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An introduction to the forum

Last post by Honchosan « Wed Sep 23, 2015 8:08 pm

by Honchosan » Wed Sep 23, 2015 8:08 pm

Thank you for taking the time to register and joining this forum, we have created this place mainly for people who live in the Japanese countryside...

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Last post by Honchosan
Wed Sep 23, 2015 8:08 pm
Hello from Fukushima

Last post by Zaimondos « Fri May 03, 2019 8:59 pm
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by DocDoesFarming » Mon Apr 29, 2019 10:01 pm

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Left the city life and moved to Fukushima with my wife to start a farm. Currently a month into our 1 year training at the local farms around us so we...

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Last post by Zaimondos
Fri May 03, 2019 8:59 pm
Hello from Nagano

Last post by Zaimondos « Fri May 03, 2019 8:55 pm
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by Jamie » Fri Apr 26, 2019 10:59 am

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Hi all,

I'm Jamie - originally from Scotland, now living in Nagano-ken. We recently bought a 60tsubo house, on about 1000sqm of land. We had quite...

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Last post by Zaimondos
Fri May 03, 2019 8:55 pm
Another one in Shizioka

Last post by Aquilis « Thu May 02, 2019 1:00 pm
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by Aquilis » Tue Apr 30, 2019 9:16 pm

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Hey everyone I'm a Brit who has been living in Fuji for about three years now. Been doing the whole English teaching thing while I finished a degree...

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Last post by Aquilis
Thu May 02, 2019 1:00 pm
Greetings from Tokyo!

Last post by Brandon88 « Tue Apr 30, 2019 1:01 pm
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by Brandon88 » Sun Apr 28, 2019 11:44 am

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Hello everyone! I have gathered information from Japan simple life a few times now, and am so excited to join the ranks as a member. Thank you for...

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Last post by Brandon88
Tue Apr 30, 2019 1:01 pm
Greetings from Toyama-shi!

Last post by Zasso Nouka « Fri Apr 26, 2019 5:56 am
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by emptychurches » Wed Apr 24, 2019 5:16 pm

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Wow, never thought I'd be on a phpBB in 2019! But here I am. :) Haven't had to compress an avatar jpg down to under 9kb in nearly twenty years!
My...

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Last post by Zasso Nouka
Fri Apr 26, 2019 5:56 am
Table Farming in Mie

Last post by Zaimondos « Mon Apr 15, 2019 2:38 pm
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by Kuwana Forest » Sun Apr 14, 2019 12:00 pm

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Hi everyone. I'm an Aussie, was in Nagoya for 20 years and after marrying, bought a nice fixer-upper in Kuwana in Mie 5 years back. Started out with...

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Last post by Zaimondos
Mon Apr 15, 2019 2:38 pm
Hello, another from Ibaraki

Last post by Zaimondos « Mon Apr 15, 2019 2:36 pm
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by Zaimondos » Sat Mar 30, 2019 10:21 am
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Hi everyone,

We bought a kominka in southern Ibaraki (Tsukubamirai) last month. I browsed this forum before buying and it was really helpful, so...
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Last post by Zaimondos
Mon Apr 15, 2019 2:36 pm
Hello from Ibaraki

Last post by Zasso Nouka « Sun Mar 31, 2019 6:36 am
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by farmingnoob » Fri Nov 09, 2018 11:09 am
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Hey guys, hello from Ibaraki.

I'm an ALT in one of those five years max situations. So I'm thinking about the future and what to do in addition to...
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Last post by Zasso Nouka
Sun Mar 31, 2019 6:36 am
Hi

Last post by dayunbao « Tue Feb 26, 2019 2:17 am
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by dayunbao » Sun Feb 24, 2019 6:24 am

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Hi everyone,

Decided to sign up since I'd like to buy a small home in the Japanese countryside someday, and I thought it might be useful to be...

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Last post by dayunbao
Tue Feb 26, 2019 2:17 am
Hello from Northern Hiroshima

Last post by gaijinfarmer « Thu Jan 31, 2019 4:28 pm
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by starting_the_dream » Tue Jul 31, 2018 9:35 am
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Hi all. While I've been a lurker off and on for a bit, I thought I'd introduce myself and get 'proper' acquainted with everyone here. In the fall of...
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Last post by gaijinfarmer
Thu Jan 31, 2019 4:28 pm
Hello from Susie

Last post by Chris64 « Tue Jan 15, 2019 4:50 am
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by susie2609 » Fri May 25, 2018 6:22 am
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I'm so happy to have stumbled across this forum :)

We live on the south coast of NSW and have recently returned from another trip to Japan with...
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Last post by Chris64
Tue Jan 15, 2019 4:50 am
Hello from Northern Osaka

Last post by korekaranoka « Mon Jan 14, 2019 9:41 pm
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by Englishswallow » Fri Oct 19, 2018 1:04 pm

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I’m living on the inaka’s edge in Northern Kansai. I’ve been in Japan about 12 years in both Osaka and Tokyo plus have lived in S E Asia. I’m self...

