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Welcome to our page!!
We cultivate our expansive land in Yamaguchi, Japan through hard work and a forward thinking mindset. We live in a historic Japanese house that we are in the process of remodeling ourselves. Some of our ongoing projects include erecting new buildings, rennovating land for a large campsite, and preparing farmland for growing fruit and tea. Through these projects, our goal is to create an environment where people from all walks of life can work and live together. We live an old-fashioned life!
Traditional culture and ways of doing things are important, but it's also important to embrace new and better ways of doing things. We become smarter and wiser people by accepting different schools of thought, introduced by the new people who come to stay with us. We embrace new ideas and are always making changes!
Do you like the outdoors? Do you work hard and play hard?
Would you rather have fun getting your hands dirty as opposed to sitting behind a desk all day?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, we want YOU!
Note: We are usually very busy during the day and can only check messages in the morning and at night. You can contact us by phone in the days before your arrival.
The minimum length of stay for workawayers is one month. However, we prefer to accept people who can stay longer.
We would ask workawayers to help with our various projects for around 5 hours a day, 5 days a week. If there's a job you prefer, or if you have any specific knowledge or interest in a job, we can accomodate your preferences.
In exchange, we provide all the food and work clothes you might need, and you will have a private room in our main house.
If you have your international driver's liscense, we may ask you to drive a vehicle as part of your work. On your days off, you may borrow one of our vehicles if one is available, in exchange for a small donation of 500 yen going toward afghan refugee families. On long trips, we ask you to pay for the fuel you use.
「Food」
Meat is stored in the freezer because we always buy meat that is close to its expiration date. Some ingredients may already be expired by the time you find them.
We buy food that is close to expiring in order to reduce food waste and save money. We feel very strongly about not wasting food, so we try to use everything we buy.
Of course, inedible foods are fed to the dogs and chickens.
If you don't have enough of the foods you like, we can go shopping together once a week.
You are in charge of making your own meals. Occasionally, someone may volunteer to make dinner for everyone. Please share your personal cuisine if you feel confident!
[Housing]
The bathroom is being renovated and may feel like it's half outdoors, as you can see in the photo.
During the winter, the inside of the house is very cold. This is because it’s in the process of being renovated, so the house is not very airtight.
Inside the house we have our feet on the ground, and we mainly work outside, so dust tends to accumulate.
There is a henhouse next to the main house, so you will most likely wake up in the morning to the sound of chickens.
It's a tought living environment for people who are used to city life. We use a fireplace instead of electric heating, so there's not that much temperature control. We have hot water bottles you can use.
We ask that everyone work together to cook, clean and maintain the house. If you enjoy working together with others this is the kind of place where there are lots of chances for you to consider what you can do for others and the house as a whole.
We are looking for people who want to grow and become better, who is willing to cooperate with others and challenge themselves.
We are looking forward to meeting you and sharing some of our lifestyle with you. We hope to learn from you, as well!
everyone are not perfect so we respect for strive!!Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje
Práctica de idiomas
Proyectos de construcción y bricolaje
Cuidado de animales
Ayuda en una granja
Cocinar para toda la familia
Ayuda doméstica
Mantenimiento general
Objetivos de sostenibilidad de las NU que intenta conseguir este anfitrión
Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje
We are making a simple life which is based on necessities.
We'd like to help make your dreams and wishes of your trip to Nippon real.Ayuda
[Contents of main help]
+Orchard management
(Cutting the grass, burning vegetation, planting trees, and cutting/moving firewood)
+Architecture
(Adding to and maintaining the main house, making camping huts, and more..)
+Other
(Taking care of chickens, making the campsite, household chores, maintaining the forest, demolishing abandoned houses and so on...)
* WE ARE ESPECIALLY LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN CLEAN AND COOK
We generally have activities that involve Recycling and Updating.
We really need your help to clean-up and tidy-up. In the city we have an old, abandoned house. We have dense brush in the forest, and we do periodic thinning to have good air movement in the forest.
We live a pioneer lifestyle, so we have to set basic lifelines by our self.
We have many houses and places. We have a lot of empty properties, so we often start projects from almost nothing.
