If you are willing to learn how to live with Japanese satoyama and
We welcome those who want to learn about growing native soybeans and azuki beans, sales channels, and natural poultry farming. In winter, we do DIY and sort beans.
Cold and heat can be harsh.
It is in the northernmost part of Kanto, so it takes 3-4 hours from Tokyo station by bus or other means.
Please allow at least a couple of days for a reply. Please contact us well in advance.