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Last post by korekaranoka
Mon Jan 14, 2019 9:41 pm
Hello from South Africa!

Last post by Zasso Nouka « Wed Dec 19, 2018 6:45 am
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by Chris64 » Wed Dec 19, 2018 6:17 am

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I fell in love with Japan many years ago and it seems that I will finally be able to feed my curiosity by moveing to Japan and the country side...

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Last post by Zasso Nouka
Wed Dec 19, 2018 6:45 am
Hello from the Frozen North!

Last post by rekrab « Sun Nov 04, 2018 1:31 pm
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by rekrab » Thu Oct 18, 2018 3:49 pm

Rating: 4.57%

Hello everyone, I just find it about this forum today. I've been living in the northern part of Hokkaido for the last 18 months. It's been an...

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Last post by rekrab
Sun Nov 04, 2018 1:31 pm
Hello from Miyazaki

Last post by littlejohn « Fri Oct 19, 2018 7:56 pm
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by littlejohn » Thu Oct 18, 2018 10:41 pm

Rating: 8.68%

Hi there! I live in a small town in Miyazaki Prefecture and I write fiction for a living (I am not anywhere near famous, sorry!). I am also a board...

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Last post by littlejohn
Fri Oct 19, 2018 7:56 pm
Hello from Yamaguchi

Last post by gonbechan « Fri Oct 19, 2018 9:40 am
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by JimR » Thu Oct 18, 2018 10:57 pm

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Hi there. I'm not exactly in the countryside, I live in a small beach-side city of about 20,000 people, but we're certainly not in any kind of...

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Last post by gonbechan
Fri Oct 19, 2018 9:40 am
Hi, My name's Mark - nice to meet you all

Last post by Zasso Nouka « Tue Jun 19, 2018 6:19 am
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by Markuma » Mon Jun 18, 2018 6:18 pm

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hi, everyone.....might as well put the offer out there. My name is Mark White and I have an Artist Retreat in a renovated Kominka and looking for...

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Last post by Zasso Nouka
Tue Jun 19, 2018 6:19 am
Hello from Shikoku

Last post by Tora « Fri May 04, 2018 10:03 am
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by Tora » Tue May 01, 2018 9:57 am
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Tokushima to be more exact.

I've been lurking on here for a while and it seems like a good place with good people. We are getting ready to...
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Last post by Tora
Fri May 04, 2018 10:03 am
Hello from shizuoka

Last post by Zasso Nouka « Wed May 02, 2018 5:55 am
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by Shizuman » Sun Apr 29, 2018 10:20 pm

Rating: 1.83%

Hello
hows it going?
Awesome site and thanks for accepting me on here!
starting out on the vege dream here in Shizuoka!
from Australia but been...

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Last post by Zasso Nouka
Wed May 02, 2018 5:55 am
Hello from Australia

Last post by mahc-booey123+ « Mon Apr 09, 2018 2:02 pm
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by LeeB » Thu Nov 30, 2017 11:19 am

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I used to follow the old board, posted a few times, and once in a while read the posts here. I don't remember the name I posted under on the old...

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Last post by mahc-booey123+
Mon Apr 09, 2018 2:02 pm
Hello from Manila

Last post by Zasso Nouka « Mon Mar 12, 2018 5:46 am
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by MrMarcRoca » Sun Mar 11, 2018 9:54 pm

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Hey guys,

I am from Andorra and I am living in Manila in the Philippines.

I found my girlfriend that I want to create a family of my own...

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Last post by Zasso Nouka
Mon Mar 12, 2018 5:46 am
Hello from Fukuoka

Last post by gonbechan « Mon Mar 05, 2018 1:36 pm
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by Caleb Fuller » Sun Mar 04, 2018 4:26 pm

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Hi,

I'm an Australian who's been living in Fukuoka prefecture for 8 years now.

I used to post on the old gaijinpot forum as Gandalf, if anyone...

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Last post by gonbechan
Mon Mar 05, 2018 1:36 pm
Hello from Okayama

Last post by paradoxbox « Mon Feb 05, 2018 9:15 am
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by Del » Sat Feb 03, 2018 4:51 am

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Hi all,
I’d like to introduce myself; I’m Del from the UK and my Japanese wife of 30 yrs. We are in the long process of moving to our Kominka in...

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Last post by paradoxbox
Mon Feb 05, 2018 9:15 am
Hello from Kyushu

Last post by gonbechan « Thu Jan 25, 2018 8:41 pm
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by qshoefarmer » Wed Jan 24, 2018 9:11 am

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Hello I'm originally from San Francisco but ive been in southern Japan for three years now. We started a small organic farm on about a 1/3 acre a few...

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Last post by gonbechan
Thu Jan 25, 2018 8:41 pm

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