We've nearly been at Fuji eco park for 24 hours only, and already I feel that 10 days isnt going to be enough.
Our fellow wwoofers here all have stayed one month minimum, and they say to us that 10 days is quite short. It's so different to the Singaporean mentallity I'm used to, which going for a 3D2N holiday actually counts as a proper holiday and that perhaps 5D4N is quite 'long'. Why is it that in city life, time is so precious and we constantly feel the need to fill it up with things to do, 90% of which are things that dont matter really.
Here I am sitting in our centre house, with soothing piano intrumental music playing in the simple cd player, and bjorns outside in the rain weeding the keyhole garden and spiral garden. I can't get over how beautiful the mount fuji backdrop is. ANd most of all, I cant believe we're getting to stay here for free, and not only that, we got free transfer from the train station & free meals! It's unbelievable. We spent so much money in the last 5 days in Tokyo it was nuts. Now, time passes nice and slow, its serene and quiet everywhere except for the frogs keeping us up at night and the birds chirping in the morning. What a world away. And only less than 2hrs by bus from Shinjuku station. Crazy. Wwoofing as a program rocks. I mean, I've heard of stories of some wwoofers getting exploited by their hosts. But I can tell in Fuji eco park's case, it is not at all like that.
Firstly, this is more of a 'park' than a proper smallholding that needs to make a living. They seem to be able to take in 6 - 8 wwoofers at any one time, but the work can easily be done by 2 for sure. That means feeding 6 - 8 wwoofers. Apparently i heard our host, Masa-san whom we've not met yet, drops by about once a week when he takes a break from his Tokyo day job, and brings us money for wwoofers to sustain. Its mad!
Ok, the rain is letting up, so its back to weeding the spiral & keyhole garden for me now. Before I go, a photo of fellow wwoofer - Nozomi-chan serving our lunch for us... japanese brown and white rice in seaweed soup with egg & veg... plus miso potato & mushroom dish. YUMs... :)
Our fellow wwoofers here all have stayed one month minimum, and they say to us that 10 days is quite short. It's so different to the Singaporean mentallity I'm used to, which going for a 3D2N holiday actually counts as a proper holiday and that perhaps 5D4N is quite 'long'. Why is it that in city life, time is so precious and we constantly feel the need to fill it up with things to do, 90% of which are things that dont matter really.
Here I am sitting in our centre house, with soothing piano intrumental music playing in the simple cd player, and bjorns outside in the rain weeding the keyhole garden and spiral garden. I can't get over how beautiful the mount fuji backdrop is. ANd most of all, I cant believe we're getting to stay here for free, and not only that, we got free transfer from the train station & free meals! It's unbelievable. We spent so much money in the last 5 days in Tokyo it was nuts. Now, time passes nice and slow, its serene and quiet everywhere except for the frogs keeping us up at night and the birds chirping in the morning. What a world away. And only less than 2hrs by bus from Shinjuku station. Crazy. Wwoofing as a program rocks. I mean, I've heard of stories of some wwoofers getting exploited by their hosts. But I can tell in Fuji eco park's case, it is not at all like that.
Firstly, this is more of a 'park' than a proper smallholding that needs to make a living. They seem to be able to take in 6 - 8 wwoofers at any one time, but the work can easily be done by 2 for sure. That means feeding 6 - 8 wwoofers. Apparently i heard our host, Masa-san whom we've not met yet, drops by about once a week when he takes a break from his Tokyo day job, and brings us money for wwoofers to sustain. Its mad!
Ok, the rain is letting up, so its back to weeding the spiral & keyhole garden for me now. Before I go, a photo of fellow wwoofer - Nozomi-chan serving our lunch for us... japanese brown and white rice in seaweed soup with egg & veg... plus miso potato & mushroom dish. YUMs... :)
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