Finding land, working a small plot or anything else countryside related
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Post your country pictures!
by paradoxbox » Tue Nov 10, 2015 5:16 pm
No thread for this yet so I thought I'd get one started.
Here's one to get us started - this is a pic taken around 100m behind my house. I climbed...
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Last post by Zasso Nouka
Sun Oct 13, 2019 7:00 am
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Last post by Zasso Nouka
Wed Apr 03, 2019 6:16 am
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Gun ownership and hunting in Japan
by KumamotoHunter » Sat Feb 25, 2017 12:57 pm
I expect several members on this board have problems with boar and deer causing damage to crops on their properties.
If you want more information...
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Last post by starting_the_dream
Mon Dec 09, 2019 2:51 pm
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Rain Barrels
by GaijinAgain » Mon Dec 02, 2019 10:05 am
I notice there aren't any posts about rain barrels (that I could find anyway) so I thought I'd start one.
Perhaps most places are getting enough...
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Last post by Zasso Nouka
Wed Dec 04, 2019 5:47 am
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Mikandori
by GaijinAgain » Sun Dec 01, 2019 10:03 pm
Time again for the annual Mikan harvest. Seemed like on Omote-doshi this year as the trees were pretty loaded. Unfortunately the weather didn't...
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Last post by Zasso Nouka
Tue Dec 03, 2019 6:28 am
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What we are up to at our property……..
by Ian » Fri Nov 13, 2015 9:21 pm
Will post some pics as things progress at our land in Hyogo.
Had mechanical problems with both excavators recently, very happy to have them...
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Last post by gonbechan
Mon Dec 02, 2019 7:56 pm
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Chickens !!!!
by Zasso Nouka » Fri Sep 25, 2015 7:02 pm
We just bought some more chickens to add to our flock and I thought it might be a good time to start a thread on them.
Here are the ones we bought...
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Last post by Zasso Nouka
Sat Nov 30, 2019 6:12 am
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Planting for winter
by Zasso Nouka » Sat Oct 12, 2019 7:08 am
Bit late with this thread, been a bit busy with recovering from typhoon #15 and getting ready for #19.
Now is a good time to be planting garlic,...
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Last post by Zasso Nouka
Tue Nov 26, 2019 1:15 pm
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Career changes
by Aquilis » Tue Oct 15, 2019 3:52 pm
So long story short, I graduated as an environmental manager this year and I want to get into conservation in Japan. My main issue is my Japanese...
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Last post by gonbechan
Wed Nov 06, 2019 5:48 am
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Cheap or free Chickens
by gonbechan » Fri Oct 25, 2019 7:13 pm
After having a conversation with Zassou about the fate of unsold home center pets, I went down a rabbit (chicken) hole on one of the re-homing sites...
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Last post by dayunbao
Tue Oct 29, 2019 4:22 am
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Organic pest and disease control
by Zasso Nouka » Thu Oct 08, 2015 7:57 am
We have fought some tough battles with insects and diseases on our farm so I thought I'd share some of the things we've learned and see what other...
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Last post by Zasso Nouka
Wed Oct 16, 2019 6:25 am
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Vinyl houses, tunnels and typhoons
by Zasso Nouka » Thu Oct 03, 2019 7:18 am
I'm guessing this is pretty niche but it might be useful to someone else one day. With typhoon #15 being fresh in mind and the damage it inflicted on...
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Last post by Zasso Nouka
Thu Oct 03, 2019 7:18 am
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Location
by no6una9a » Sun Sep 01, 2019 5:26 am
Being married with a lovely Japanese girl we are planing to move from Germany to Japan in about 6 or 7 years. As time goes by we seem to favor a more...
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Last post by Zasso Nouka
Fri Sep 06, 2019 6:25 am
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Last post by Brandon88
Wed Sep 04, 2019 11:16 am
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Cover crops - which ones?
by Paletti » Fri Dec 29, 2017 5:24 pm
These cold winter days are the perfect time to prepare for next spring. My wife and I don't have a property yet but I can help reading everything I...
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Last post by Zasso Nouka
Wed Sep 04, 2019 6:13 am
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Plants for next year
by Aquilis » Fri Aug 23, 2019 7:03 pm
Hey everyone, hope you are having a successful growing year so far!
For me this year has mostly been trying a small number of plants in different...
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Last post by Zasso Nouka
Tue Aug 27, 2019 5:40 am
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Last post by Zasso Nouka
Wed Aug 21, 2019 5:38 am
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Suzumebachi
by Ibaraki llama » Thu Aug 01, 2019 6:44 pm
Has anyone tackled a suzumebachi hive themselves? The sneaky buggers managed to build a decent sized one under my eaves without me noticing. It’s...
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Last post by Zasso Nouka
Mon Aug 05, 2019 5:46 am
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Haggling Price of Akiya
by dayunbao » Wed Jun 05, 2019 4:03 am
How possible is it to talk down the price of an akiya? The one I have my eye on isn't really that expensive (4.5 million yen) considering that it...
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Last post by dayunbao
Sun Aug 04, 2019 3:09 am
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The joys of summer
by Zasso Nouka » Mon Jul 29, 2019 5:45 am
Found this bad boy trying it on yesterday
Lets just say things didn't end well for it. Personally I'd rather get bitten by a mosquito than an...
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Last post by dayunbao
Thu Aug 01, 2019 4:59 am
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Creepy crawly springy thingys
by Tora » Mon Jul 22, 2019 10:51 pm
Anybody know how far mamushi (Japanese copperheads/pit-vipers) can strike. I know the standard is that at snakes can usually strike 1/3-1/2 of their...
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Last post by Ibaraki llama
Sat Jul 27, 2019 11:37 pm
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Garden Tractor
by Jamie » Fri Apr 26, 2019 2:34 pm
We are in the market for a garden tractor...something that can spend most of it's time cutting the grass, but also has the necessary wherewithal to...
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Last post by Zasso Nouka
Tue Jul 09, 2019 6:05 am
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Best Prefecture For Farming?
by farmingnoob » Thu Dec 27, 2018 2:32 pm
Imagine you could have a plot of land in any prefecture in Japan. All other factors being equal, where would you choose and why?
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Last post by Eric in Japan
Mon Jul 08, 2019 3:05 pm
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What would you have done differently?
by dayunbao » Mon Jun 24, 2019 9:19 am
Things have been too quiet here this week, so I thought I'd start a new thread. I was thinking something along the lines on Lessons Learned in...
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Last post by Zasso Nouka
Thu Jul 04, 2019 6:33 am
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What's your current occupation?
by Giovanni » Tue Jun 25, 2019 12:00 am
Good evening!
I hope this question hasn't been already made in this forum, i couldn't find anything!
I dont want to know private details, of...
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Last post by LeeB
Fri Jun 28, 2019 11:49 am