Tambasasayama Satoyama Academy
This experiential three-day and two-night travel and exchange activity provides young visitors the chance to learn from the traditional rural landscape of Tamba Sasayama. With its bountiful nature, this land is home to a way of life that blends farming, forestry, and a variety of other mountain work. Encountering an awareness of sustainability passed down through the generations will enable visitors to get a sense of how to go about their lives in the future and how to create sustainable societies and economies. It is an incomparable three-day experience that will remain a treasured memory for a lifetime.
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Village—stroll around Maruyama Village
Village—experience a sweeping vista of Maruyama Village
Agriculture program—learn the role of farming and experience farming
Farming program—listen to a talk
Mountain program—enter the mountains and learn about forestry
Mountain program—make bowls from downed trees
Traverse the Village of Maruyama on an e-bike—ride along the geographical connection between a traditional farming village and a castle town
Village—cook dinner with local mothers
Workshop for participants
Information
- Minimum Number of Passengers
- 6 participants
- Maximum Capacity
- 10 participants
- Participation Restrictions
- Those 12 and over who are able to join the experiential program
- Meeting and Exchange Areas
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JR Sasayamaguchi Station ticket gate
165-2 Osawa, Tamba Sasayama City, Hyogo - Open Period
- Closed on certain days
- Closed Period
- Excluded dates: January 1–3, August 12–16, and December 30–31
- Meeting Times and Business Hours
- Day 1: 10:00 a.m.–9:00 p.m., Day 2: 7:00 a.m.–9:00 p.m., and Day 3: 7:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
- Tour Schedule
- Day 1: Meet at the station ticket gate and attend briefing > Farming program > Lunch > Mountain program > Dinner (wild game and harvested vegetables) > Reflection Day 2: Breakfast > Wood workshop > Lunch > Traverse the Village of Maruyama on an e-bike (experience the scale of its traditional rural landscape) > Cook dinner with local mothers > Dinner > Reflection Day 3: Leisurely morning walk > Breakfast > Stroll (how the village came to be) > Workshop by participants at Satoyama Kobo Kumobe > Drop-off at the station and disband
- Required Time
- 3 days and 2 nights (From 10:00 a.m. on Day 1/Until 2 p.m. on Day 3)
- Provision of Meals
- Meals are provided
- Open to meal requests
- Vegetarian, allergy- and dietary-restriction options available
- Universal accessibility
- None
- Parking
- Transportation with a standard-sized vehicle to all planned events is included
- Related websites
- https://satoyamaacademy.com/
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