h57349

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Kanto
Ibaraki
hitachiota
User ID
57349
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h57349
常陸太田
  • Grain Farm
  • Tea Farm
  • Poultry Farm
  • Vegetable Gardens
  • Ecotourism
  • 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
  • Building Houses, Fixing Houses
  • Walking to Enjoy Nature
  • Walking in the Bush
  • Bird Watching
  • Hot Spring
100% organic
No
We are alternative people, and live an organic mentality
本当に田舎の里山での生活です。静かな自然の中で暮らしたい方には最高の環境です。
皆さんが滞在する家と私たちホストの家は隣同士にあります。私たちは築300年の古民家に住んでおり、薪風呂や、夏は自然の風と扇風機、冬は薪ストーブや石油ストーブを使っています。

皆さんが滞在する家は築60年の日本家屋で、まるでおばあちゃんの家のような懐かしい雰囲気があります。この家は以前、映画の撮影にも使われました。こちらも夏は扇風機、冬はこたつと石油ストーブで快適に過ごせるようになっています。

食材については、ほぼ有機野菜を使用しており、ご近所からいただく自家栽培の野菜も取り入れています。タンパク質は、餌にこだわって飼育している鶏の卵や鶏肉、また畑で採れる豆類を中心にしています。

私たちはパーマカルチャーデザインを取り入れながら、昔ながらの暮らしや有機農業、里山の生活を実践し、自然と循環するライフスタイルを模索中です。現在も発展途上ではありますが、日々改善を重ねています。
This is truly life in a rural satoyama (traditional countryside). It’s the perfect environment for those who want to live surrounded by quiet nature.
The house where you’ll be staying is right next to our house. We live in a 300-year-old traditional Japanese farmhouse with a wood-fired bath, natural breezes and fans in the summer, and a wood stove and kerosene stove in the winter.

The guesthouse, where you’ll stay, is a 60-year-old traditional Japanese house with a nostalgic atmosphere, much like a grandmother’s home. This house was even used as a location for a movie shoot in the past. It’s equipped with fans for the summer and a kotatsu and kerosene stove for the winter, ensuring a comfortable stay year-round.

Regarding food, we use mostly organic vegetables, including those we grow ourselves or receive from local neighbors who practice home gardening. For protein, we provide eggs and chicken raised on carefully selected feed, as well as beans from our fields.

We are incorporating permaculture design into our daily lives while practicing traditional lifestyles, organic farming, and satoyama living. Our aim is to establish a sustainable, self-sufficient lifestyle. While we are still in the process of developing and improving, we are working towards this goal every day.

  • 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
  • Rural area
  • In the mountains
  • In a tiny village in a mountain area
  • Farming area
  • Outside the town
  • In a valley between mountains
  • Near a river
  • 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
  • Two Story House
  • Traditional farm house
20
25
15
5
Yes
  • Chickens for Eggs
  • Goats
Yes
  • Cat
  • Almost All Year Round
  • 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
It is not possible
  • No conditions. If we do not have other WWOOFers or other WWOOFer reservations, we welcome all WWOOFers
  • We welcome all nationalities
  • 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
  • Planting seedlings in the ground
  • 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
  • Helping at events
  • Repapering paper sliding doors
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
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
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、東京でのサラリーマンの仕事を辞め、この地に移住、新規就農し、古民家で暮らしながら有機農業、在来作物の栽培、平飼い養鶏、そして民泊を営んでいます。
私たちが住んでいるのは、縄文時代から続く里山の地域で、現在は過疎化が進んでいる場所でもあります。

私たち夫婦は、地域の活性化や里山の維持管理、移住の促進を目指し、里山での生活を発信して関係人口を増やしたいと考えています。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術を周りの年配の方々から学び、それらを融合し、次世代に継承していきたいという想いで生活し、活動しています。

日々の田畑や養鶏の作業、土手の草刈り、裏山の整備、そして民泊施設の修繕や片付けも同時進行で行っています。

里山暮らしをしてみたい方、農業をやりたい方、田舎に移住を考えている方、自給自足的な生活の経験を積みたい方には、良いきっかけや経験になると思います。ぜひお越しください！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お米、野菜、卵、鶏肉、豆を中心とした食事をご用意しています。
以下の食材は常備していないため、必要な場合は持参いただくか、近くのお店で購入をお願いします。
（たまにご用意がある場合もあります）
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

In 2006, we left our corporate jobs in Tokyo and relocated to this area to start a new life as farmers. Since then, we have been living in a traditional Japanese farmhouse while practicing organic farming, cultivating traditional crops, raising free-range chickens, and running a guesthouse.
We live in a satoyama (traditional countryside) area that has existed since the Jomon period, but which is now facing depopulation.

