{"id":359,"date":"2014-04-08T14:40:21","date_gmt":"2014-04-08T05:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/?p=359"},"modified":"2014-04-08T14:40:21","modified_gmt":"2014-04-08T05:40:21","slug":"forest-working-bee-at-kodo-village-by-satoshi-nakano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/staff\/20140408_359.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Forest Working Bee at Kodo Village&#8221; by Satoshi Nakano"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='wp_social_bookmarking_light'>        <div class=\"wsbl_facebook_like\"><div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/staff\/20140408_359.html\" layout=\"button_count\" action=\"recommend\" width=\"100\" share=\"false\" show_faces=\"false\" ><\/fb:like><\/div>        <div class=\"wsbl_twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/staff\/20140408_359.html\" data-text=\"&#8220;Forest Working Bee at Kodo Village&#8221; by Satoshi Nakano\" data-lang=\"en\">Tweet<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<br class='wp_social_bookmarking_light_clear' \/>\n<p>Apr. 8, 2014<\/p>\n<p>The mild winter is over and the weather on Sado is unseasonably warm now. All the members of the Kodo Group, who were scattered apart on various tours and projects, assembled in Kodo Village today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9536_140407_taro-s.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-905\" alt=\"Photo: Taro Nishita\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9536_140407_taro-s-340x226.jpg\" width=\"340\" height=\"226\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today is the day when performers and staff work together, welcoming the start of the new work year with a working bee in the Kodo Village forest. This is when the new first-year Kodo apprentices meet all the members of the Kodo Group for the first time.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" alt=\"Photo: Taro Nishita\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_9954_20140407-taro-340x510.jpg\" width=\"238\" height=\"357\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_0203_20140407-taro.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" alt=\"Photo: Taro Nishita\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_0203_20140407-taro-340x510.jpg\" width=\"238\" height=\"357\" \/><\/a><\/h4>\n<p>The work is mainly to gather trees that have been lumbered throughout the forest, chop them into firewood and kindling, take them to the woodpile and stack them; ready to burn next winter at Kodo Village.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_0001_20140407-taro.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-904\" alt=\"Photo: Taro Nishita\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_0001_20140407-taro-340x226.jpg\" width=\"340\" height=\"226\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a chance to see a different side of our colleagues than we get to see on an average work day. I look forward to this forest working bee each year because I can learn more about everyone.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 1px;\" width=\"1\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_0261_20140407-taro.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-909\" alt=\"Photo: Taro Nishita\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_0261_20140407-taro-680x452.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apr. 8, 2014 The mild winter is over and the weather on Sado is unseasonably warm now. All the members of the Kodo Group, who were scattered apart on various tours and projects, assembled in Kodo Village today. Today is the day when performers and staff work together, welcoming the start of the new work year with a working bee in the Kodo Village forest. This is when the new first-year Kodo apprentices meet all the members of the Kodo Group for the first time. 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