{"id":11682,"date":"2024-06-22T01:52:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T16:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/familyinn.jp\/?post_type=hosts&p=11682"},"modified":"2024-08-06T14:14:44","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T05:14:44","slug":"mihamatyo","status":"publish","type":"hosts","link":"https:\/\/familyinn.jp\/en\/hosts\/mihamatyo\/","title":{"rendered":"150 years old!? Old House still developing between the ocean and the mountain."},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":10497,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"swell_btn_cv_data":""},"tags":[111,70,102,69,81,65,98,55,86,122,68],"class_list":["post-11682","hosts","type-hosts","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tags-111","tags-70","tags-102","tags-69","tags-81","tags-65","tags-98","tags-featured","tags-86","tags-122","tags-68","en-US"],"acf":{"movie":"","areaFeature":"Mio, Mihama-cho, Wakayama Prefecture, a small fishing village surrounded by mountains on three sides, used to be home to over 1,000 people. Now more than half of the houses are vacant and the population has dropped below 500 this spring. Visitors can fish and SUP in the ocean in front, pick wild vegetables in the mountains behind, and enjoy nature while looking out at the ocean. 4 km of pine forests and the vast \u201cEnjugahama Beach\u201d allow visitors to feel the Pacific Ocean as they splash in the waves. The Mio area was once a village that produced immigrants to Canada and is called \u201cAmerica Village.\u201d Even today, one can still feel traces of exchange with Canada. Recently, guesthouses, restaurants, and frappuccino shops have begun to open, and the area is attracting attention as a place to settle.","concept":"It is a \u201cdeveloping\u201d base that has just moved to the area and will be renovated and the fields cultivated with the help of the local people.Our motto is little by little but let\u2019s do everything that we can do. And here is the place to get into this rural area so members of this community often come in a day and chat together. Our place seems to change a lot depends who you are.\r\n\r\n","point1_body":"Second year graduate student at the University of Tokyo, bought a 150 year old, huge old private house with three large buildings in momentum, and since then I\u2019m living here. Living close to the community while teaching classes online + working part-time, currently working hard to renovate the old house with DIY and create a community space. One day a week I\u2019m creating an inquiry-based learning space for local high school students. I'm enjoying the hustle-bustle slow-life, which is a combination of my master's thesis + part-time job + contributing to the community + wandering around in various ways, and relaxing with a beer while watching the sunset.\r\n","point2_body":"Interaction with hosts, cultivation and care of fields (from planting seeds to harvesting), interaction with local aunts and uncles, interaction with local high school students, SUP\/fishing, mountain climbing, coaching soccer lessons, visiting coffee shops and chai shops. Anyway, you can meet people of all ages, men and women, and of all origins (Bolivians, people who used to run an inn in Mexico, etc.).\r\n","point3_body":"The host is a carpenter in training, so you can do DIY as well. Since the area has attracted academic attention, we have researchers visiting, we can guide people from Canada in English who have come to look for their roots, have alcohol at a nearby guesthouse, drink beer while watching the sunset and the ocean on the bank, swim in the ocean, and experience marine sports.\r\n","gallery":[{"host_photos":[8222,8223,8224,8225],"activity":[8226,8227,8228,8229,8230],"room_photos":[8231,8232,8233,8234,8235],"actual_participants":[11684,11689,11688,11687,11686,11685]}],"schedule":{"April":"DIY April: flower viewing, planting summer vegetable seedlings","May":"rice planting","June":"SUP ban lifted; DIY","July":"swimming SUP, summer vegetable harvest","August":"swimming SUP, summer vegetable harvest, rice harvest; DIY","September":"DIY","October":"many Japanese Americans from Canada come; DIY November: mandarin orange picking; DIY","November":"Orange picking and DIY","December":"Orange picking and DIY","January":"DIY","February":"DIY","March":"DIY"},"weekly_schedule":"Days 1-2: Participate in community activities\r\n*Example of help: interacting with high school students\r\nDays 3-4: Relax, practice Zazen (seated meditation)\r\nDay 5: Farming experience\r\nDays 5-7: Tour the major tourist attractions within the prefecture","dailyschedule":"\u3010Weekdays\u3011\r\nWorking during the day\r\n\u3010Holidays\u3011\r\nFixing the house or meeting people\r\n\u203bIrregular","timespenttogether_weekday":["\u671d","\u671d\u98df","\u5348\u524d","\u5915\u98df","\u30d5\u30ea\u30fc\u6642\u9593"],"timespenttogether_weekend":["\u671d","\u671d\u98df","\u5348\u524d","\u5915\u98df","\u30d5\u30ea\u30fc\u6642\u9593"],"Recommended":"People who are ok to live with Host over the one partial wall. People who understand DIY, and helping renovate the old house with the host. I can not give all the attention because I\u2019m a little busy during the day.","address":"Mio Mihama-cho,Hidaka-gun, Wakayama-ken","area":"Village, fishing village, Kinki region, male owner, young people present, suitable for men, suitable for students, suitable for professionals, near the sea, near hot springs, quiet, DIY, rice fields, satoyama (village forest), international exchange, town development","access":"Nearest airport\uff1aKansai International Airport\r\nThe convenience store is about a 10-minute drive. The supermarket is about a 30-minute drive. It\u2019s better if you have your own car or a rental car.","location":"It is a 15-minute drive from Gobo Station and there is a bus that departs once an hour (to Kainekojima)! \r\nThe sea where you can swim is within a 5-minute drive.\r\nFishing is available in the sea in front of the house. The sea in front of the house is 5 minutes away by car, where you can swim and fish.","transfer":"Available","price":"~2 weeks: 5,940 yen\/night\r\n~3 weeks: 5,280 yen\/night\r\n~4 weeks: 3,960 yen\/night\r\n1 month: 66,000 yen","othercosts":"July to September ; Additional fee for the air conditioning fee (140 yen\/night).","AcceptableTime":"Anytime","availability":"","AcceptableTerm":"3-4 days","language_level":"English\uff1aIntermediate. Chinese : Beginner. Thai : Beginner.","foodexpenses":"Not included\r\nRice, shared by neighbors, free of charge","food_breakfast":"\u4e00\u7dd2\u306b\u4f5c\u308b","food_lunch":"\u5404\u81ea","food_dinner":"\u4e00\u7dd2\u306b\u4f5c\u308b","facility":["kitchen_shared","refrigerator","bath","shower","washingmachine","parking","bicycleparking","wifi","amenities","remotework","workclothes"],"other_facility":"","guest":["male","female","foreignMan","foreignWoman","maleStudent","femaleStudent","highSchoolBoy","highSchoolGirl","couple","singleMother","singleFather"],"vehicle":["car","bicycle"],"RecommendedTransportation":"It is difficult to get around your living area without a car, so drive out with us to buy groceries. You can also take other residents with you!","permition":"Having friends over, Staying out or coming home late at night, Hosting Friends, Accepting Pets","prohibition":"Indoor Smoking","map":"