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Konohana Family, Litfin writes, is an ecovillage "that sits under the towering presence of Japan's Mt. Fuji (and) takes its name from the goddess once thought to inhabit this venerable mountain." The village is almost completely food self-sufficient, and here residents prepare organic vegetarian meals for hundreds of people in the region. As of 2012, the village comprised about 58 adults and 25 children.

Making meals in Konohana

Konohana Family, Litfin writes, is an ecovillage "that sits under the towering presence of Japan's Mt. Fuji (and) takes its name from the goddess once thought to inhabit this venerable mountain." The village is almost completely food self-sufficient, and here residents prepare organic vegetarian meals for hundreds of people in the region. As of 2012, the village comprised about 58 adults and 25 children.