いきつけの田舎をつくろう
都内から車で約2時間、南房総三芳に『ヤマナハウス』は位置します。
江戸時代からつづく築300年以上とも言われる古民家、長年休耕地となっていた畑、背部にそびえる小高い裏山。ヤマナハウスは3000坪の敷地にこれらがコンパクトにまとまっています。
2015年春始動のヤマナハウスは、「シェア里山」をテーマに、10年以上人が住んでいなかったお化け屋敷状態の古民家を大掃除して、DIY、裏山の整備、休耕地の活用を通して、里山のリノベーションを進めている、現在進行系の”未完成”の里山です。
昭和初期までの里山は、そこに暮らす人々が協力して知恵を出し、里山を形成していました。ヤマナハウスは、共有（シェア）をベースに、現代の技術や発想をもって活動する新しい形の里山です。
暮らしにまつわる「衣食住」はもちろんのこと、娯楽だったり学びだったりを、Do It Yourself（自分たちが楽しめるものを自分たちでつくる）の精神で、人と自然が循環するとして、実験的な試みを続けていきます。
Creating Your Own Go-To Countryside Getaway
YAMANA HOUSE is located in Miyoshi, Minamiboso, about a two-hour drive from central Tokyo.
The 3000-tsubo (approximately 9,900 square meters) site of YAMANA HOUSE compactly includes a traditional Japanese house (kominka) said to be over 300 years old and continuous since the Edo period, fields that have long been fallow, and a small hill/back mountain soaring behind it.
YAMANA HOUSE, which started in the spring of 2015, is a work-in-progress, \'incomplete\' satoyama (traditional managed woodland/countryside). Under the theme of \'Shared Satoyama,\' we began by thoroughly cleaning the kominka, which had been vacant for over ten years and was in a ghost house state, and have been proceeding with the renovation of the satoyama through DIY, maintenance of the back mountain, and utilization of the fallow fields.
Until the early Showa era, satoyama were formed by the cooperative efforts and wisdom of the people living there. YAMANA HOUSE is a new form of satoyama based on sharing, operating with modern technology and ideas.
We will continue our experimental endeavors based on the spirit of Do It Yourself (creating things we can enjoy ourselves), focusing not only on the \'necessities of life\' (clothing, food, and shelter) but also on recreation and learning, as a place where people and nature can circulate.
