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	<title>From a mountain village in Japan</title>
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	<description>Topics about country life in Japan</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:26:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Nave&#8217;s impression of Japan</title>
		<link>http://www.mazegawa.com/intl/?p=311</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rocky</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an article by Nave Fung from Hongkong. For her 2nd visit to Japan, she came to Maze and spent 5 nights, her visit to Maze through the Couchsurfing network.
Japan is a really cool nation however  the Wifi internet is not common here. i feel surprised that even at the airport i couldn&#8217;t reach [...]]]></description>
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		<title>French education system フランスの教育事情</title>
		<link>http://www.mazegawa.com/intl/?p=306</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 04:15:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rocky</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an article by Camille, a French school teacher who stayed 2 days in our house at Maze through the couchsurfing network this August, as part of their 6 weeks trip to Japan. 
This summer, with my companion Gwen, a maths teacher, we went to Japan for 6 weeks, traveling from Tokyo to Maze, then to Takayama, Shirakawago, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Incoming tourism business　国際観光</title>
		<link>http://www.mazegawa.com/intl/?p=292</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:23:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rocky</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, 3 of my former colleagues, snowboard/ski instructors at Niseko Hokkaido were visiting my village. At the end of the winter season, they travelled to Tokyo, Kyoto, Kyushu, Osaka, and other places. Their travelling methods were very unique - David from Holland was hitchhiking from Kyushu all the way up here, and his schedule [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Emma&#8217;s report エマのレポート</title>
		<link>http://www.mazegawa.com/intl/?p=287</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:58:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rocky</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Gero-Hida]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is an article by Emma from UK, who has also spent 2 weeks in our village. 
Woofing with Nanako San in Maze village was a fantastic experience! From the moment Nanako picked us up from the local station her beaming smile reflected her instantly bubbly personality, of which I warmed to instantly.
Over the following 2 weeks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Stay in Maze　僕の馬瀬での滞在</title>
		<link>http://www.mazegawa.com/intl/?p=273</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:15:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rocky</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Gero-Hida]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This article is by Noel, an American/Brazilian who has just spent 2 weeks in Maze.
The past two weeks I have spent in the peaceful village of Maze, WWOOFing and enjoying the beautiful nature of its surroundings. My WWOOF host was Nanako, an incredibly nice woman who is a very hard worker, but at the same [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Courchsurf and WWOOF カウチサーフィンとウーフ</title>
		<link>http://www.mazegawa.com/intl/?p=254</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:08:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rocky</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Gero-Hida]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Since this April, I started having foreign visitors through the Couchsurfing and the WWOOF network. The Japanese government has been conducting the Yokoso (welcome) Japan campaign with the hope of doubling incoming tourists. True, definitely there are many things of interest for outside visitors to Japan, and especially in the countryside, because that is the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trout fishing, Ayu fishing マス釣り、鮎釣り</title>
		<link>http://www.mazegawa.com/intl/?p=245</link>
		<comments>http://www.mazegawa.com/intl/?p=245#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 11:58:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rocky</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Gero-Hida]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The former Maze village government, now a part of a larger Gero-city, started 6 years ago a series of fishing lessons &#8220;Mazegawa Fishing Academy&#8221; for the purpose of attracting fishing enthusiasits and enticing city dwellers toward this domain. Now is the season of trout fishing, from the end of February till the middle of September, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>French WWOOFers in Maze フランス人ウーファー（有機農業体験者）滞在</title>
		<link>http://www.mazegawa.com/intl/?p=235</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 08:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rocky</dc:creator>
		
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(Above) French girls transporting manure to the fileds. (Below) With another visitor Nathalie, a French Canadian, we did a hike to a nearby mountain for a panorama view. Steep mountains surrounds Maze, and there were numerous trails connecting different hamlets.


So far I have stayed for 5 years in this village Gero-city Maze. Even after 5 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Easy Japanese cooking 簡単な日本料理</title>
		<link>http://www.mazegawa.com/intl/?p=232</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:28:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rocky</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Ski]]></category>

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During this winter season, the ski instructors are lodged in staff accomodations. Normally breakfast and dinner are served because not many non-Japanese instructors are familiar with cooking using locally found ingredients. In addition we do not have access to the kitchen. Still there are nights when no dinners are served, and I started preparing Japanese [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Developing a resort village リゾートビレッジの開発</title>
		<link>http://www.mazegawa.com/intl/?p=224</link>
		<comments>http://www.mazegawa.com/intl/?p=224#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 08:55:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rocky</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Ski]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[landscape]]></category>

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Since last year I have worked for the Niseko International Snowsports School (NISS) as a ski instructor during winter. This is because of my passion for winter sports, but another reason is because of Niseko&#8217;s (Hokkaido) international atmosphere. The international presence which started with a few Australians who settled here in the 1990&#8217;s continues to [...]]]></description>
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