Date: Nov.25th(Sat.)~Nov.26th(Sun.),2017 
Place: Susono-shi, Sizuoka-ken (west side of Hakone-gairinzan-mikuni-yama (Ashino-ko) area)  


Activities:




Photos 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 equipment which are molded as time passes.  The space has been used as manufacturing place when environmental study classes has been held.  

“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, the walking course, the open space for kids, the 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.  
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 effectively use of the abandoned farmlands.  We have plant, grow, mow, and harvest work of wheat and soba.  
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: Nov.25th(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 the parking area of Susono-bunka-center (Susono culture center) at 13:00
*If you will come by express buses, we can meet you the 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: Nov.26th (Sun.),2017 around 15:00 (plan)

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

Belongings: Drink (500ml at least, you can buy some more at the evening), A sleeping bag, Suitable clothes and a pair of 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 a public spa where be equipped shampoo, hair drier, and NO towels)
*Outside works will be changed by weather conditions.  

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 and your place. 

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

Due date: Nov.18th(Sat.), 2017

Memo:
Capacity: 8 people

Correspondence in English: Possible