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Building a small tree house
You will experience building a tree house with an instructor. You do not need to have any DIY experience to do this. Even kids can join in and experience building a tree house. The tree house in this tour is little bit smaller than the other tree housein the 3 day family tour (about 70% smaller), but you can still learn the exact same building skills.
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Tree climbing
Gankoyama is surrounded by trees you can climb. You do not use any special equipment when you climb trees at Gankoyama. You only use a rope and stick which is the traditional Japanese way to climb trees. |
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Learn about the renewable energy used at Gankoyama
Gankoyama only uses renewable energy which is generated by its own solor panels and windmill. We explain how our solar panels and windmill works to all of our visitors.
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Cooking lunch in a wood fire stove
We have a wood fire stove which is made from an old oil drum. You make a fire in it using the wood which you have chopped with our axe. This stove is simple but very powerful and cooks very good pizza or roast vegetables. |
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Edible wild plants and mushroom picking
Shiitake mushrooms, Bracken, Udo, bamboo shoots, wild asparagus, etc. You learn about edible wild plants and mushrooms while you eat them.
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Sleeping in a hammock
You can read or sleep in a hammock in the forest in your free time. It is guaranteed to make you feel refreshed.
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Wood chopping
This is something which you probably do not experience in your evey day life in Japan. It is very popular with adults. All meals at Gankoyama are cooked with the wood we chop ourselves. |
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Sleeping in a tree house
Gankoyama is not a camping area; you sleep in a comfortable tree house. Our tree houses are actually designed to be lived in. They all have privacy and lights in the rooms. You can even recharge your digital camera battery there. You can bring your own sleeping bag or if you do not have one, you can borrow one of ours.
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