[Oct.28th(Sat.)~Oct.29th(Sun.),2017] MAINTENANCE OF A COUNTRY HILL WHERE PLACES WEST SIDE OF HAKONE-GAIRINNZAN-MIKUNI-YAMA.(THE OUTER RIM OF A CRATER OF MOUNT MIKUNI)

2017/10/28

Date: Oct.28th(Sat.)~Oct.29th(Sun.),2017 
Place: Susono-shi, Sizuoka-ken (west side of Hakone-gairinzan-mikuni-yama (Ashino-ko) area where places east side of Susono-shi)  



Activities:


Left: Photo of Kodomo-hiroba (an open space for children); The underground water of the outer rim of a crater of Mt.Mikuni comes out and flow around the space.  There are equipped some playground equipments.  The space has been used as manufacturing place when environmental study classes has been held.  We have worked to make rice in abandoned farm land.  We have planted rice late in May and reap late in October.  And we have worked to grow woods in Senkyou-no-mori, plant deciduous broad-leaved trees late in March with parents-elementary school students (parents-elementary school students work camp activity hold every Thursday except for the special case).  
We act for woods conservation and agricultural land conservation under the watchword “Chiikinotakara-kodomotachie (a country hill as local treasure to kids)”.  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.  
Please check more information of our actions from below.  
URL http://web.thn.jp/tukumo22612/index.html

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: Oct.28th(Sat.),2017 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: Oct.29th (Sun.),2017 around 15:00 (plan)

Accommodation: Koumyou-ji (one of buddhist temples), or a community center of the area.  

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 (we will use public spa where be equipped shampoo, hair drier, and NO towels)
*Outside works will be changed by weather conditions. 
*We plan to work as round slices craft work in rainy weather. 

Price: Members \2500, Non-members \3000
*The price includes 3 meals, and spa’s admission fee.  
*The price does NOT include transportation fee between Susono-Station and your place. 

Application:  To Moriaki Gouya moriaki@ab.thn.ne.jp

Due date: Oct.21th(Sat.), 2017

Memo:
Capacity: 8 people
Participation of parents-children: Approve
Correspondence in English: Possible