{"id":34206,"date":"2015-12-20T10:59:55","date_gmt":"2015-12-20T09:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peregrinusmundi.com\/wwoofing-a-yufuin\/"},"modified":"2020-07-30T12:21:19","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T10:21:19","slug":"wwoofing-in-yufuin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peregrinusmundi.com\/en\/wwoofing-in-yufuin\/","title":{"rendered":"Wwoofing in Yufuin"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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My first two weeks of woofing at Youth Hostel Country Road went very well. I originally planned to leave on Monday December 21, but I will finally stay a few more days. I really like Yufuin and Ryo-san offered to accompany them (him, Tomomi-san and their children) to see the festivities planned for December 23 at Beppu, on Christmas.<\/p>

Ryo-san and his wife Tomomi-san are very nice. They speak good English which greatly facilitates exchanges. They are very energetic, always doing lots of things and telling me a lot of anecdotes about Yufuin or the other woofers before me. I feel them much more open than the Japanese living in the city (it may be precisely because they live close to nature and run an inn). Ryo-san also lived three years in Africa and has traveled to China and South America. They have three children: Shikie, (girl, 14), Inase (boy, 9) and Waun (girl, 4). The children are resourceful, full of energy and always smiling. Ryo-San and Tomomi-san have run Youth Hostel Country Road for the past decade or so. It is the inn highly located in Yufuin, on the slopes of Yufudake Volcano. Surrounded by tall, leafy pines, the inn gives the impression of being the last refuge before the wild mountain, especially at night when the lights with colored tones shine like a beacon in the darkness. The hostel is very friendly and warm. There are small Christmas decorations everywhere. It has a living room with a picture window which offers a magnificent view of the valley and Yufuin below. The hostel has seen rooms (3 dormitory style, 4 traditional style) for up to 21 people and has two small onsens. Ryo-san puts music in the living room and onsens: jazz, Christmas music, French or American songs. The more time I spend at the inn, the more I enjoy it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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