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Japan: where the declining birth silently speeds up the disappearance of local culture. At this very moment, a culture that was slowly shaped by its land’s characteristics and an ancient, fluid network of communities, is on the verge of fading out completely.
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Located at the foot of the Iide mountain range, Okugawa-gō is an area consisting of 21 villages that still preserve the original landscape of ancient Japan. Although only 20 years ago the township was populated by 1400 people, today we can count just 700 inhabitants of which more than 60% are seniors.
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If we do nothing to change this trend, there is no doubt that the life memories of the people of Okugawa-gō will soon be forgotten. And that’s why we founded Gō-Institute. A research center that takes a culture that has been developing organically since the Jomon period, and aims not only at preserving it, but also at handing it down.
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In that way, future generations will receive what we could define as Okugawa-gō’s DNA, reviving it and updating it for themselves and those that will follow them.
Art, design, tourism, social business: we will use all to learn about the region’s inherent knowledge, broadcast it to the public, and convey it to future generations through many different perspectives.
[/ra_icon_box][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content_no_spaces” equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle” el_id=”about”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Come experience Japan’s “natural face” through
the age-old wisdom of our ancestors” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center” google_fonts=”font_family:Arimo%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_empty_space height=”52px”][vc_custom_heading text=”We invite you to experience a Okugawa’s beauty” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center|color:%230c0c0c” google_fonts=”font_family:Roboto%20Condensed%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:300%20light%20regular%3A300%3Anormal” css_animation=”fadeInUp”][/vc_column][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1497275709661{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}” offset=”vc_col-md-6″][ra_content_box style=”s12″ image=”8123″ primary_color=”#ffffff”][/ra_content_box][/vc_column][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1497275717669{padding-right: 12% !important;padding-left: 12% !important;background-color: #f6f8fb !important;}” offset=”vc_col-md-6″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner parallax=”yes” parallax_preset=”custom” scale_from_x=”1″ scale_from_y=”1″ scale_from_z=”1″ from_opacity=”0″ scale_to_x=”1″ scale_to_y=”1″ scale_to_z=”1″ to_opacity=”1″ to_easy=”Quint.easeOut” css=”.vc_custom_1500970475604{padding-top: 0px !important;}” parallax_duration=”0%” parallax_time=”2″ translate_from_y=”151″][vc_custom_heading text=”Group Tour” font_container=”tag:h5|font_size:14px|text_align:left|color:rgba(0%2C0%2C0%2C0.35)|line_height:1.5em” use_theme_fonts=”yes” letter_spacing=”0.15em”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner parallax=”yes” parallax_preset=”custom” scale_from_x=”1″ scale_from_y=”1″ scale_from_z=”1″ from_opacity=”0″ scale_to_x=”1″ scale_to_y=”1″ scale_to_z=”1″ to_opacity=”1″ to_easy=”Quint.easeOut” css=”.vc_custom_1500970489785{padding-top: 0px !important;}” parallax_duration=”0%” parallax_time=”2″ translate_from_y=”151″][vc_custom_heading text=”Explore Okugawa through your senses” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:42px|text_align:left|color:%23000000|line_height:62px” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1522167300273{margin-bottom: 25px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner parallax=”yes” parallax_preset=”custom” scale_from_x=”1″ scale_from_y=”1″ scale_from_z=”1″ from_opacity=”0″ scale_to_x=”1″ scale_to_y=”1″ scale_to_z=”1″ to_opacity=”1″ to_easy=”Quint.easeOut” css=”.vc_custom_1500970508031{padding-top: 0px !important;}” parallax_duration=”0%” parallax_time=”2″ translate_from_y=”151″][vc_custom_heading text=”Each season in Okugawa has its different ways to explore, we invite you to explore as part of a group tour through your senses Touch (Tesawari), Taste (Ajiwai), Hearing (Hibiki), Sight (Miharashii) and Smeill (Kaori) of the wisdom from beauty nature that Okugawa has for you.” