Prepare and support for local event "Yoshino gawa festival" and"Bizan Tenjin Festival" with local people to activate the area and communication with local people. Picking and separating rubbish during/after the festival.
Accomodation & food:
Local empty house in Tokushima city. Breakfast will be prepared by volunteers. Lunch and dinner will be served. Sleeing bag is necessary.
Location & leisure:
"Tokushima city, Tokushima pref. The closest international airport is Takamatsu airport. To get the meeting point, it will take for 3 hours by train. You need to arrive at Takamatsu airport by 10:00 on 20th, and can leave there after 17:00 on the 3rd. You can also come from Kansai internatinal airport in Osaka. It will take for 5 hours by train. You need to arrive at Kansai airport by 7:00 on the 20th, and can leave there after 21:00 on 3rd. Other activities: Join the festivals, Exchange parties, experiencing Japanese culture, etc. Study theme: Volunteers will get chance to interact with energetic local people who want to activate the small city."
Requirements:
Positive attitude to working hard, communication with Japanese local people
-Prepare and participate a local MATSURI festival -learn and exchange culture with local residents-some manual work at a grand-opening guesthouse Up to two MTV female volunteers (CIEEJ1620) join this workcamp. Volunteers are expected to work collectively in a group, and work well.
Accomodation & food:
Facilities: Japanese room and sleep on the FUTON mattress. There are a washer, a kitchen, a western lavatory and a shower room. Internet is available
Meals:
A volunteer prepares breakfast on their own. Lunch and dinner will be cooked together with volunteer members. Volunteers take turns in cooking and cleaning. A volunteer who has an allergy in wheat, meat or fish can not be accepted because those are often used in Japanese meals and a group can not prepare meals by individual request.
Location & leisure:
Mimasaka-city (http://kanko.city.mimasaka.lg.jp/ ) is famous for beautiful landscapes and hot springs. The most notable sightseeing spot is the birthplace of Musashi Miyamoto (1584~1645), the strongest swords man handling two swords at the same time. There are rich in nature that is still untouched by human. People love going on a mountain hike. A volunteer needs at least 10,000 JPY in cash if she wants to go sightseeing on free-day.
Requirements:
1Every volunteer must be able to ride on a bicycle for 5 km (sometimes up to 20 km) a dayA volunteer is expected to be physical strong and tough under the strong summer sunlight 2No volunteer is accepted if he/she has a strong allergy in cats, dogs or house dust 3It is required that volunteers should prepare and bring things you can perform/display at an international exchange event. Pictures, CD, books, magazines, toys, games or snacks of your country are suggested. You will have time to give presentation about yourself and your home country at the culture event. 4Rain boots are needed only those who foot is over 10 inchBring home countries' recipes and ingredients for 10 more people, clothes suitable for activities, such as long T-shirts, long pants, and sneakers (because there is a lot of big masquitos around the area), a hat/cap, toiletries, towels, medicine (for cold, painkiller), sprays for bugs and other things you need for your daily life.
Age:
18-30
Location:
Okayama
Language(s):
English
Airport:
OKJ: Okayama (Okayama, Japan)Vegetarian food will be available
We will mainly help and join the festival by making four big lanterns ‘TORO' (2 x 2 meters) and hundreds of small lanterns together with local students. You can design your own large ‘TORO' in this festival. It will be physically challenging work.
Accomodation & food:
Local Commuty bulding, very simple life style. Volunteer stay a Japanese style room. Share room. Meals will be cooked by volunteers by turns. Sleeing bag is necessary.
Location & leisure:
Small town in the southern part of Fukushima. 100km far from Fukushima nuclear power plant and the level of radioactivity is 0.06 mSv/h that is far from dangerous! Tokyo (5 hours from Tokyo by bus. You need to arrive at Narita airport by 07:30 on first day and can leave there after 20:00 on last day.) Other activities: Home stay, sports, exchange parties, etc. Study theme: Activate the isolated community with suffer from depopulation through the festival and good practices in your country
Requirements:
Interest in Japanese culture, making big lanterns (‘TORO') and working with locals!
Prepare and support for local event "Awa Odori festival" with local people to activate the area. Volunteers will support the local group that organizes local ferry services which many tourists make a long quene for. Also volunteers will help local activity which is held along local river. We will clean up the river.
Accomodation & food:
Local empty house in Tokushima city. Meals will be cooked by volunteers by turns. Sleeing bag is necessary.
Location & leisure:
Tokushima city, Tokushima pref. Takamatsu (3 hours by train). You need to arrive at Takamatsu airport by 10:00 on 10th and can leave there after 17:00 on the 17th. If Kansai airport (5 hours by train), you need to arrive by 07:00 on the 10th and can leave there after 21:00 on 17th. Other activities: Awa Odori Festival, Exchange parties, experiencing Japanese culture, etc Study theme: Volunteers will get chance to interact with energetic local people who want to activate the small city.
Requirements:
Positive attitude to working hard, communication with Japanese local people
We will cut bamboos for improving ecological situation and then, make the lanterns from those bamboos as well as other small stuffs to be used in the festival. We will also organize a program in the elementary school to promoting both inter-cultural learning and also the festival to the children.
Accomodation & food:
In the local exchange center. Meals will be cooked by volunteers by turns.
Location & leisure:
Misato-cho located in the middle of the Shimane prefecture, famous for Iwami silver mine as a world heritage. There is hot spa, beautiful nature. Osaka. From Osaka to the meeting point, it will take 9 hours by nightbus and train. You need to arrive at Kansai airport by 17:00 on 5th and can leave there after 15:00 on 19th. Other activities: Japanese Shinto music and dance, home stay, lecture about traditional cultures. Study theme: You can get the knowledge about Japanese traditional festivals and customs.
Requirements:
Interested in Japanese old culture, positive attitude to communication with local people
« I would recommend participating in a workcamp, especially with VAP, who ensured that I found a project to suit me and provided essential training for me in preparation for my trip. Being part of a workcamp really is a life-changing experience, oh, and it looks great on your CV! »
