About About Awai
Remembering the Future
Amidst the vast mountains and
valleys
one suddenly feels,
that our standing here
is a result
of those who stood previously
To those who will stand after us
To the descendants
of those we love
What stories and tales will
we pass on and discuss?
This village perched deep
in the forest trails
It would be forever lost
without the people to tell
its tales
Touch the memories of the land
Ponder the unexplored “you”
This village brings forth
an experience
you never planned.
Our hope is,
That after these two nights and
three days in earth’s time
You will pass on the tales
through your own words.
The stories that gradually
unfold
will eventually
become our stories too,
and for generations to come,
continue to be told.
Eternal and unfinished,
these words,
we will continuously collect.
And we shall henceforth
call them,
“The Tales of the Land
and Culture of Narayama”
If poems are
the poured out relics
of words that cannot
be spoken
Then Awai must be a poem in itself
How will you gaze upon,
tell and retell
this collection of tales?
Experience
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ならやま凮土譚とは
Awai
ExperienceAbout Awai experience in Narayama “Planetary” Village
If poetry is the trail of unconsciously voicing something
that cannot be verbalized forever
If poetry is a trail of unintentional words
the word “Awai”
the word itself
The word “Awai” itself is probably a small poem.
How will you look at the overlapping of all things?
What will you say to them? -
楢山集落とは
About
NarayamaAbout Narayama Village
A man once said.
“The whole village is like a planet.
Some mutter, “The whole village is like a planet.
Another said
“It’s not an utopia, it’s a paradise.
Another smiles.
An unfamiliar landscape. A nostalgic foreign land.
In what words will this place be etched in your life?
What words will be engraved in your life? -
宿泊施設について
Accommodations
About Accommodations
The three houses are lit.
The Yeh, nurtured by human hands
Like being embraced by the bosom of a forest
as if embraced by the bosom of the forest.
A moment to remember your breath
How about making this place your home?
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食事について
About Meals
About Meals
“Delicious” from the bottom of my flesh and blood
“Delicious” from the depths of his flesh and blood
was very similar to “precious.
How can I make the most of what I have killed?
as if praying.
To pass on life to the next day
Today, too, we begin the ritual of eating.
Today, too, we begin the ritual of eating. -
アート・文化体験
Art & Culture
Art and cultural experiences
“Make all the countryside and life into one great art.”
A poet once told me.
I remember in the smell of the wind.
Read it with your senses
Think with your cells
Let a new pine tree sprout
Let’s be together in this moment. -
料金について
About fees
About fees
A landscape that is disappearing, a landscape that was natural.
A landscape that has been nurtured for a long time in our daily lives.
Perhaps Society and earth know a hint to connect society and the earth.
Perhaps Sato and Yama know a hint to connect society and the earth.
We can cultivate together the values that we will remember from the future.
Can we work together to cultivate the values that we will remember from the future?
