1. Support harvesting and shipping "Shikimi (Japanese star anise)" at its season2. Support harvesting and shipping "Sudachi citrus" at its season3. Help making brochures or signs for pilgrims from overseas throughout the village
Accomodation & food:
Homestay at local farmhouses.Meals will be cooked by volunteers. Sleeping bag is not necessary.
Location & leisure:
Ōi-cho, Anan city, Tokushima pref. Leisure:Welcome party by locals, visiting Kakurin-ji temple.
Requirements:
Positive attitude, a willingness to work hard and communicate with local people!
Volunteers will help tea farmers to take care of organic farms. Weeding is one of the most important and needed works. We will also organize one day event in Wazuka for cultural exchange such as cooking and sharing international meals, playing games, and music, etc. The event will be a chance to interact with local people and make them open-minded to international rerationships.
Accomodation & food:
Volunteers will stay public house. Meals will be cooked by volunteers by turns. Sleeping bag is necessary.
Location & leisure:
The most southern part of Kyoto prefecture, close to Nara prefecture.
Requirements:
Interested in Japanese culture, positive attitude to work outside in hot weather
Volunteers will mainly work on 1) making a biotope and 2) helping elderly local farmers by cutting grass or harvesting. Volunteers may also 3) work in a facility for people with disabilities. The schedule of work can be changed due to weather condition, so please be flexible! Volunteers will ride a bicycle between accommodation and working place.
Accomodation & food:
Volunteers will stay in shared room in an old house (newly-renovated). Meals will be cooked by volunteers by turns. Sleeping bag is NOT necessary.
Location & leisure:
Nishiwaga town, center of Tohoku area (north part of Japan), and located in border between Iwate and Akita prefecture. It surrounded by beautiful mountains, and famous for hot spring (there is one even in a train station)!
Requirements:
Interest in community development, cultural exchange with a local community, and agriculture
Volunteers will help local farmers to take care of terraced rice fields by weeding and harvesting. Volunteers will also work on cutting grass in the abandoned farmlands, making herb garden, and woodwork in the village. The contents of work can be changed due to weather and local needs, please be flexible!
Accomodation & food:
Volunteers will stay in shared room. Meals will be cooked by volunteers by turns. Sleeping bag is NOT needed.
Location & leisure:
Kamogawa city is in southern Chiba pref. It takes only 2 hours from the central Tokyo by bus, whereas you can enjoy its rich nature such as beautiful coastline and terraced rice fields.
Requirements:
Interest in Japanese agriculture and positive attitude to work outside in hot weather are needed.
1. Support harvesting and shipping "Sudachi" citrus at its season2. Help spreading information on SNS to the world about sudachi citrus, such as the history and environment of its birth place in various languages
Accomodation & food:
Homestay at local farmhouses or lodging facility. Meals will be cooked by volunteers. Sleeping bag is not necessary.
Location & leisure:
Orono, Kamiyama, Tokushima pref. Leisure:Welcome party by locals
Requirements:
Positive attitude, a willingness to work hard and communicate with local people!
Volunteers will 1) join the farm work (weeding and harvest in the vegetable, corn and Japanese noodle fields) and other community work especially cooking, 2) do some work that is hardly done by the daily work of the community with the supervision of the specialists (last year, it was maintenance of pasture) and possibly 3) help to prepare/ run the harvest festival.
Accomodation & food:
The community (female and male are separated). Meals will be cooked by volunteers together with the community people by turns. Sleeping bag is necessary.
Location & leisure:
Shintoku town is an agricultural country side with big scale of nature and farms, at the foot of "Mt. Milk" and located in the center of Hokkaido island, near Obihiro and 120 km east of Sapporo. -20 degree in winter and 20 in summer.
Requirements:
Interest and motivation to work and live in this type of community. Respect to their life.
Age:
18-99
Location:
Shintoku, hokkaido
Language(s):
English
Airport:
SPK: Chitose (Chitose, Japan)Vegetarian food will be available
To maintain the field of sweet potatoes. The potatoes will become Shochu (distilled spirits), which is a new special product of the island. To remove the articles washed ashore in order to keep the beautiful beach clean.
Accomodation & food:
Renovated house, used to be a hostel, now it's cafe & bar. Meals cooked by the host, but volunteers are asked to help cooking and cleaning. Sleeping bag is NO need.
Location & leisure:
Sakushima island, Nishio city in Aichi. 25mins by ferry from Isshiki port (8 km).]
Requirements:
Interest in the nature, tradition and culture of the island. Positive and cooperative attitude towards the project.
Age:
18-99
Location:
Saku island, aichi
Language(s):
English
Airport:
NGO: Chubu Centrair Intl (Nagoya, Japan)Vegetarian food will be available
« The outside world did not interfere, because it seemed so distant, and so we spent our spare time getting to know each other and learning about each other countries', languages and cultures. Everyone was completely relaxed. This simply would not have been possible on any other type of holiday. VAP enabled me to have a truly memorable experience. »