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We live in a town called Toyoura in Hokkaido located 40minutes from Niseko area. In my family I have my wife and 3 kids.
In Toyoura, there is a big Onsen(hot spring) spot.
We are part of a forestry group.
We go to mountains to maintain.
We sometimes havest mashrooms and wild plants in mountains, and sometimes hunting deers.
The beach and a fishing port is 5 minutes from our farm.
We sometimes go to the beach after we work.Types of help and learning opportunities
Art ProjectsHelp with Eco ProjectsGardeningDIY and building projectsAnimal CareFarmstay helpBabysitting and creative playCreating/ Cooking family mealsHelp around the houseGeneral MaintenanceCultural exchange and learning opportunities
We can teach you Japanese language.
In Toyoura town, you can enjoy Onsen(Hot spring) and sea foods.
We enjoy B.B.Qing in the summer.
You can enjoy star gazing.
You will be able to know how to treat sheeps, ducks, and chickens.
You will enjoy the nature. ( the log cabin is in our farm)
Okishi beach is 5 minutes from our farm. You can enjoy swimming, surfing, and getting sun tanning.
Our place is close to Niseko area which is a world famous place for skiing and snowboarding in winter.
You will get skills about renovation.
You will get skills of making firewoods from logs.Projects involving children
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Help
Cutting grass, branches and woods.
Splitting fire woods.
Cooking for other members.
Cleaning
Taking care of Animals.
Gardening
PaintingLanguages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Japanese: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
I can speak both Japanese and English.Accommodation
Payment
-No payment
Place to sleep
- You will have your own room. (If more than two workawayers are staying, you might need to share the room.)
- We have naughty kids but we're staying in other house, so you will have very calm night.
- Laundry machine is available for free.
- Hot shower is available, but in winter it's not available. you can go to Onsen(Hot spring) located 5 minutes away by car.
- Wi-Fi connection is available (4G network is also available)
Food
- We provide food for meals.(but we don't provide fruits, not seasonal vegetables, alcohol, and sweets)
- Workawayers need to cook for themselves.
- We have gas oven for cooking.
- BBQ table is available.
- We ask you to cook meals for my family sometimes.
Car
- small manual car is available if you have an international lisence
Others
- You will need to clean your room and the the space you use( kitchen, toilet, and so on.)What else ...
Surfing, swimming, and relaxing on the beach is a good way to enjoy the summer here.
Skiing or snowboarding will be the best in winter in this area.
Onsen is also a good choice here.
Swimming pool is available in the summer.A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have limit free wifi and space for nomads.
Space for parking camper vans
I have a big parking space.
Can possibly accept pets
Any animal will be OK. But not in the building. And be careful if you want to bring your cat, because we have ducks.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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Satoshi himself is ever trying to ensure workawayers are enjoying their stay, and as a member of the local community, has a lot of… read more
He has helped us with a wide variety of jobs in the mountains, including mowing, cutting vines, making firewood, caring for ducks and chickens, helping to build gazebos, cleaning up trash, gardening,… read more
He was a pleasure to work with, always upbeat and very good at enlivening the atmosphere.
He was very serious about his work and was always on time to start work. He also treated us to a variety of Italian food and gave us a variety of… read more
He is not very talkative but very hardworking and strong.
He helped us with various tasks such as cutting trees, cleaning up the junkyard, and picking and cleaning blueberries.
He also speaks some Japanese, so he was able to bridge the gap between the only-Japanese speaking staff and the only-English speaking… read more
The warmth and interest and care that everyone gave me during the three weeks I stayed there: wow! I could not have asked for anything better.
It was a fulfilling exchange, an enjoyable stay, a human experience.
Big thanks Satoshi for this opportunity, and big thanks to every coworker that was… read more
He is a very hardworking man, good cook, also a good joker.
He helpled us a lot and I really enjoyed working with him.
I will be very happy if he can come back to our place and work with us again.
Thank you, Michele and hope you have a good time in the rest of the travel around Japan. (hopefully… read more
He helped us a lot. And we also enjoyed him playing the piano.
We really enjoyed the time with him. I… read more
She helped cleaning our farm and painted a worldmap in our farm cafe.
I really enjoyed working with her and hope she comes back here again.
Satoshi
They helped us for taking care of blueberry trees and making foot path to the farm.
I really enjoyed working with them and hope they can come back here again.
Satoshi
He cleaned our berry farm and the pond, and also cooked meals for everyone.
I really loved the gallete he made.
I hope he can come back here in the future to work with us again.
Satoshi
She has a skill to use chainsaw, which is very useful in our farm.
She worked very hard to make firewoods and clean the berryfarm cooked lunch sometimes.
Thank you very much for being a part of our project and I hope you to come back here in our farm.
Satoshi
Alexia had been very hardworking and looked happy to do everything we asked her to do.
I hope she enjoyed the stay in our farm and reallly want her to be back to work with us again.
Thank you and see you again!
Satoshi
We were 8 people in the dormatory and we used to speak in english. But if you wish to speak in japanese also, there is no problem.
The work here was really fun and various, never a time to be bored. It can be clean the berry farm, help settle barbecues,… read more
They did gardening, weeding, cleaning, cooking and pond job!
I want to have the crapes that Antoine made for us again.
They are very hardworking people, and they are people who are fun to be with.
I hope they can come back here again next time they visit Japan.
