Live in a traditional house and immerse yourself in authentic rural Shunnan, Japan

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  Description

  Nestled in a calm, peaceful haven brimming with nature, birds, bees, and our shy but adorable female cat 🐱, our house has been cherished through 12 generations of our family—about 500 years of history! Time to time, my ancestors did some renovation to preserve the house though. During Samurai-era, it is said that my ancestor got our lands, house, and rice-fields as a token from Shougun (Samurai-king).
  
  My parents would kindly welcome you ! My dad was born and raised in our house, so he is very familiar around here. Mom is a tea ceremony and ikebana (Japanese flower arrangement) teacherーheld some classes in here. (For the workawayer, its all free to experience those classes! Its meant to be one of the cultural exchange experience! ) Also there is one female cat here🐈, she is very cute but she is bit shy!
  
  Me; As a former Workawayer in Norway, Finland, and Switzerland (plus a study abroad in Sweden), I truly get what it's like to be in your shoes. I understand how it feel to be a workawayer and how wonderful experience it would be :) Currently, I am taking break from my work and doing this.
  
  You can experience and enjoy the life with Japanese very traditional house:)
  Come immerse yourself in authentic rural Japan—history, culture, nature!

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Language practice

  Gardening

  Animal Care

  Farmstay help

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house
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  Interests

  

  Fashion or beauty

  

  Pets

  

  Culture

  

  Farming

  

  Plant care

  

  Music

  

  Languages

  

  Gardening

  

  Cooking & food

  

  Art & design

  

  Books

  

  Animals

  

  Team sports

  

  Camping

  

  Nature

  

  Mountain

  

  Hiking

  

  Cycling
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  ・You can enjoy Japanese tea ceremony, Ikebana (Japanese flower arrangement) and Kimono. My mom is a qualified teacher of those.
  
  ・You can enjoy the life with Japanese traditional house, garden, and the bamboo forest etc.

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  Projects involving children

  This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

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  Help

  ・Cultural exchange with my mom and her ikebana (Japanese flower arrangement). She is a teacher of it and gonna teach you how to do kindly, for sure ;)
  
  ・Helping us to maintain and tidy our mountain forest area, such as cutting undergrowth bamboos, and keeping the paths safe and easy to walk.
  
  ・Helping us harvest seasonal fruits and vegetables and giving a hand with simple work in our vegetable garden, such as weeding, watering, planting, and general garden care.
  
  ・We would enjoy your home contry's cuisine ! We can buy the food together and we would love to eat your cook and exchange our culture.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  English: Fluent
  Japanese: Fluent

  This host offers a language exchange
  This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
  You can contact them directly for more information.
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  Accommodation

  We offer a separate, modern guest house next to our traditional main house where we are living. It has Wi‑Fi, electricity, futons, a toilet, a kitchen, and a refrigerator, and this is where you will usually sleep and stay.
  
  Our main house is a spacious Japanese traditional house, so you are welcome to relax and spend time either in the main house or in the guest house, as you like.
  
  We plan to share breakfast and dinner together with you. Since there is a refrigerator in the guest house, you are also free to keep and manage your own food there. There is a supermarket about 2 km away, so you can go shopping for anything you need. We can go together by car and also you can use our bicycle.
  
  You will have the whole guest house to yourself, so we kindly ask you to keep it clean and take good care of the space.

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  What else ...

  This area is very local and off the usual tourist path, but there are still some nice places to see nearby. Most of them are relevant to nature, animals, and some small historical spots.
  
  It might feel quiet or even a bit boring for people who prefer big cities and nightlife, but the atmosphere here is very peaceful and slow-paced. If you enjoy relaxing in nature, listening to birds, walking through fields, and experiencing everyday countryside life in Japan, I believe you will really enjoy your time here

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  Can host digital nomads

  This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.

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  Space for parking camper vans

  This host can provide space for campervans.

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  Can possibly accept pets

  This host has said they are willing to accept those travelling with a pet.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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  My animals / pets

  ill tell you when you came :)

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