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:16px|text_align:left|color:%23737e80|line_height:32px” google_fonts=”font_family:Roboto%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content_no_spaces” equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle” css=”.vc_custom_1497270909854{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1497275728950{padding-right: 12% !important;padding-left: 12% !important;background-color: #f6f8fb !important;}” offset=”vc_col-md-6″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner parallax=”yes” parallax_preset=”custom” scale_from_x=”1″ scale_from_y=”1″ scale_from_z=”1″ from_opacity=”0″ scale_to_x=”1″ scale_to_y=”1″ scale_to_z=”1″ to_opacity=”1″ to_easy=”Quint.easeOut” css=”.vc_custom_1500970524295{padding-top: 0px !important;}” parallax_duration=”0%” parallax_time=”2″ translate_from_y=”150″][vc_custom_heading text=”Wisdom from beauty in Okugawa” font_container=”tag:h5|font_size:14px|text_align:left|color:rgba(0%2C0%2C0%2C0.35)|line_height:1.5em” use_theme_fonts=”yes” letter_spacing=”0.15em”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner parallax=”yes” parallax_preset=”custom” scale_from_x=”1″ scale_from_y=”1″ scale_from_z=”1″ from_opacity=”0″ scale_to_x=”1″ scale_to_y=”1″ scale_to_z=”1″ to_opacity=”1″ to_easy=”Quint.easeOut” css=”.vc_custom_1500970551843{padding-top: 0px !important;}” parallax_duration=”0%” parallax_time=”2″ translate_from_y=”151″][vc_custom_heading text=”Connect with nature as Japanese at villages do from ages” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:42px|text_align:left|color:%23000000|line_height:62px” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1522169403226{margin-bottom: 25px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner parallax=”yes” parallax_preset=”custom” scale_from_x=”1″ scale_from_y=”1″ scale_from_z=”1″ from_opacity=”0″ scale_to_x=”1″ scale_to_y=”1″ scale_to_z=”1″ to_opacity=”1″ to_easy=”Quint.easeOut” css=”.vc_custom_1500970566935{padding-top: 0px !important;}” parallax_duration=”0%” parallax_time=”2″ translate_from_y=”151″][vc_custom_heading text=”Also you can have the opportunity of learning from nature and its wisdom though actual experience how locals live in their houses and village and how their interaction with nature hasn’t really change from the past to now days.” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:16px|text_align:left|color:%23737e80|line_height:32px” google_fonts=”font_family:Roboto%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1496947065122{padding-right: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}”][ra_content_box style=”s12″ image=”8124″ primary_color=”#ffffff”][/ra_content_box][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1504704282319{padding-top: 125px !important;padding-bottom: 80px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″ offset=”vc_col-md-4″][ra_icon_box template=”” heading_size=”icon-box-heading-lg” heading_weight=”weight-medium” i_type=”fontawesome” background_shape=”circle-bordered” shape_size=”custom” position=”icon-box-side” title=”Tezawari – Kaori Subject: Connecting with our ancestors” i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-fire” shape_custom=”65px” icon_fs=”28px” title_size=”19px” h_icon_color=”#ffffff” h_icon_bg=”#32a7dd” primary_color=”#32a7dd” icon_color=”#ffffff” icon_color2=”#32a7dd” h_icon_color_2=”#32a7dd” h_brd_color=”#32a7dd”]
Connect with your ancestors as the locals do in Okugawa from ancient times. In this subject, you will have the chance to experience how Okugawa’s villagers make incense from local tree’s leaves, and how the continue to use it as a tool to stay always connected to their ancestors.
