A community building a way of life
for the post-AI era, in Yatsugatake
A community gathering, once a month.
Time spent together — breath, dialogue, sound, nature, and the turning of the seasons.
Free to join. Sustained through “heart money.”
With the rise of AI and robotics,
most jobs are rapidly disappearing.
In a world without jobs,
what we truly do is — philosophy.
“Who am I, really?
What is the true meaning of life?”
In an era when work is fading and even the purpose of living is becoming unclear,
dialogue with the self becomes essential.
Living for someone,
being kept alive by someone.
To feel that quiet circulation through your own skin.
To do that, we build clothing, food, and shelter with our own hands.
Only inside that process — hand and earth, fire and water —
do we meet the self that is really ours.
We are aware:
inside competition, inside the rush to become someone,
inside desire that is never quite satisfied —
we have lost sight of the self that is really ours.
“CIRCLE is the place
where we meet that self again.”
We hold that meeting in three places.
PILLAR 01
Inner update
Retreats, meditation, dialogue, breath practice, brainwave technology — listening to the inner voice and updating who you are.
PILLAR 02
A self-sustaining community
Vegetable plots, rice fields, a point-based sharing system. Growing food with friends, sharing it together — clothing, food, and shelter, by our own hands.
PILLAR 03
Harmony shaped by nature
The four seasons of Yatsugatake, trekking, barbecue, seasonal events. Reclaim the body in rhythm with nature.
— Standing with someone in the moments where the soul shakes —
Each gathering is different.
• Live concerts
• Sound healing
• Reiki
• Cacao ceremony
• Meditation
• Ecstatic dance
• Talking circle
• Field & rice paddy
• Miso making
• Trekking
• BBQ
• Snowboarding & skiing
What happens is different each time,
but what flows underneath is always the same.
nehan’s base is in Kobuchizawa, Hokuto City, Yamanashi — at the foot of the Yatsugatake mountains.
The table: rice, seasonal vegetables, and fermented foods.
Daily life moves in rhythm with nature.
Work moves between remote sessions and the fields.
— Gifts of Yatsugatake —
• Vegetables — almost all locally grown organic.
• Water — every day, from Otaki Shrine’s sacred spring “Otaki Yusui.”
• Hot springs — over 20 within driving range.
• Views — sweeping vistas of the Southern Alps and Yatsugatake.
By 2032, the world’s digital nomads
will exceed one billion.
Around the world, there are places called “power spots” where new cultures are formed.
People from many countries, carrying many different values, gather there.
From that, innovation keeps rising and the most forward-thinking culture is born.
A place where the thinkers ahead of their time — the innovators — gather.
In today’s global hotspots,
this kind of food culture is already the norm.
Bali · Ubud, Mexico · Tulum, Arizona · Sedona —
Building Japan’s version, in Yatsugatake.
— What a self-sustaining community looks like —
nehan’s fields and rice paddies belong to the whole community.
Time spent working and contributions to the community are recorded as points.
At harvest time, those points can be exchanged for rice, seasonal vegetables, accommodation, or event participation.
* Details of the point system are shared and refined within the community.
CIRCLE is one entry into the community.
● Online Circle — Weekly and monthly gatherings on Zoom. Meditation, talking circles, and sharing — from home.
● Celebrating the seasons — Solar terms, harvest festivals, solstices. Join from a single day.
● Touching the earth — Growing rice and vegetables with friends on Soul Saturday (once a month).
● Join the retreat — A three-day journey that shakes the soul, followed by a 14-day integration program — for rewriting your own story.
● Online programs — Self-transformation programs you can move through from home.
Let the sense of “I touched something here” carry you into the next encounter.
Choose your own pace, your own depth.
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Circle event details and seasonal letters,
delivered through LINE.
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A lifestyle is already underway here —
entrepreneurs and remote workers running their own businesses remotely,
while spending several days each month in Yatsugatake.
— What is in motion here, now —
• 12 people who have relocated
• 2 fields under cultivation
— A staircase to moving in —
Join the retreat (3 days)
↓ 14-day integration program
↓ Monthly Circle visits
↓ 1-week stay (Workation Lodging)
↓ 1-month stay (trial residence)
↓ 6-month to 1-year rental (Move-in Concierge)
↓ Becoming a community manager
At each stage, nehan members walk alongside you.
— Now hiring: community managers —
We are looking for people who want to join nehan’s base team — moving the fields, the events, and daily operations together.
• A few stays per month in Yatsugatake
• Joining as an operating partner at the core of the community
• Heart-money rewards / accommodation support / extra self-sufficiency points
• Priority on the Move-in Concierge track
If this resonates, let’s talk one-to-one first.
Register via the LINE link below, then message us with “Interested in becoming a community manager.”
CIRCLE runs on what we call “Heart Money.”
You — the participant — decide the amount yourself, in resonance with today’s experience and gratitude.
There is no fixed price.
Let the richness your heart felt circulate, just as it is.
Connection at the center, not money.
Feeling first, amount second.
Tap the button below to add us as a friend —
we’ll send event details and seasonal letters.
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Receive one guided meditation track
from the “21-Day Integration” series, as a welcome gift.
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