【Online event 】The Rewards of Living in the Japanese Countryside in 2025 :How to live with nature and renovate a traditional Japanese house

Our three speakers all moved to Hiroshima and live lifestyles in Hiroshima’s idyllic countryside.

If you have ever wondered what it would be like to relocate and live in rural Japan, this webinar is for you!
Japan’s rural areas are full of opportunities to create new projects and businesses for a fraction of the price it would cost to do the same in the cities. The low land prices mean the dream of growing your own food, renovating a traditional Japanese house, living in sync with nature is well within reach.

With its diverse landscape, favorable climate, and growing grassroots movement of innovators and entrepreneurs, Hiroshima is the perfect place to realize your dreams and potential.

The speakers on this webinar are all international residents living in Japan who chose to create a life for themselves in Hiroshima’s mountains and islands. They will share their stories of moving to Hiroshima and the challenges and successes they have experienced.

General discussion topics

・How to find property and the experience of renovating a traditional Japanese house

・Experience of international residents living in rural Hiroshima.

・Steps to local migration in Japan.

・Pros and Cons of living in rural area.

・How to create, manage and maintain relationships with local people and friends.

・How to make your ideal lifestyle come true.

日程	2025年3月6日(木)
開催時間	19:00～20:30
開催場所	開催場所（オンライン参加）「Zoom」ウェビナー Zoom (webinar format)
参加費	Charge: FREE 無料
主催	Organizer: Hiroshima prefecture, Hiroshima prefecture interaction and settlement of people promotion council 主催　広島県および広島県交流・定住促進協議会
共催	認定NPO法人ふるさと回帰支援センター Co-organizer: NPO Furusato Kaiki Support Center
詳細	Event Details Date & Time: Thursday 6th March 2025 7:00pm – 8:30pm JST Location: Online (join on desktop, tablet, or smartphone). Charge: FREE Application: Zoom (webinar format) Organizer: Hiroshima Prefectural Government Office Co-Host：NPO Furusato Kaiki Support Center Contact：Chiikiryoku-Souzou-Ka,Hiroshima Prefectural Government Office E-mail: [email protected] Tel: 082-513-2581 ※ You will receive our Webinar URL after you complete your event registration. MC & Guests Tom Miyagawa Coulton ＜MC＞ Tom Coulton, relocated from Tokyo to Mitarai on the island of Osaki Shimojima, Kure City in 2015. He is a professional photographer, writer and translator who co-founded the popular food website The Setouchi Cookbook. He also runs an English tea shop called The Tea Cosy on weekends. He has renovated two old Japanese houses and runs the volunteer group Tobishima Life assisting people who want to relocate to the Tobishima Kaido islands. Jason Lawrence ＜Guest speaker＞ As Jason was approaching 40, he decided he was no longer interested in corporate advancement and traded life in Singapore for the Seto Inland Sea. Jason & his wife had no idea what they were going to do and it was going to be a huge lifestyle flip for the kids but ultimately, creating time together was most important. Fast forward 3 years, they now have a citrus orchard by the sea and a home tucked away in the mountains on Osakikamijima. Damon E. Chapman ＜Guest speaker＞ Damon E. Chapman is originally from Los Angeles (U.S), and now lives full-time in Hiroshima. He has been a university teacher for over 20 years, and about 14 years ago, bought an old country house about 50 km. from Hiroshima city. After reforming it for 5 years, it is done and he now enjoys growing lots of vegetables which he eats, shares with friends and trades at a local restaurant! He also loves skiing in the local resorts in winter His land grew from about 1000 sq. meters in the beginning to over 5000 sq. meters now. He loves country life ! We are very sorry for our incovenience that our registration is not compatible with English. Please kindly check the instruction below and proceed resistering.
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