[/ra_icon_box][ra_icon_box template=”” heading_size=”icon-box-heading-lg” heading_weight=”weight-medium” i_type=”fontawesome” background_shape=”circle-bordered” shape_size=”custom” position=”icon-box-side” title=”Ajiwai – Kaori – Subject: Sweet sake poetry wisdom” i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-heart” shape_custom=”65px” icon_fs=”28px” title_size=”19px” h_icon_color=”#ffffff” h_icon_bg=”#32a7dd” icon_color=”#ffffff” icon_color2=”#32a7dd” h_icon_color_2=”#32a7dd” h_brd_color=”#32a7dd” primary_color=”#32a7dd”]At the village some people see Sweet Sake as a poetry that supports living with a faint sweet taste. It is because fermented food is rich in nutrition, which is also called drinking intravenous drip, drinking serum.[/ra_icon_box][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″ offset=”vc_col-md-4″][ra_icon_box template=”” heading_size=”icon-box-heading-lg” heading_weight=”weight-medium” i_type=”fontawesome” background_shape=”circle-bordered” shape_size=”custom” position=”icon-box-side” title=”Ajiwai – Tezawari Subject: Wisdom of life from winter” i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-cutlery” shape_custom=”65px” icon_fs=”28px” title_size=”19px” h_icon_color=”#ffffff” h_icon_bg=”#32a7dd” primary_color=”#32a7dd” icon_color2=”#32a7dd” h_icon_color_2=”#32a7dd” h_brd_color=”#32a7dd” icon_color=”#ffffff”]Frozen radish making is a traditional preserved food made by hanging boiled radish outdoors in winter and drying it. Daikon freezes at night, melts in the day, repeating drying, proceeding drying, it is a natural freeze-dried recipe. [/ra_icon_box][ra_icon_box template=”” heading_size=”icon-box-heading-lg” heading_weight=”weight-medium” i_type=”fontawesome” background_shape=”circle-bordered” shape_size=”custom” position=”icon-box-side” title=”Tezawari – Nagame Subject: Snow Playing Kanjiki” i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-child” shape_custom=”65px” icon_fs=”28px” title_size=”19px” h_icon_color=”#ffffff” h_icon_bg=”#32a7dd” primary_color=”#32a7dd” icon_color2=”#32a7dd” h_icon_color_2=”#32a7dd” h_brd_color=”#32a7dd” icon_color=”#ffffff”]
Kanjiki Japanese snowshoes are made to be worn under the shoes so one can move easily in the snow without sinking. You can walk even on untreated snow by spreading your weight. Recently, we see plastic and western versions of the item, but originally it was very usual to see handmade ones, constructed out of wakanaki, making branches and vines of trees.
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Go back to childhood experiencing how locals play with Suri (Sled) in the snow. As in other parts of the world, sleds were a very common way of transportation in snow countries. Long time ago, harvests were transported around the mountains using sledding.
[/ra_icon_box][ra_icon_box template=”” heading_size=”icon-box-heading-lg” heading_weight=”weight-medium” i_type=”fontawesome” background_shape=”circle-bordered” shape_size=”custom” position=”icon-box-side” title=”Hibiki – Tezawari Subject: Mobile Store” i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-shopping-cart” shape_custom=”65px” icon_fs=”28px” title_size=”19px” h_icon_color=”#ffffff” h_icon_bg=”#32a7dd” primary_color=”#32a7dd” icon_color=”#ffffff” icon_color2=”#32a7dd” h_icon_color_2=”#32a7dd” h_brd_color=”#32a7dd”]When the music that heralds its arrival reverberates throughout the village, the residents come out of their houses one after the other and start shopping. The vehicle is called Idōhanbaisha, a mobile the Fukushimaya store uses to keep its customers stocked on days of heavy snowfall. It covers the entire span of the Okugawa area over a week.