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Beschreibung
ABOUT ME
I am a married 29year old living in the remote countryside of Hokkaido Niseko. I have recently started a sustainable manufacturing company with my wife and a childhood friend. We use 3d printers, lasers, cnc`s and all kinds of modern high tech machines to manufacture our products and we mainly use locally sourced wood as our resource.
Besides my business, I am a big outdoors person and enjoy hobbies such as snowboarding, kayaking, mtbing, fishing, hunting, hiking, as well as indoor activities like volleyball and karate.
Besides all the physical activity, I am also a big nerd for high tech gadgets and often find myself watching 3d printers, arduino projects, or any STEM related youtube videos and love tinkering and making things on my free time.
I own a very old house that i renovated, and currently live with our business partner (my childhood friend) and a couple of chickens.
This is actually my second time being a workaway host. My first time being a workaway host was in Etajima, Hiroshima which I ran an aquaponics farm and helped with local community projects etc. You may find all my workaway reviews to be from that era.
Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten
Kunstprojekte
Hilfe bei Ökoprojekten
Gartenarbeiten
Heimwerker- und Bauarbeiten
Betreuung von Tieren
Mithilfe auf einem Bauernhof
Zubereiten / Kochen von Mahlzeiten für die Familie
Hausarbeiten
Handwerkliche Arbeiten
Hilfe mit Computer /Internet
UNO-Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung, die dieser Gastgeber verfolgt
Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten
Our goal is to make the best hackerspace in Hokkaido. We want to bridge the education gap between the city and the countryside, and our goal is to make a sustainable and community friendly place. We mainly work with wooden products, but am eventually thinking of expanding to using upcycled plastic, and more. Ideas are always welcome and we encourage tinkering and exploring when you are with us. If you have projects you want to do, please feel free to let us and know and lets make it happen.
Niseko is a big tourist destination, and there are tons of ski/snowboard bums looking for accommodation. If you are just looking to Ski and a place to stay, this is not for you. We are not looking for tourist!!!!! We are looking for people who really want to have a cultural exchange and enjoy our local lifestyle with us.
How can you benefit from your stay with us?
-Language exchange
-Living in the remote, almost self-reliant living
-environmental awareness
-local and simple living
AT THE SAME TIME
There is sooooo much to do in Niseko, that you will not be bored. Many plan to stay for a few days but end up staying for months.
Projekte mit Kindern
Dieses Projekt schließt möglicherweise den Umgang mit Kindern ein. Mehr Informationen findest du in unseren Verhaltensregeln und Tipps hier.
Arbeit
We ask all volunteers to help out with indoor and outdoor projects for approx 5 HOURS A DAY. The time is flexible, so you can help any time of the day or work really hard one day, and rest a day. We have a ton of tasks to do.
I have done multiple different workaways myself, so I know what it feels like to be a volunteer. I try to keep my workaway as interesting as possible, and not just tasks like weeding for 8 hours everyday. We have simple tasks, but also very complicated tasks as well!
We are a small workaway that can only host one or two at a time, so we eat, work, and all live together so being nice and cooperative is what we look for the most! Unfortunately, due to our small hosting capacity we rarely host couples or pairs.
Also we usually have a zoom call before officially accepting any workaways.
list of help for DIY workaways:
-Demolishing an old garage
-Building a solar panel
-Lots of Carpenting help around the house
-Help out our neighbor farming 1-2 times a week!
Gesprochene Sprachen
Englisch: Fließend
Japanisch: Fließend
Urdu: Fließend
Chinesisch (Mandarin): Fließend
Französisch: Gute Kenntnisse
Unterkunft
We live in a 50year old house that we reformed ourselves next to a very wonderful forest. We have very few neighbors, none in the vicinity of 200meters. We have one guest room that can fit 2-3 people. The room is a tatami style room so we ask guests to sleep on the floor (futon style).
We have wifi, we use starlink.
Commute
We can initially come pick you up at niseko station or kombu station.
We live in an area where it is very inconvenient to get around places, If you want to go places you must rent a car or go with a bicycle. If you have a japanese/international license we have a scooter you can use, but please pay for your own gas. If you plan to stay long term in Hokkaido, we reccomend renting or buying a car.
Roommate Situation
Currently there is 3 people living in the house. Me, my wife, and my childhood friend. We are all super friendly, welcoming, and open-minded. We have our own private rooms so you won`t be needing to share a room with us. We share the kitchen, living room, bathroom together and every week we make sure to clean up the mess we make.
