Do you understand the meaning of the word Minpaku? Minpaku is a type of Japanese green tourism program allowing visitors to stay over with Japanese families making a living in farming and fishing villages and work side-by-side with the locals and experience agriculture and domesticated animals.
The origin of Minpaku is the town of Ajimu, Oita Prefecture.
Currently, Minpaku is conducted throughout Kyushu, allowing visitors to enjoy the various styles of Minpaku tailor-made for any school excursion.
At farming Minpakus that offer the harvesting of vegetables and fruit, tea picking, rice planting and harvesting from season to season, visitors will be able to understand how agricultural produce are grown, as well as relishing the taste of freshly harvested crops.
At the same time, visitors can also experience the livelihood of the Japanese. At fishing Minpakus that offer how to make fishing tackles, feeding fish at fish farms, and seine fishing, visitors can learn about the surprising ecology of fish and shellfish that are normally eaten.
In addition, visitors can have priceless experiences unique to certain areas, including tree thinning, making brown sugar and tofu by hand, and Kagura performances, a traditional Japanese art.
By all means, if you happen to come to Kyushu, please give staying at a Minpaku a try.
Visitors will feel the kind heart unique to Kyushu, and will no doubt become a valued asset for you.
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- Here, we shake each other's hands at the beginning and at the end of our experience. At first, our handshakes are mixed with insecurity and tension, becoming handshakes of gratitude and enthusiasm. Through a handshake, we can feel "heart to heart exchanges".
- Did you make a second home in Oita? By interacting with people as if they were one's family and relatives, one can really experience "community". It was refreshing, both physically and mentally, to experience something not found on ordinary trips.