[/ra_icon_box][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row enable_responsive_options=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1522492949009{padding-top: 75px !important;padding-bottom: 110px !important;}” responsive_css=”padding_top_tablet:50|padding_bottom_tablet:100|padding_top_mobile:25|padding_bottom_mobile:50″ el_id=”explore”][vc_column width=”2/3″ offset=”vc_col-md-offset-3 vc_col-md-6 vc_col-sm-offset-2″][vc_empty_space][ra_section_title style=”resolve” title=”Okugawa Subjects Videos” title_font_container=”tag:h2″ title_use_theme_fonts=”yes” content_font_container=”tag:p|font_size:18px|line_height:2em” content_use_theme_fonts=”yes” use_custom_fonts_title=”true” use_custom_fonts_content=”true” css=”.vc_custom_1522254526791{margin-bottom: 35px !important;}”]Tesawari, Kaori, Ajiwai, Nagame, Hibiki subject videos[/ra_section_title][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][ra_content_box style=”s11″ show_button=”yes” ib_style=”btn-naked” ib_lightbox=”yes” ib_lightbox_type=”video” ib_text=”text-uppercase” ib_i_type=”fontawesome” ib_i_align=”right” title=”Tezawari – Kaori – Subject” image=”8010″ ib_title=”Watch the subject” ib_i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-long-arrow-right” ib_i_color=”#ffffff” title_size=”17px” ib_link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DWR475Owb7oU|||” info=”Touch – Smell”]Contacting with your ancestors[/ra_content_box][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][ra_content_box style=”s11″ show_button=”yes” ib_style=”btn-naked” ib_lightbox=”yes” ib_lightbox_type=”video” ib_text=”text-uppercase” ib_i_type=”fontawesome” ib_i_align=”right” title=”Hibiki – Tezawari – Subject ” image=”8015″ ib_title=”Watch the subject” ib_i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-long-arrow-right” ib_i_color=”#ffffff” title_size=”17px” ib_link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DmtIqe6L3Dfs|||” info=”Listen – Touch”]Mobile Snow Store experience[/ra_content_box][/vc_column][vc_column 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Feel the spiritual climate of an authentic Japanese village with thousands of years of continuous history.
[/ra_icon_box][ra_icon_box template=”” heading_weight=”weight-bold” i_type=”fontawesome” background_shape=”circle” shape_size=”custom” position=”icon-box-side” i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-snowflake-o” title=”Symbiotic Lifestyle” css=”.vc_custom_1537075982426{margin-bottom: 35px !important;}” title_size=”17px” icon_bg=”#32a7dd” shape_custom=”62px” icon_fs=”30px”]Contemplate the symbiotic lifestyle that is only possible when nature and culture develop in harmony with each other. [/ra_icon_box][ra_icon_box template=”” heading_weight=”weight-bold” i_type=”fontawesome” background_shape=”circle” shape_size=”custom” position=”icon-box-side” i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-heart” title=”Sense of Wonder” css=”.vc_custom_1537076021877{margin-bottom: 35px !important;}” title_size=”17px” icon_bg=”#32a7dd” shape_custom=”62px” icon_fs=”30px”]Enjoy everyday life in a state of wonder fueled by the complex details and stories that Okugawa’s traditional farmhouses have accumulated by being lived in continuously over hundreds of years.[/ra_icon_box][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1504717203591{padding-top: 50px !important;padding-bottom: 75px !important;background-color: #eff4f1 !important;}”][vc_column width=”2/3″ offset=”vc_col-sm-offset-2″][ra_section_title style=”resolve” title=”Our Team” title_font_container=”tag:h2″ title_use_theme_fonts=”yes” content_font_container=”tag:p|font_size:18px|line_height:2em” content_use_theme_fonts=”yes” use_custom_fonts_title=”true” use_custom_fonts_content=”true” css=”.vc_custom_1522436052860{margin-bottom: 35px !important;}”]These are the people that made possible your wonderful experience in Okugawa[/ra_section_title][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][ra_team_member template=”border-bw” name=”Yoshihiro Yabe” position=”Director” image=”8002″ socials=”%5B%7B%22network%22%3A%22facebook%22%7D%5D”][/ra_team_member][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][ra_team_member template=”border-bw” name=”Yusuke Sasaki” position=”Project Manager” image=”8003″ socials=”%5B%7B%22network%22%3A%22facebook%22%7D%5D” border_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.01)”][/ra_team_member][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][ra_team_member template=”border-bw” name=”Masato Araumi” position=”Program Coordinator” image=”8004″ socials=”%5B%7B%22network%22%3A%22facebook%22%7D%5D” border_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.01)”][/ra_team_member][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” bg_type=”u_iframe” u_video_url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol800w8Q86Q” video_poster=”id^8019|url^http://go-institute.jp/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Covertopgoinstitute.