As a couple, we aim to revitalize the local community, preserve and manage the satoyama environment, and promote relocation to rural areas. We also strive to share the lifestyle of satoyama living with a broader audience to increase connections with this region. Inspired by permaculture principles, we incorporate traditional knowledge and techniques passed down by the elderly in our community, blending and preserving them for future generations.

We are simultaneously involved in daily tasks such as tending to fields, raising chickens, mowing grass along the banks, maintaining the surrounding mountains, and repairing and tidying up the guesthouse facilities.

For those who want to experience satoyama living, try their hand at farming, consider relocating to the countryside, or gain practical experience in a self-sufficient lifestyle, this could be a great starting point. Please come and join us—we’d love to work together and share the sweat of hard but fulfilling labor!

About Meals
We provide meals based on rice, vegetables, eggs, chicken, and beans, which we or our partners grow.
The following items are not regularly stocked, so if needed, please bring them yourself or purchase them from nearby stores. (Occasionally, we may have some available.)

Coffee, milk, fresh cream, butter, cheese, snacks, and seasonings with added amino acids
WE ARE ACCEPTING WWOOFers
日本の里山で暮らしてみませんか？
在来大豆や小豆の栽培、自然養鶏に興味がある方、またはその実践を見て体験してみたい方、大歓迎です！
大工仕事、整理整頓、お料理が得意な方、庭仕事やハーブ・野草の管理、卵拭きや豆の選別・袋詰め、力仕事が好きな方など、どれか一つでも当てはまる方をお待ちしています。
（もちろん、それ以外の方も歓迎します！）

滞在について

滞在期間は10日以上から受け入れます。
長期滞在も、試し滞在後に可能です！
注意事項

ご返信には最低2～3日かかります。余裕を持ってご連絡ください。
冬は関東地方北部のため少々寒く、夏は暑いですが、人はあたたかいです。（＾＾）
作業スケジュール（目安）

1月～2月：豆の選別、畑や田んぼの整備（1月は受け入れをお休みします）
3月～：畑や裏山の整備、鶏舎建設など
5月：畑と田んぼの準備、鶏舎建設準備
6月：豆の種まき
7月：豆の種まき、田んぼの除草作業
8月：田んぼの除草作業、豆の土寄せ・除草
10月：豆の収穫、稲刈り
11月～12月：稲の脱穀、豆の収穫・脱穀、ソバの収穫・脱穀、里芋の収穫と貯蔵
通年の活動

鶏や山羊のお世話
庭の手入れ
建屋や機械の修理
卵や豆の出荷・発送
毎月のマルシェへの参加
食事について

朝食：自炊
昼食：一緒に食べる（料理はみんなで交代で担当します。様々な地域や国の料理を学べる良い機会です！）
夕食：自炊
※自炊に必要な基本的な食材（お米、オーガニック野菜、鶏肉など）は提供します。
Would you like to live in Japan's Satoyama (traditional rural landscapes)?
We welcome anyone interested in cultivating traditional soybeans and adzuki beans or practicing free-range poultry farming.
If you are skilled in carpentry, organizing, or cooking, or if you enjoy gardening, managing herbs and wild plants, wiping eggs, sorting and packing beans, or doing physical work, we’d love to have you!
(Even if none of these apply, you are still welcome!)

About Your Stay

The minimum stay is 10 days.
Long-term stays are also possible after an initial trial stay.
Important Notes

It may take at least 2–3 days for us to respond. Please contact us in advance with some buffer time.
Winters can be a bit cold as we are in the northern Kanto region, and summers are hot, but the people are warm-hearted. 😊
Tentative Work Schedule

January–February: Bean sorting, field and paddy maintenance (No guests accepted in January)
March onward: Field and mountain maintenance, construction of poultry houses
May: Preparation of fields and paddies, preparation for poultry house construction
June: Bean planting
July: Bean planting, weeding in the rice paddies
August: Weeding in rice paddies, bean hilling and weeding
October: Bean harvesting, rice harvesting
November–December: Threshing rice, harvesting and threshing beans, harvesting and threshing buckwheat, harvesting and storing taro
Year-round Activities

Caring for chickens and goats
Garden maintenance
Repairing buildings and equipment
Shipping and dispatching eggs and beans
Participating in monthly markets
About Meals

Breakfast: Self-prepared
Lunch: Shared meal (Cooking duties rotate among everyone, giving you the chance to explore various cuisines from different regions and countries.)
Dinner: Self-prepared
※ Basic ingredients for self-prepared meals (e.g., rice, organic vegetables, chicken) will be provided.

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