h66462

Member for
1 years
Kansai
Mie
Minamimuro-Gun Mihama-Cho
User ID
66462
Host
Username
h66462
南牟婁郡　御浜町
  • Rice Farm
  • Vegetable Gardens
  • Arts and Crafts Studio
  • Building Studio
  • Nature School
  • Farm Inn, Backpackers Lodge, Etc.
  • Farm Foods Processing Place
  • Center for the Environment
  • Knowledge of General Farming
  • General Organic Farming
  • Non Agricultural Chemical Method of Farming
  • Non Chemical Fertilizer Method of Growing Foods
  • Natural Farming
  • Permaculture
  • EM, Effective Microorganisms
  • Companion Plants
  • Rice Farming
  • Vegetable Farming
  • Herb Growing
  • Production of Non Genetically Modified Foods
  • Eco-Farming
  • A Farm for Tourism
  • Holding Courses for People to Experience Farming
  • Tips About Running a Farm
  • Using Your Own Seeds
  • Rocket Stove
  • Forestry and the Use of Timber
  • Outdoor Skills
  • Making Jam
  • Producing Miso
  • Making Japanese Pickles
  • Producing Processed Food
  • Making Wooden Things
  • Building Houses, Fixing Houses
  • Aikido (Japanese Art of Self Defense)
  • Walking to Enjoy Nature
  • Swimming in the Ocean (In Season)
  • Mountain Climbing
  • Walking in the Bush
  • 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
自然豊かな里山で生活をしています。
有難いことに我が家は全て山水が使用できます。できるだけ環境を汚さないよう、洗剤や石鹸などは自然に優しいものを使用しています。

食べ物は、できる限り自然な物や、添加物、化学調味料などを使用していないものを選んでいますが、完全に排除しようとはせずに、無理なくやっています。
庭でとれた野菜や、近所で採れる山菜や果物、猟師さんから頂ける猪肉や鹿肉などを、料理したり、保存食にしたりもよくします。

古民家の修繕や家具作りなど、基本的に廃材や頂いた木材、流木などを利用して自分でやっています。
家にテレビはありません。

仕事は便利屋として、主に草刈りや庭の手入れ、空き家の管理や残置物処理などを行っています。
ただ、基本的に、暮らしの営みや子育て、やりたいことをやる時間を優先的に考えており、自由でゆとりのある働き方を心がけています。
I live in a rural area surrounded by nature.

Thankfully, all of our homes use mountain water. We use environmentally friendly detergents and soaps to avoid polluting the environment as much as possible.

I choose foods that are as natural as possible and do not use additives or chemical seasonings, but I don't try to eliminate them completely, so I do it in a reasonable way.

I often cook or preserve vegetables from my garden, wild plants and fruits from the neighborhood, and wild boar and venison given to me by hunters.

I basically do things like repairing old houses and making furniture myself, using scrap materials, donated wood, and driftwood.

We don't have a TV at home.

I work as a handyman, mainly mowing the grass and taking care of the garden, managing vacant houses, and disposing of leftover items.

