This is a story about an international couple raising and home educating three young boys in Japan, while dealing with climate, cultural, and personal challenges. These pages are about pretty much anything and everything all guided by our family motto, Taking Chances, Making Changes, Being Happy. Thank you very much for joining us on our ongoing adventure.

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We are the Hayman family....a very different kind of family. We are not working in the conventional sense, our kids are being home educated, we are mostly free from the constraints of society, and we spend 24/7 together. These pages are all about our interests, thoughts, and anything else which seems noteworthy. Learn more about us.

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Note: The information on this page was translated from English to Japanese using Google Translate.
注: このページの情報は、Google 翻訳を使用して英語から日本語に翻訳されています。
Moving To Okayama
岡山への引っ越し


Hey friends. We are moving to Okayama Japan. This was not an easy decision for us but many things changed on Tanegashima over the years and this wonderful little island is not the same anymore. The weather has gotten worse and the Summers are extremely hot and the amount of rain per year has increased dramatically. Okayama has the most sunshine hours per year in Japan, and about 40% of the rainfall of Tanegashima. The actual motivation for moving though was the building of a huge military base on the neighboring island of Mageshima. The thought of airplane noise and constant protests about the military base was enough to make us decide to move. The first few years on Tanegashima were fantastic but the last few years were difficult. More about this in upcoming posts. We want to thank our friends for all of the good memories on the island. Hopefully many of you can visit us in Okayama. Until then.
Our New Home

やあ、友達。私たちは岡山県に引っ越します。これは私たちにとって簡単な決断ではありませんでしたが、種子島では長年にわたって多くのことが変わり、この素晴らしい小さな島はもう同じではありません。天候が悪化し、夏は非常に暑くなり、年間降水量も劇的に増加しました。岡山県は年間日照時間が日本一で、降水量は種子島の約40%を占めます。しかし移住の本当の動機は、隣の馬毛島に巨大な軍事基地を建設するためだった。飛行機の騒音と軍事基地に関する絶え間ない抗議活動のことを考えるだけで、私たちが引っ越しを決意するのに十分でした。種子島での最初の数年間は素晴らしかったですが、最後の数年間は大変でした。これについては今後の投稿で詳しく説明します。島で良い思い出を作ってくれた友人たちに感謝したいと思います。ぜひ多くの皆様が岡山にお越しいただければ幸いです。それまでは。
Our New Home
STORY
STORY
The Birth of Our Youngest Son
A look back in time to the birth of our youngest son who is now 3 years old.
STORY
The Birth of Our Middle Son
A look back in time to the birth of our middle son who is now 7 years old.
MEMORIES

NOVEMBER 2016
Thanksgiving on the Island
Thanksgiving, a rocket launch, and some really cute pictures of the kids.

OCTOBER 2016
Enjoying Beach Camping
Camping at the beach, going bananas, and crazy Halloween fun.

SEPTEMBER 2016
Full Moon Festival
The Full Moon Music Festival, crazy clouds over our neighbor island, and mountain bike riding.

AUGUST 2016
Catching Some Waves
Family visits, surfing for the first time EVER, and a torn bicep.
AGROFOREST

AGROFOREST
Agroforest Location
The location of our agroforest on Tanegashima Island, Japan.

AGROFOREST
Agroforest Progress
Our progress from the beginning to the present in reverse chronological order.

AGROFOREST
Agroforest Mission
Our progress from the beginning to the present in reverse chronological order.

AGROFOREST
Agroforest History
We had no idea of the deep history connected to our land.

AGROFOREST
Agroforest Challenges
A few of the many challenges involved with an agroforestry project.

AGROFOREST
Agroforest Camping
A tentative look at potential future campsites and hiking trails.

AGROFOREST
Agroforest Farming
An updated list of the food we are growing up in our agroforest.

AGROFOREST
Agroforest Definition
An overview of the concept of Agroforestry.
ONLINE PROJECTS

FUN EASY ENGLISH
My English Learning Website
Learn English pronunciation, conversation, grammar, reductions, and much more....for free.

TANEGASHIMA JAPAN
Our Beautiful Island
Come and visit the small and beautiful island that we call home.

MAGESHIMA JAPAN
The Destruction of an Island
An ongoing account of the destruction and conversion of our neighbor island to a U.S. military base.

JAPANESE HIRAGANA KATAKANA KANJI
My Japanese Learning Website
Learn to read and write Japanese hiragana, katakana and kanji along with lots of vocabulary.

LAEL HAYMAN
Lael Hayman
The blog for our middle son who is now 7 years old and totally into bass, electric, and classical guitar.

ETHAN HAYMAN
Ethan Hayman
The blog for our youngest son who is now 3 years old and becoming a lego master builder.

SHAI HAYMAN
Shai Hayman
The blog for our oldest son who is now 14 years old and is now a photographer and videographer.

SETOUCHI JAPAN
Our New Home
Our new home we are planning to move to sometime during March 2025.
FREEDOM EXPLORE ENJOY LEARNING
Our Group Learning Space
Freedom Explore Enjoy Learning (FEEL) is a place where kids and young adults can get together. If you're learning at home or in school, and are looking for a place to be creative and share ideas with friends who have the same interests, then please join us on Discord. Everybody is welcome. We look forward to meeting you.
THOUGHTS
Trump....The New Reality New

Trump and his band of conservative racists are fucking up the entire world. This could be the coming of a 1984 dystopian future for The World.

Continue reading....

THOUGHTS - America
Free Speech
A few thoughts about free speech, the constitution, and the rights of private social media companies.

THOUGHTS - Health
Yoga Workout
My yoga workout. I was looking for a way to simply feel better without all of the spiritual mumbo jumbo usually associated with practicing yoga.

THOUGHTS - Health
Psytrance Workout
I find psytrance to be motivating, relaxing, and a great way to keep a good rhythm.

THOUGHTS - Health
Strength Training
My strength training workout. Thanks to a torn bicep (see picture), a hernia, and rheumatoid arthritis, I decided to return to strength training as a way to alleviate the daily pain and fatigue.

THOUGHTS - Living
How to be Happy
For me at least, happiness depends on three things. Without them existence can become pretty dull and boring and that's not the way things need to be.

THOUGHTS - Comedy
Trump Rewrites Constitution
Trump has drafted an executive order revising the United States Constitution.

THOUGHTS - Comedy
Trump Memes
Trump President Again, WTF !!!!!!!! . Anyway, this is a collection of Trump memes from 2016.

THOUGHTS - Archive
Archive Thoughts
These posts were inspired by the 2016 presidential election and the turmoil which Donald Trump created during his four years as president.

THOUGHTS - America
Mass Shootings
The appalling number of mass shootings in the United States.

THOUGHTS - America
Ban Guns
The possession of guns should be illegal in the United States.

THOUGHTS - America
National Rifle Association
Groups like the NRA, who promote gun ownership, are taking humanity in the wrong direction.

THOUGHTS - Education
Home Education
Why schools are not working and home education is the best option for your kids.
NASA Evidence - Everybody should read this (opens to a new tab)

There is unequivocal evidence that Earth is warming at an unprecedented rate. Human activity is the principal cause. The rate of change since the mid-20th century is unprecedented over millennia. Earth's climate has changed throughout history. Just in the last 800,000 years, there have been eight cycles of ice ages and warmer periods, with the end of the last ice age about 11,700 years ago marking the beginning of the modern climate era — and of human civilization.
House For Sale
Mountain For Sale