[Notification of postponement] Join us! --- Rice planting workshop 2019 in Chiba Prefecture, Japan: Web Magazine TRANLOGUE

2019.04.28

[Notification of postponement] Join us! --- Rice planting workshop 2019 in Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Photos of last year's workshop.

Two kinds of items are going to be sold from little open-air stalls in this event.
One is freshly spring-time honey which is made from locally honeydew produced by “SATOYAMA HACHIMITSU”.
The other is bean risotto which is made from locally sourced ingredients. Tranlogue produced this product; we engaged in the product development, naming, design of the package and also merchandising.

A workshop of rice planting by handwork will be held this coming April, 2019 in Chiba prefecture, Japan.
In our workshop, we continue to succeed raising rice with pesticide-free production and 100% organic fertilizer by hand work despite being considered impossible before starting the workshop.
You must join us if you are interested in Japanese culture, people and traditional planting.
For more information, please feel free to email us here with any questions you may have.

-----Information-----

*Purpose
Rice planting experience, conservation and regeneration of Satoyama (A border zone or area between mountain foothills and arable flat land), cultural exchange between city and country, or between domestic and international.

*Date
Sat.(holiday) 4 May, 2019
Start around at 10:30 AM (It is going to be postponed only in case of heavy rain)

*Venue
Mutsuzawa-machi (Mutsuzawa-town), Chosei-gun (Chosei-district), Chiba prefecture, Japan.
The Closest station: Kazusa-Ichinomiya Station on Sotobo Line (1 hour from Tokyo station by the limited express "Wakasio").

*Participation fee and insurance fee
-Person over the age of 30: 2,000 Japanese Yen
*including recreation insurance fee
-Person under the age of 30: Free
*need to separately pay recreation insurance; 100 Japanese Yen

*Qualification for participation
As a general rule, people aged 10 or above can participate in this workshop with participants' safety in mind.

*Content of work
Rice planting by hand work.

*What to wear
Please wear tight and soft high rubber boots (for rice planting) with shorts. Or wear two or three layers of socks not to get injured by stepping on a small branch and others. If wearing layered socks, please prepare grippy sole sandals for walking around a rice paddy. Please note that cloths and shoes will be likely to get dirty with mud. You would be better off bring extra cloths just in case.

*Lunch
Buffet lunch is provided.

*What to bring
Tableware; cup, fork, knife, spoon, chopsticks, plate, etc.

*Change or cancel of the schedule
The schedule of this workshop is subject to change or cancel with unavoidable circumstances such as bad weather, etc.

*Application and enquiry
Please apply or enquiry here.
Please apply by Sat. 3 May, 2019

*Host of this workshop
SATOYAMA Social Design Association
[Board Member] Secretary General: Tomoyori, Representative Director: Sugita, Director: Sakamoto, Director: Uchikawa, Auditor: Sato

*Supporters' organization
Tranlogue Associates Inc., Mutsuzawa-town, Mutsuzawa-town Board of Education

(*) We enjoy working in two to three hours with some breaks in this workshop.
(*) We program a Rice planting workshop on the first sunday during Golden Week holidays -a week from the end of April to early May including four Japanese holidays, though we exceptionally program on Sat.(holiday) 4 May this year. A Paddy harvesting workshop on the sunday before Respect-for-the-Aged Day -the third Monday of September- every year. (Schedule of workshops is subject to change on account of bad weather and others.)

You can see previous workshops on the following pages.