+ we demolish old, abandoned houses for income, if you are lucky you may find something interesting.
+ the house we live in still needs a lot of renovations, so if you are interested you can help with construction.
+ fruit orchards need to be maintained and grass needs to be cut, this is one of harder jobs, especially in the summer!
+ sometimes we go and maintain the forest
We also need someone who loves house keeping. (We currently really need someone who can)
We are happy to ask someone to spend a few hours a day and keep the house in shape.
For example
+laundry
+cooking simple meals, we like very simple meals
+cleaning the kitchen, toilets, bathroom, and common space
+gathering up trashIdiomas hablados
Japonés: Fluido
Inglés: IntermedioAlojamiento
Traditional Nippon style house.
+ basic private room separated by patched shoji or fusuma.
+ two kitchen and shower, two toilets
+ futon sleeping on tatami mat
+ no air conditioner/heater
NOTE: The accommodation is quite basic, the building was renovated/built by us, so be prepared for "pioneers" style sleeping.
We offer you basic Nippon food ingredients.
There is a local grocery nearby bicycle distance, if you need a anything extra.Algo más...
We are the reception, we'd like to be an open house for everyone.
We want you to have a good memory of Japan!
ARRIVAL INFORMATION - To get here please come to the train station, then you can call us using the public pay phone there - it will cost 10 yen every 6 sec, and we will come around in 10 minutes to pick you up.
Or if you are fine with walking about 3km from the nearest station, we will give you the address - let us know.Un poco más de información
Acceso a Internet
Acceso a Internet limitado
Tenemos animales
Somos fumadores
Puede alojar familias
Puede acoger a nómadas digitales
Internet is weak, so you can only use it around the kitchen. But it is a public space so don't be shy.
¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?
Dos
Horas esperadas
5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Comentarios (24)
We have learned a lot from Yvan. You pointed out that the content of our profile is missing, for example, most ingredients are expired and not clean inside house like dust.
I want to tell you sorry and thank you. however I could change our profile not enough.
and you had a day to exchange opinions with Hi-san, I just… read more
I still have a lot of inexperienced things, and I think… read more
After I left Tokyo deciding to do Workaway and WWOOF, I stayed here for a month as the third destination. Honestly, I was overwhelmed by the wildness of the house and the environment there. However, the host family who live with birds, dogs, mice, cats, insects, were also surrounded by beautiful mountains and waterfalls, turned out to be extremely lovely people. They are heartful and lively which remind me of the people from Studio Ghibli movies. Especially, Hiro-san, who I have spent most of my time with, was genuine and had a plethora of curiosity as well as deep insights. He had his own ideas about several matters about the world and is good at expressing them. Miki-san, his wife, looks good in jeans and a white T-shirt, she often gives compliments and is a kind person. If you grew up in a city just like me, I am sure that it will spark within you an interesting inspiration as well as expose you to unique experiences. I hope all workawayers can and will in the future spend a good time there as well.
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We have learned a lot from Yvan. You pointed out that the content of our profile is missing, for example, most ingredients are expired and not clean inside house like dust.
I want to tell you sorry and thank you. however I could change our profile not enough.
and you had a day to exchange opinions with Hi-san, I just… read more
I still have a lot of inexperienced things, and I think… read more
After I left Tokyo deciding to do Workaway and WWOOF, I stayed here for a month as the third destination. Honestly, I was overwhelmed by the wildness of the house and the environment there. However, the host family who live with birds, dogs, mice, cats, insects, were also surrounded by beautiful mountains and waterfalls, turned out to be extremely lovely people. They are heartful and lively which remind me of the people from Studio Ghibli movies. Especially, Hiro-san, who I have spent most of my time with, was genuine and had a plethora of curiosity as well as deep insights. He had his own ideas about several matters about the world and is good at expressing them. Miki-san, his wife, looks good in jeans and a white T-shirt, she often gives compliments and is a kind person. If you grew up in a city just like me, I am sure that it will spark within you an interesting inspiration as well as expose you to unique experiences. I hope all workawayers can and will in the future spend a good time there as well.
we had very positive, smiley and deep conversational days especially together with them.