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^Covertopgoinstitute|description^null” u_start_time=”15″ css=”.vc_custom_1532765167253{padding-right: 20% !important;padding-bottom: 110px !important;padding-left: 20% !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}” el_id=”reviews”][vc_column width=”5/6″ offset=”vc_col-sm-offset-1″][vc_custom_heading text=”Reviews” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1522493461660{margin-top: 30px !important;margin-bottom: 40px !important;}”][ra_carousel pagedots=”yes” dot_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.62)” dot_color_active=”#ffffff”][ra_testimonial style=”s14″ avatar_size=”avatar-md2″ title=”Sigrun” avatar=”8100″ position=”Iceland”]“My headline of these trip is Magical maybe, falling stars, crispy brightness of today. Maybe “Magical Sky in the night time and day time, with the brightness and the stars”. Yeah, two words “Magical Sky”[/ra_testimonial][ra_testimonial style=”s14″ title=”Matteo Morelli” avatar=”8102″ position=”Italy”]“Okugawa was like “Traveling time and the space” would be the title cuz the Idea I have of Japan is that everyone is always on a rush, so it is completely different is like another place. I would like to come back here once in a while and take full days off here just relax”[/ra_testimonial][ra_testimonial style=”s14″ title=”Christie” avatar=”8103″ position=”Taiwan”]“I could relax a lot. Recently I haven’t been closer to the nature, so this time I could enjoy a lot nature, and get in touch with amazing warm people. It was so much fun, I really got relaxed emotionally and physically”[/ra_testimonial][ra_testimonial style=”s14″ title=”Yoon” avatar=”8105″ position=”South Korea”]“It was very nice to taste the flavours of Okugawa’ natural ingredients. Its nature was just beautiful and reminded in my head like that, its mountains, its air, the water of its rivers, I could relax a lot here”[/ra_testimonial][ra_testimonial style=”s14″ title=”Marta” avatar=”8104″ position=”Italy”]“Simplicity is just amazing. It was really fun and I enjoyed the time here, in one phrase I would say that people of Okugawa are really warm, it’s a special place”[/ra_testimonial][/ra_carousel][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” bg_type=”image” parallax_style=”vcpb-animated” bg_image_new=”id^7972|url^http://go-institute.jp/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/bg03.png|caption^null|alt^null|title^bg03|description^null” css=”.vc_custom_1522492059335{padding-bottom: 55px !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}” el_id=”contact”][vc_column width=”5/6″ offset=”vc_col-md-offset-1 vc_col-sm-offset-1″][ra_section_title style=”classic” title=”Contact Us” title_font_container=”tag:h2|color:%23ffffff” title_use_theme_fonts=”yes” content_font_container=”tag:p|color:%23ffffff” content_use_theme_fonts=”yes” use_custom_fonts_title=”true” use_custom_fonts_content=”true” css=”.vc_custom_1522437558129{margin-top: 60px !important;margin-bottom: 40px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Feel free to contact us anytime![/ra_section_title][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][ra_icon_box template=”” heading_size=”icon-box-heading-xsm” i_type=”fontawesome” background_shape=”circle” shape_size=”lg” title=”Mail us” i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-envelope-o” icon_background_color=”#ffffff” icon_color=”#ffffff” title_color=”#ffffff” content_color=”#ffffff” icon_bg=”#32a7dd” title_size=”17px” content_size=”17px”]hello@go-institute.jp[/ra_icon_box][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][ra_cf7 style=”s10″ id=”2668″ btn=”full-width-submit”][/vc_column][/vc_row]