Dana Village ダーナ ビレッジ - Dana Villageは、健康回復とじぶん発見をテーマにした体験型の宿泊施設です。福島県と新潟県の県境、西会津町安座地区に位置しています。自然の中での様々な体験を通して、忙しい日常で見失っていた自分らしさを取り戻してみませんか。

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Feel your origin,
align yourself

DANA VILLAGE is
an interactive accommodation that has a theme of health recovery (Restoration of health) and self-discovery.
It is located in Aza district, Nishi Aizu town , Fukushima. It's a place really close to Niigata Prefecture.
If you've lost yourself in busy life, what about getting back your original self through various experiences in nature.

 

Stay

A building was renovated former school annex.
Your body and mind would be rejuvenated with organic vegetables/
vegan meals and the healing of nature.

 

Activity

While your stay, you can have experience of farming, yoga, and healing on your request.
Workshops and seminars are also held on a regular basis.

 

Organic
Product

Since my father's generation as an agricultural researcher and farming practitioner, we have been engaged in agriculture that does not rely on pesticides or chemical fertilizers in the mountainous areas of Aizu for more than 30 years.

 

Volunteer

We accept helpers who empathize with the philosophy of Dana Village.

 

月1 オープンデーの実施

Dana Village holds a monthly "Open Day" which you can freely go round our place.
Next "Open Day" is June 19th.

 

Access

496-2 Yonouemonurahei, Nozawa, Nishiaizu machi, Yamagun, Fukushima prefecture

 

Train

If you are train lover, we also recommend the train that arrives at Aizu Wakamatsu via Aizu Tajima from Asakusa station. Please check in advance, whether you are using the shinkansen or local trains. You can use a train-route application such as JapanTransitPlanner. (English available) Many trains go through Aizu Wakamatsu before going to Nozawa, where Dana Village is. Set "Nozawa" as your destination station.

Bus

You can use this website [click here] to find highway buses going to Aizu Wakamatsu. From Aizu Wakamatsu you can either take a train or bus to Nishiaizu. The train station in Nishiaizu is called "Nozawa", and the bus stop is called "Nishiaizu IC", so use this as your destination.

Arriving to Dana Village

From JR Nozawa Station or Nishiaizu IC (bus station), please come to Dana Village directly by a shuttle bus. This bus is NOT a taxi! This is a service provided by the town, simply takes you from your location to the destination for a small fee. Please arrive at the pick up location at least 5 minutes before the scheduled time. Please be mindful that this shuttle bus will only pick you up and drop you, so please do not request to stop at a supermarket or elsewhere.

To take the shuttle bus,
① Search the app on App Store by copy & pasting “ 西会津町デマンドバス こゆりちゃん号 “.
     (The app with a mascot wearing a pink hat)
② Download the app.
③ Type “ Nozawa station Nishiaizu” and select as my location.
④ Type “Dana Village” as my destination
⑤ Select the number of passengers > Next
⑥ Select the schedule depending on your itinerary.
⑦ Select a ride > book this ride

※ Please make sure to show up on time or before the schedule timed or the bus will leave.
※ Please cancel in advance if you got delayed.

The shuttle bus will you drop at the parking in front of a temple.
After getting off the bus, please come up the slope on the left side of the temple. Dana Village is at the top!
 

代表
小川美農里Minori Ogawa

Born in 1984, Kitakata City, Fukushima Prefecture.
Her experiences of meeting homeless people in high school and Paraguay, also volunteering in orphanages and refugee camps around the world while on leave from university, made her to want to solve social problems both domestic and abroad.

Since becoming a nurse, she has wanted to support holistic health in order to change the challenges of medical care and the high suicide rate in Japan.

Since 2014, she has been based in Auroville ,South india wich called "the largest eco-village in the world" , where she studied holistic medical care and organic farming. In April 2016, she returned from India and founded Dana Village with her partner Wik. She is now a mother of two children.

・Representative of Dana Village/ Chaljoe Nishi Aizu Farm
・Nurse, Public Health Nurse
・Certified Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy IABT Therapist
・Director of nationwide Aino-kai, a public interest incorporated association
・Co-chairman of Fukunomoto General Incorporated Association

 

It's been five years since we started Dana Village.
Although we are still a long way from our mission " creating a society which all life shines", we are deeply moved by the fact that we can live in harmony with nature in this beautiful place surrounded by sacred mountains, and that we have been blessed with wonderful encounters through this place.

We would like to continue to contribute to the realization of a sustainable society in which all lives can live in harmony while valuing the connection with people and nature.

 

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