kizuna (prototype) retreat 🌱

july 19–21

welcome! you're on the guestlist for our first community retreat 🫶 we are SUPER EXCITED for this!
this page has everything you need to know. small edits might be made as we get closer to the trip. if you have any Qs, feel free to ask in the discord group!

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📸 the space

our venue is a private rental inn with a traditional Japanese longhouse design.
it used to be a small local restaurant, but has been completely renovated to recreate the feeling of a cozy old Showa-era alley.

so we'll have tatami floors, soft lighting, lofted sleeping pods (everyone will have their own bed), and shared spaces for relaxing + eating together.

the house has a washer (and detergent) + dryer, towels (body + face) toothbrushes, hair dryer, body soap, shampoo, conditioner, cotton swabs. so we're all good amenities-wise!

in the area, there are retro shopping streets from the Showa era, and it's a short walk to the famous chureito pagoda.

mini itinerary (extremely tentative lol)

• sat july 19: arrive ~midday to fujiyoshida, lunch together + hang out in the town until checkin at 4pm. then cooking tgt & free time
• sun july 20 (digital detox day!): AM: slow breakfast, group activity; PM: chureito pagoda, free exploring time in the town, potential onsen-ing(?), return to cook + eat tgt, evening reflection activity
• mon july 21: AM: breakfast, checkout by 10am

notes

• the exact plan is not fixed! the only broad intentions are:
  1) to have a mix of structured and unstructured time
  2) to mix all-together time with time in smaller groups or pairs.
  if you have any ideas for activities to do as a group (or something you'd like to run), let chris know! super open to co-creating this.
• travel: there's no plan to travel to fujiyoshida together (yet), but feel free to coordinate with others in the discord chat!
• check-in time: there's a chance we can check in early on saturday, but we won't know until closer to the time. we’ll play it by ear :)

what to pack

• comfy clothes for lounging + something for very light hiking (actually more like a slight uphill walk to the chureito pagoda)
• toiletries + anything you need for 2 nights. also SUNSCREEN (we can expect 25-30degree C heat) and maybe also bugspray
• water bottle
• journal / notebook / pen
• optional: camera, sketchbook, instruments(??)
• 💴 one 万 and one 千 yen for chris to cover venue + dinner costs

location + getting there

venue: google maps
it's in fujiyoshida, around 2 hours from tokyo.

to get there, the recommendation is getting the bus from BASUTA shinjuku bus terminal. here is the route

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