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House swap Japanese countryside farm

"What if you swap your Dutch house for a farm in rural Japan?"

Why this is so fun

You learn to plant rice with your hands in the mud, taste vegetables that are still warm from the earth, and discover that neighbors in Japan really do drop by with homemade miso. Within a month you're speaking basic Japanese and know how to cook perfect sushi rice. Pure zen among the rice fields.

Someone who did this

Joris (31), Groningen — history teacher, collects vintage cameras

I'm standing in a rice field in Kumamoto at half past five in the morning, mud up to my ankles, while a 78-year-old farmer explains how to plant rice in broken English.

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First 3 steps

  1. 1Register with international house swap websites
  2. 2Create profile with photos of your house
  3. 3Contact Japanese families in the countryside
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