Please realize that we are living right next to the forest so there will be insects in the house. If you are not used to insects we don`t reccomend you coming here!
What I Can Share with Guests
A tatami room
hot water, electricity, wifi
bicycle
guitar
Lots of boards games
Sauna and gym
3d printer, laser, CNC
A NOTE ON FOOD:
We will provide 2 meals a day lunch and dinner. Nothing fancy. We get most of our veggies from local farmers, and eat alot of wild deer meat.
If you are vegan or vegetarian, we do not reccomend coming to our place.
We love to cook for you, but also love people who cook! A big plus for those who love cooking. You are welcome to use our ingredients but please ask if you do. Also chipping in on the grocery would be very nice, since we just started a business and we are trying to be frugal!
Also there are plenty of ways to gather food around the house (fishing, gathering, lots of mushrooms in the forest).
Was noch ...
Things to do at our house when you are free! Its Niseko the best tourist destination in Hokkaido!!
-Hiking up the mountain
-Fishing (there is a beautiful stream near our place)
-Onsen (tons of different onsens around our area
-Ski slopes 10-20min access by car to 5 different ski slopes
-backcountry snowshoe/skiing right next to our house
-Sauna (yes we do have a Sauna)
-Workout (we have a workout room!)
-Go visit the town (tons of bars and good food near the slopes, great place to make friends)
-Tinkering
-Also there are many local events and meet ups of all kinds.
Thank you for reading the information. Now if you are still interested in staying please message me and start the message with "ZOOM ZOOM" So that I know you read all the information.
I get bombarded by messages, so please be as detailed as much as possible on:
1. Why you want to workaway with us
2. What your availability and how long you want to stay.
3. Your passions or tinkering projects you have done in the past.
4. Your background,experience, and skillset. Skills are a big plus but we value attitude more than skills!
5. Things you are interested or would like to try at your stay here.
THANK YOU
Jin
Etwas mehr Information
Internet Zugang
Eingeschränkter Internet Zugang
Wir besitzen Tiere
Wir sind Raucher
Familien möglich
Kann Digital Nomads unterbringen
We use starlink, it may have connection issues depending on the weather.
Platz zum Abstellen von Camper Vans
We have more than enough parking space.
Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal
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They are super a super welcoming, warm and talented bunch and I'm very grateful they let me be a part of their life for three weeks.
The work around the house was super reasonable. My highlights were playing boardgames together, legendary sauna & curry combo, learning the basics of… read more
My work consisted mostly of helping with the renovation of an old house; taking care… read more
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They are super a super welcoming, warm and talented bunch and I'm very grateful they let me be a part of their life for three weeks.
The work around the house was super reasonable. My highlights were playing boardgames together, legendary sauna & curry combo, learning the basics of… read more
My work consisted mostly of helping with the renovation of an old house; taking care… read more
Tip: Stock up on food at the Fresta before you get on the ferry in Hiroshima - the grocery store on Etajima is pretty far from the farm.
Seriously though, Alex and Jin are two very welcoming and easy-going, fun pair of young guys, it makes you feel at home pretty quick.
This was my first Workaway ever, I didn't really know what to expect and was a bit nervous at first, but now it's my best memory of this trip so far!
The work was very fair,… read more
Ive been able to steal around 3 or 4 recipes from Simone, and i still regret not noting them all down! Simone is a great at cook and a fisherman. He would cook delicious meals everyday and would go down to the port and fish our dinner. He even caught an anago(eel)! I still have no clue how he makes these gourmet, but he just… read more
I've spent a month with Jin-san and Fujisawa-san, and it literally flown away.
They are a cool duo, very energetic and funny, I always had good time with them, and laugh around the dinner table.
The place is very beautiful, in not so remote, but chill island of Etajima, plenty of time for explore the area, and go fishing,… read more
Tangi showed us magic tricks and cool hip stuff that i guess young ppl nowadays do! They even made us crepe and helped out in cleaning out the storage! I hope you come visit us again!
-Jin
Jin and Alex are really weird for a Japanese guys.… read more
They're very welcoming and enthusiastic guys, who are very… read more
Besides being a mom, she… read more
The work is… read more
He has the wits to solve problems, and is always trying to find a better way to a solution. If you are looking for someone you can trust and manage your place, Muhammad is the way to go!
Besides work habit you… read more
I shared so many fun times, interesting experiences, and some hardships with the hosts Jin and Alex and with all the other workawayers/new friends I met during my month there. And… read more
They started already creating a vegetable garden and making the place more beautiful....
Still so much to do! Cause those young and dynamic… read more