However, I basically prioritize daily life, raising children, and time to do what I want, and I try to work in a free and relaxed manner.
  • We usually eat vegetables and rice but we have meat and fish if we are given it
  • We put great effort into how to cook and what to eat
  • We cook mainly Japanese meals
  • We cook various international meals
  • Two big meals a day
  • 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
  • In a tiny village in a mountain area
  • Farming area
  • Near the mountains
  • Near a river
  • On a small street
  • WWOOFers can walk here from the nearest public transportation, station / bus stop
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
Yes
  • Goats
Yes
  • Dog
  • Almost All Year Round
  • A Few Days
  • 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
  • 6 Months to One Year
  • Both Short Period and Long Period Welcome
  • The period will be determined depending on our workload
  • 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 Five
20 to 50
Depends on the situation
  • No conditions. If we do not have other WWOOFers or other WWOOFer reservations, we welcome all WWOOFers
  • Any gender
  • Any gender including LGBT, etc.
  • WWOOFers of any age
  • 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 living in a rural area
  • WWOOFers who are interested in food
  • WWOOFers who can do carpentry
  • Other
オーガニックな村作りに興味のある方
People interested in creating organic villages
  • General farming
  • Weeding
  • Gathering grass
  • Seeding
  • Planting seedlings in the ground
  • Harvesting
  • Watering
  • Planting rice plants
  • Reaping rice
  • Thinning out seedlings
  • Maintaining pasture
  • Managing vegetable / rice fields
  • Chopping wood
  • Carrying logs
  • Cultivation of farm land
  • Feeding livestock
  • General animal care
  • Cleaning
  • Supporting environmental activities
  • Cooking
  • Washing the dishes
  • General housework
  • Looking after children
  • Making flower gardens
  • Building houses
  • Repairing houses
  • Pruning trees
  • Making herbal products
  • Processing food
  • Making handicrafts
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 room in the house where the Host family live
  • In a house separate from the main house
  • In a WWOOFer & worker house (building)
  • Using a Japanese futon
  • Other
状況次第で、ゲストハウスの使用も可能
  • With the Host
  • 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
  • Other
短期間なら共に食事をとることになると思うが、１週間以上の滞在になると、自炊をお願いする可能性もあります。その時の状況次第ですが、お互いが負担にならないよう、できるだけ希望には沿いたいと思います。
If you are staying for a short period of time, we will probably eat meals together, but if you are staying for a week or more, we may ask you to cook for yourself. It depends on the situation at the time, but we will try to accommodate your requests as much as possible so as not to burden either of us.
Ask us when contacting us
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
  • No, WWOOFers do not need to speak Japanese if they speak English
  • Japanese
  • English
田舎暮らし5年目。できるだけオーガニックな暮らし、できるだけ自由でゆとりのある暮らしをしています。

農業、料理、木工、芸術…日々やることは多様で、ウーファーの方々とは、その時々でできることを、共にできたらと思います。

時には、一緒に観光や遊びに出かけたりもすることもあると思います。

最近は地域全体がオーガニックな方向へ進んでいくことを望んでおり、地元住民や役所の方々などにも、そういった意識を積極的に伝え、少しづつ促すように動いています。

その一環で、地域を支えてきた米農家さん達の高齢化、後継者問題が浮き上がり、この米農家を少しづつ引き継ぎつつ、オーガニックな農法へ変換していくことが、地域のオーガニック化と、後継者問題の解決の両方において、大きな鍵になると気づきました。

そこで、地元の有力な米農家さんに協力頂き、これから稲作を学び、実践していくことと、移住斡旋などを主に活動している地域団体に協力頂き、幅広いスタイルで、お米づくりやオーガニックな暮らしをしたい人達を募集し、サポートできるシステム、環境作りを始めました。

まだまだ始まったばかりなので、共に学び、力をかして頂けるとありがたいです！

また、何か希望があれば、遠慮なく教えて下さい！
I've been living in the countryside for five years. I try to live as organically as possible, and as freely and leisurely as possible.

Farming, cooking, woodworking, art... I do a variety of things every day, and I hope to do what I can with the other WWOOFers at the time.

Sometimes we go sightseeing or have fun together.

Recently, I've been hoping for the whole region to move in an organic direction, so I've been actively communicating this awareness to local residents and government officials, and working to encourage this little by little.

As part of this, the aging of the rice farmers who have supported the region and the issue of successors have come to light, and I realized that gradually taking over these rice farmers and converting them to organic farming methods would be a major key to both making the region organic and resolving the succession issue.

So, with the cooperation of some leading local rice farmers, we will be learning about and practicing rice cultivation, and with the cooperation of a local organization whose main activity is relocation arrangements, we have started to create a system and environment that can recruit and support people who want to grow rice and live an organic lifestyle in a wide range of styles.

We are still in the early stages, so we would be grateful if you could learn with us and lend us your support!

Also, if you have any requests, please don't hesitate to let us know!
WE ARE ACCEPTING WWOOFers
1年間ホストをしてみて、とてもありがたく、楽しい日々を過ごさせて頂きました。これからも素敵なWWOOFerの方々との出会いをお待ちしております！
We are very grateful for the wonderful time I had as a host for a year.
We look forward to meeting many wonderful WWOOFers in the future!

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