[Organic x Vegan] Bring back your health and sense of self at a farm village!

Have you ever thought about the life of primitive mankind?
Their living environment, food, human relationships, and values of "happiness" are quite different from those of our modern society.
However, I wonder if our lives and values that we have become accustomed to in modern society are really beneficial.
Is it a system that brings benefit to mankind?
This homestay experience gave me the answer to that question.
I felt a lot of happiness while working in the great outdoors, playing with children, and eating delicious vegan meals. And the way of life of the people living in the homestay made me think about what makes human beings happy.
Thank you very much for a very intense time.
(Teenager / Male, University student / Stayed in October / 20 days)

The theme of my stay was "love" and "freedom".
I really noticed a lot.
When I first arrived, I was more apprehensive about the mountain living environment than I expected, but I was relieved to find that my neighbors were very warm and welcoming.
My neighbors also offered me delicious food, and they told me to come back anytime.
It really felt as if my family had grown.
When we live in the city, we spray insecticides when there are insects or bugs, and we hate insects. However, for the first time in my life, I went into the rice paddies and encountered so many insects as well. I was a little afraid of insects myself, but I spent my days interacting with them and was healed every day.
I am also amazed at the amazing power of plants.
My senses changed so much between the first day in the rice fields and the ones I entered a month later that I realized the power of the plants.
I hitchhiked 7 times for the first time here.
It was fun to meet people that you can only meet here.
The night sky was beautiful and we even camped outside. There are many different stars, and the days spent blending into the wilderness made me feel that life can be lived any way you want it to be.
Love and freedom were the themes of the time.

I basically cooked with my hosts.
During our stay, we also worked together on the farm from the following week.
When I was tired from all the physical work, I would take a nap.
The other guests were working 6 hours a day, but since I was a homestay user, unlike the volunteer staff I shared the house with, it was very easy for me to balance my studies and work.
Also, my host taught me about natural farming. Also, our host had a great passion for food, and we all watched Netflix together, referring to food and health.
We had a kotatsu [Japanese winter table, warmth] in a large room, and we all used to sit and talk at that kotatsu.
We were allowed to visit our neighbors' houses and had a happy time, talked with people from various backgrounds, and had many interesting topics.
Among them, the ones that left the biggest impression on me were the host children.
They were just so energetic that if they caught me I would play with them the whole time.
I always faded out after about an hour generally, but the others were in the house all the time playing hide-and-seek, etc.

The other thing that impressed me was about vegan style. I knew that veganism was good for the environment, but I didn't think it tasted good.
However, with a little ingenuity, I found vegan meals to be painless and delicious.
I would recommend this to anyone who wants to experience a variety of things.
There is also a service that operates a homestay in the Japanese countryside, which I would recommend to anyone who wants to be adventurous, as the price is low for the quantity and quality of the experience, and there is little risk!