They have helped us with painting our home, building a chicken coop, trimming blueberry trees, preparing BBQ's, daily meals, helping to grow mushrooms, and much more.
We are very grateful for their help.
Hannah is always smiling, cheerful and a great person to be with.
Eoin is a very strong person, which… read more
The place is a bit remote from Toyoura, without a car it's hard to get around and discover the place. I strongly recommend to have an international driver's license. Satoshi kindly offers to provide his own car if you want to get around.
I was not here during the… read more
I really really enjoyed being with him. Theo has a good communication skill and is talented in making French style bread.
He is very hardworking person. He helped us a lot about our farm, such as cutting and bringing woods, chopping firewoods, taking care of blueberries, and cleaning buildings and… read more
She is very hardworking and good at painting. She took care of our berry trees and ducks. Also made some road signs of the farm.
I really liked quiche she made for lunch. I also enjoyed daily conversation with her.
She is young but very considerate person. I hope she can come back to our place… read more
I wish he could stay here longer. He is very humble and powerful guy. He is also a good chef. I especially enjoyed his Texas BBQ.
He did disassembling and assembling a log cabin, taking care of farm stay students, cooking meals for us, and so on. He is very skilful person. I also enjoyed fishing with him on… read more
I learned a lot working with Satoshi on how to do different projects, but he also gave me the ability to be creative and figure out what the best way to do some of the projects.
And it was all work, work, work. Satoshi took the time to show us… read more
I stayed around five weeks at Satoshi-sans place and I was working on the berry farm, the cafe and I was cooking.
Satoshi-san is one of the most kind and friendly persons I've ever met. He is hard working person too.
He is very interested in cultural exchange.
Satoshi-san is also generous man, he offered… read more
She did picking berries from our berry farm, cooked for staffs, and helped our cafe, which were very helpful.
My regret is that we didn't have chace to do DIYs with her.
I hope she has a good time in Japan.
I stay for one month in this place, for August.
The work is really fair, and you can learn new things.
My tasks was : set up barbecue place for clients, set up the café place, help in the café, pick up blueberries, clean blueberries area, cooking for everyone for lunch time with others… read more
She did cleaning our farm, cooking, and being a big sister of other workawayers.
She is a cvery heerful person and always smiling.
I hope she can come back here again someday.
Satoshi
I was supposed to stay just around 2 weeks, but at the end I stayed almost a month.
Satoshi and his family are wonderful people, it was so much fun at the blueberry farm. I could meet very interesting people, for example Yoro-san (the manager when I… read more
He did gardening, helping the farm and cafe, cooking for staff, helping DIYs.
He is a very hard worker and fond of trying everything, and also he is very good at taking care of kids!
The youngest daughter sometimes calls his name even after he left.
It was very happy to host him. I hope he can come back… read more
She is very hard working person and polite and humble person.
I was surprised to hear that she prefered to stay outside of the dormitory. But she really enjoyed it.
I hope she can come back here again.
We really loved her Italian meals. They were soooooo good!
I hope you have good days in Japan, and also hope to come back here someday!
Satoshi
He is very talented in degital arts, cooking, and card magic!
We loved his Indian meals sooooo much. And my son learned some card magic from him.
We hope he can come back here as his home.
She is very talented in arts.
I really appreciate her making our road sign.
The T-shirts designs which she drew are not degitaliezed yet, they will be good ones for sure.
I hope she enjoyed the life in our farm.
She did cleaning in the farm and is very hardworking person.
My youngest daughter loved playing with Julia.
I hope she comes back here and stay here again.
Satoshi
He had been very helpful while he stayed here.
Also he is very communicative so we had a good relationship.
I hope Mark can come back here to work with us some day again.
He had been very dedicated to all work we gave to him.
I enjoyed his meal and his video shooting.
Also my kids loved him a lot.
Thanks Ryo, I'm looking forward to meeting you again here in Toyoura.
Have a nice trip!
Satoshi
and it was so fun !
His family are really kind and friendly.
And all of stuffs are good as well.
Not only people, 1Goat and 2 callducks are also cute!
I want to come back again someday!
The place is pretty much countryside, so if you like this, it's great. You can walk to the ocean if you have some time, and you… read more
He had been working very hard and helped us very much.
Without him we could not have finished painting walls of our log cabin.
His personality is very kind. He is always caring my kids a lot.
He is also a great learner of Japanese language. He communicate only in Japanese with us and he reads Japanese… read more
I had such a great time over there, I wish I would have gone before, two weeks is too short time, I would suggest every workawayer to stay at least one month so they could enjoy this lovely family and farm, I promise you won’t regret!!
If someday I’m back in Japan, definitely coming back… read more
He had been working with us for 2 weeks and he did a lot of work.
We also enjoyed his Argentinian food.
His personality is really friendly and we are very lucky to host him.
I really want him to be back if he has a chance.
Thank you Niko.
The log house cafe itself has many unique and atypical things… read more
Without him, we could not have finished the fence of goats house.
We also enjoyed his cooking. Especially the food with using oven.
I really want him back here someday.
He sometimes predict what he has to do next, so everything went through very efficiently.
We hope he is coming back to help us again.
He is also very friendly, and he tries to talk to local people even if the they cannot understand English.
He is keen to study Japanese and Japanese culture.
Thank you, Adrian. I hope you are coming back to help us again.
Satoshi