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Community Tour Participants from Korea
Seven people participated in the As One Suzuka Community Tour for 3 days and 2 nights from January 26 to 28, and 3 people participated in the 4 days and 3 nights from January 28 to 31.
With Academy students Tacky (guide) and Su Jung (interpreter) at Suzuka Farm
The first half of the group was Mr. Lhim, who has been interacting with Suzuka for the past 10 years, and his friends who are connected in Korea.
During the exchange in their native language with Korean friends who are staying in Suzuka
People who run a community, people in education, and representatives of NPOs were introduced by Mr. Lhim to the As One Network and Suzuka's efforts, and visited to learn about the new social endeavors.
Mum's Lunchbox store interior tour
The second half of the group consisted of two people who are active in a community in Busan and the other was an elementary school teacher in Seoul.
With Kimiko, who took care of our food and other needs
They heard Mr. Lhim introduce the As One Suzuka community from a fellow local resident, and decided to visit to see if there was anything they could use as a hint for their own activities.
Mr. Inagaki's cheerful talk opened their hearts.
A woman from Seoul visited us because she wondered what was going on in Suzuka, as some of her old friends were going to and staying in Suzuka and some of them were living there. "I want to know," and visited us.
In the satoyama, Mr. Suzuki prepared an experience of mushroom fungus cultivation!
Each of the participants seemed to feel a lot of things by experiencing the community activities and people of Suzuka.
Here are some of their impressions.
The way of thinking about people and communicating with them is free and without boundaries. Everyone seems to think of each other as a close family, and I was impressed by the fact that they share things without being concerned about themselves. It is as if they have broken out of the confines of existing society and are regaining their true human nature."
Experience the ScienZ exploration, new perspectives.
"It was good to see the mind that happens within a person, the relationship between focusing on that mind and also examining what state other people are in.
I was especially impressed by the support I received from people who were able to see and understand my condition together with me and not just me alone. I would like to spend time in such a relationship myself. Thank you very much."
Mr. Yagi talked about community life, structure and management.
"It seems to me that the two wheels of exploring about me and building up a self-sustaining community have created the ideal form of a community.
I would like to observe the people here more.
I would like to discuss this with my children and let them experience it. "
Visiting JOY, a store of mutual giving
"The biggest problem one runs into while running a community seems to be the question of how to create a community where the community is not based on individual sacrifice, but on free individuals, where the community serves the full life of the individual. Although our stay in the As One community was short, the tour provided us with inspiration and ideas on how to resolve these concerns. "
Visiting a Mum's Lunchbox company with a wide selection of vegetables and rice from the farm.
"The Suzuka community meetings are a fundamental way of doing this, with people listening to each other, looking more into themselves, and the safe relationships that are created in the process. We'd like to try to incorporate that ourselves."
With Su jung (Korea), an Academy student who experienced her first experience as an interpreter
During the tour, the participants also had time to interact with their Korean peers who are staying, studying, and living in the Suzuka community.
Touching one's heart and sheding tears at the exploratory experience
In early January of this year, As One Sseminar was held in Korean for the first time.
The participants of this tour also expressed their desire to participate in the seminar and to tell their friends and family members about it, and to connect and do it.
The network between As One Network Korea and Japan has been growing over time, and we look forward to more and more activities in the future.
With Academy students Tacky (guide) and Su Jung (interpreter) at Suzuka Farm
The first half of the group was Mr. Lhim, who has been interacting with Suzuka for the past 10 years, and his friends who are connected in Korea.
During the exchange in their native language with Korean friends who are staying in Suzuka
People who run a community, people in education, and representatives of NPOs were introduced by Mr. Lhim to the As One Network and Suzuka's efforts, and visited to learn about the new social endeavors.
Mum's Lunchbox store interior tour
The second half of the group consisted of two people who are active in a community in Busan and the other was an elementary school teacher in Seoul.
With Kimiko, who took care of our food and other needs
They heard Mr. Lhim introduce the As One Suzuka community from a fellow local resident, and decided to visit to see if there was anything they could use as a hint for their own activities.
Mr. Inagaki's cheerful talk opened their hearts.
A woman from Seoul visited us because she wondered what was going on in Suzuka, as some of her old friends were going to and staying in Suzuka and some of them were living there. "I want to know," and visited us.
In the satoyama, Mr. Suzuki prepared an experience of mushroom fungus cultivation!
Each of the participants seemed to feel a lot of things by experiencing the community activities and people of Suzuka.
Here are some of their impressions.
The way of thinking about people and communicating with them is free and without boundaries. Everyone seems to think of each other as a close family, and I was impressed by the fact that they share things without being concerned about themselves. It is as if they have broken out of the confines of existing society and are regaining their true human nature."
Experience the ScienZ exploration, new perspectives.
"It was good to see the mind that happens within a person, the relationship between focusing on that mind and also examining what state other people are in.
I was especially impressed by the support I received from people who were able to see and understand my condition together with me and not just me alone. I would like to spend time in such a relationship myself. Thank you very much."
Mr. Yagi talked about community life, structure and management.
"It seems to me that the two wheels of exploring about me and building up a self-sustaining community have created the ideal form of a community.
I would like to observe the people here more.
I would like to discuss this with my children and let them experience it. "
Visiting JOY, a store of mutual giving
"The biggest problem one runs into while running a community seems to be the question of how to create a community where the community is not based on individual sacrifice, but on free individuals, where the community serves the full life of the individual. Although our stay in the As One community was short, the tour provided us with inspiration and ideas on how to resolve these concerns. "
Visiting a Mum's Lunchbox company with a wide selection of vegetables and rice from the farm.
"The Suzuka community meetings are a fundamental way of doing this, with people listening to each other, looking more into themselves, and the safe relationships that are created in the process. We'd like to try to incorporate that ourselves."
With Su jung (Korea), an Academy student who experienced her first experience as an interpreter
During the tour, the participants also had time to interact with their Korean peers who are staying, studying, and living in the Suzuka community.
Touching one's heart and sheding tears at the exploratory experience
In early January of this year, As One Sseminar was held in Korean for the first time.
The participants of this tour also expressed their desire to participate in the seminar and to tell their friends and family members about it, and to connect and do it.
The network between As One Network Korea and Japan has been growing over time, and we look forward to more and more activities in the future.
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