[Mar.24th(Sat.)~Mar.25th(Sun.),2018] MAINTENANCE OF A COUNTRY HILL WHERE PLACES WEST SIDE OF HAKONE-GAIRINNZAN-MIKUNI-YAMA.(THE OUTER RIM OF A CRATER OF MOUNT MIKUNI)

2018/03/24

Date: Mar.24th(Sat.)~Mar.25th(Sun.),2018 
Place: Susono-shi, Sizuoka-ken (west side of Hakone-gairinzan-mikuni-yama (Ashino-ko) area where places east side of Susono-shi)  


Activities:
We act for woods conservation and agricultural land conservation under the watchword “Chiikinotakara-kodomotachie (a country hill as local treasure to kids)” for about 10 years.  We plant and grow woods, maintenance of a walking course and of Kodomo-hiroba for woods conservation.  We also use effectively of fallow and devastated farm lands for agricultural land conservation.  
But now members become older put on years.  To do so, the site has been suffered troubles to keep woods, walking course, open space for kids, base camp, and so on.  This situation will move there to devastated woods lands again.  Now we need to consider measures to keep and maintenance facilities.  
We have worked to keep the walking course as small scale as small number of people can do.  If a few people helped us, the devastated woods lands will be revived again and the site will be used as better place of the kids’ environmental study classes.  

Work:   
For the woods, we cut down sustainable harvested woods and bamboos using hand saw.  And we also work clean up, saw up logs, mow, plant deciduous broad-leaved forest, and utilize conifers, Japanese cedars and Japanese cypresses, as to grow nameko muchrooms, and craft works.  
We plan to work to maintenance for the walking course, the open space of children, and the camping base.  We will brush cut and mow, clean up, make flower beds at 0 spot of the course, make signboard, make playground equipment.  
We also plan to use effectively fallow devastated farm lands.  We grow grains as rice, wheat, and soba.  We plant, grow, mow, harvest some vegetables, too.  
Participation to Satoyama-ranger program which is the experiences program for parents-children.  You can experience environmental study with children.  It will include an observation program of wild animals and plants, a woodworking program, and a bamboo working program. 

Meeting date: Mar.24th(Sat.),2018 12:30
Meeting place: The front of the west side ticket gate of Susono-Station of JR-Gotenba-Line.
*Please meet us after your lunch.  
*We can meet you with your own car at parking area of Susono-bunka-center (Susono culture center) at 13:00
*If you will come by express buses, we can meet you at parking area of Susono-bunka-center (Susono culture center) at 13:00.  (The bus route will be Basta-Sinjuku-4F at 10:35, Sibuya-mark-city 5F at 11:00, Susono-bunka-center at 12:37.)

Breaking up: Mar.25th (Sun.),2018 around 15:00 (plan)

Belongings: Drink (500ml at least, you can buy some more at the evening), A sleeping bag, Suitable clothes and shoes for work in which you may get dirt (long sleeve T-shirt, and a pair of long pants), A set for take a bath  
*Outside works will be changed by weather conditions. 
*We plan to work inside in rainy weather. 

Price: Members \2500, Non-members \3000 
*The price does NOT include transportation fee between Susono-Station and your place. 

Application:  To Moriaki Gouya moriaki@ab.thn.ne.jp
Title: Application for Weekend Work Camp in Susono-shi 2/24-2/25
1)Name, 2)Telephone number, 3)E-mail address, 4)Address, 5)Age, 6)Transportation, 7)NICE member or non-member 

Due date: Mar.17th(Sat.), 2018

Capacity: 8 people

Participation of parents-children: Approve

Correspondence in English: Possible