Guest post by Artur.
Building ricefield wall
It took about few week to finish wall. On the images you can see on top big stones. Its place from with we have started. Everyone was thinking its "hard" job, but for me it was cool job where you should allways concentrate, if not then some big stone can fall on you =]. Very tired some job.
Transporting wood from top to down
There was old building on the top and it was demolised and after that built new one. And we have to get all wood down from the mountains. After this day my leg muscles was whery tired.
Discovering old road to Antaiji
There was old road and its now only walkable by foot.
Carpenting in free time
Just wanted to play with bamboo.
Extending shelf
Just extended with some wood that was caried from mountain where was demolised some old building.
Bath cover
Just to save some heat. Because bath time is for almost
Green house
Woohoo we are planning to seed there cucumbers and tomatoes. But now there is rice seed. Rice need some week to grow to be ready to put in the soil on the rice fields.
Building new garage
Need of garage is only becouse powershowel is hight and it takes some time to put it inside old garage. Expected hight is about 3.5m but now its 5m. It takes about 2 hours to put one wood "stick" to the ground holes. Also holes is only 2m deep. Works started 1 month ago and it take a lot of time to prepate wood from forest to be ready for building.
Usually ther is working 4-6 people every samu to get garage done.
Meals
From upside they all look the same. But don't expect any "japanese" food that you know. Here is only some vegetables and rice prepared in japanese style. If you have tried japanese food trow away that expirience here is nothing that you know. All food is almost some grass, tree liefs and different kind of japanese potatos. Sometimes some people donate some sea food and it appears on our table. Not often but also some fruits also appearce and our table. I have lost 5kg of my weight. But I hope I will use to
this kind of food and get back some fat to my body =]. Because allways I feel cold here =D.
Building small garden
There is zen garden and this one is garden that is always little by little extended.
Random stuff
One person who now stays in Antaiji have some blog about it: http://ssssplash.blogspot.jp/ and she also makes photos that is better than mine =D. Have enjoy when looking on them ;].
Future posts
- I'm planning to explain how to eat in zen temple its quite complicated thing. But after you learn it its become very natural.
- Also there could be post about some inside world that happening here but that cannotbet expressed with photos =].
P.S. if some one whants he could ask some questions in comments and I will try to answer on them.
P.S.S. Videos made by our Dojo-san and he is like doing them when no one notice that. There is video where Im in but I never seen that someone capturing me =].
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