now time is on going with many unstable situation, we had talked a lot of them, we know they having very fine days.
we can say they keep the understandings of botanical time, you will be very lucky if… read more
we had appreciated those time we shared 2019.
they were real help, lots of experienced within their life already, they had much more skilled than us and other volunteers.
although, they stayed in support for those time to make those peace and memorial moment.
we had learned how we can do for next meeting what we can believe this… read more
thank you for sharing time in Autum of 2019. we are appreciate that you team up and make a goat house.
we are happy to welcome you anytime! you are member of our farm team in the world!
we appreciate your help. even though you are not used to be it, you cutted grass, specially that hot summer time, and feed goats. we were for sure glad to talk with you, because the conversation with you was thoughtful.
we are happy to welcome you anytime.
thank you!
The family is incredibly welcoming, and there have been plenty of other volunteers… read more
thank you for share the time in summer of 2019 and challenge farm job, farm house!
i know that you study japanese, so l want to talk with you in japanese.
またね!
thank you for those days what we had shared 2019.
of course we are very happy to meet you again whenever and wherever we are.
i remember you are popular for everyone, and you shared us a good idea we appreciate for it.
thank you to those days what we shared 2019.
from them i learned attitude as host, i mean they are kind to everyone and i feel warm atmosphere from them.
i felt like i was able to have a exchange of mind with them, so they are family on earth.
we are very happy to welcome back anytime.
thank you and have a good trip miki
We spent two weeks in Kagawa Yamaguchi and we loved every minute. The entire family was very welcoming. We were told from the moment we arrived that we were not to feel as if we were guests but this was our home. As a result we really felt comfortable and… read more
thank you to those days what we shared 2019.
it will be the one of the great seeds for the future.
they will be the best friend.
challenging, taking care for all around, meaning conversation and questions
we will surely what to see again anytime, anywhere
thank you and have a good trip
We did eat meals without our host but had the freedom to use whatever was available in the kitchen. Hiro trusted us a lot and… read more
it was really nice to meet with you.
I was impressed that you are serving for everyone. your smile makes us happy.
またね
Also so much free time to walk or ride around and having fun with the others workawayers!
So, thank U… read more
The tasks we had to do were different, from bamboo cutting… read more
it was really nice to meet with you.
we are welcoming you to come back anytime you want.
またね
We are grateful to have a wonderful and warm host family (Hiro, Miki, Aka, Saka). Hiro has a big vision to develop the area and we are glad to play a part in this.
We… read more
it was really nice to meet with you.
You are like a cheering party for our project.We feel it is very encouraging.we are welcoming you to come back anytime you want.
またね
ありがとう from Nippon
They make people feel happy. They helped us a lot and love children and dogs.また来てね。
thank you for those days how we had shared 2019.
it was really nice to meet with you.
Carole and JB have good mode, constant concentration, they will be great help for anywhere. we are welcoming you to come back anytime you want.
またね
ありがとう from Nippon!
hope 2019 will be the great progress for you and all your relations.
we are looking forward to listen from you.
また来てね!
ありがとう from Nippon
we like very much about his identities, what we believe it is probably one of the most precious treasure of France.
また来てね。
it's a family with a big heart.If you like to share it with people go there eyes close.
I know what a real "family" now
Thank you for that
ありがとう from Nippon.
Theo is good sensed, flexible guy who helped almost every task of our activities.
we like to see each other. また来てね
enjoy
The work is not too hard because Hiro take care of its volunteer and its also very fun and versatile, you can learn or devellop your skills and visit around, it really is a great place.
ありがとう from Nippon.
maurizio & Oliva are absolutely lovely couple, who can lead surrounders to good direction.
we hope to see them again
また来てね。
This was our first workaway experience and we just want to say thank you to Hiro and Miki for open their home and life to us during the 3 weeks that we spend in their place. It was really interesting and inspiring see how they work are fight to get the kind of life they believe in. They… read more
ありがとうfrom Nippon.
Noa & Moshiko made many symbol for the moments, we had very good time together with them.
we see clearly open the future, like the sun rise what you had saw at those days.
sousou