Work: Ideas to help create and care for the organic tea park. Furthermore, we will care the forest around the Park. We will divide you into a few groups that will help and also learn from the farmers and also organize a day event that further involves the community in their redevelopment movement. Study: The proposal of the future plan for Wazuka agritourism and tea garden. Bring some ideas! Location: The most southern part of Kyoto prefecture, near the center of Kyoto and Nara. Terminal:Osaka. Leisure: Exchange parties, experiencing Japanese culture, home stay, etc. Partner: Organized together with a society for the study of producing organic Japanese tea since 2001. There are some farmers who produce entirely organic tea, while others only do it in part. We want to activate this area through tea for the future development. The situation of organic farming within Japan is still very challenging. We will learn about the history of tea in Japan, help farmers and try to involve more of the local community! we began making a tea park that might become a symbol of Wazuka town. Accomodation and food: Public house.
Work: We will paint an exchange house and a log house with the supervision of the specialists. They need us since they are too busy for daily works. We will also join farm work (weeding and harvest in vegetable, corn and Japanese noodle fields) and other community work (possibly, maintain the trail). Study : Similar types of communities in each country and networking (Social farms). Bring some info.! Location: Agricultural country side, 120 km east of Sapporo. -20 degree in winter and 20 in summer. Terminal: Sapporo (2 hours by express train). From Tokyo, 13 hours by bullet train or 32 hours by ship. Leisure: School visit, joining a summer festival (tugs of war), exchange and birthday parties, etc. Partner: Organized together with Kyodo Gakusha since 1998, a cooperative community where people with various backgrounds such as mentally disadvantaged, people who are tired of city life, who wants to learn farming or just want to live in the nature. They have five communities in Tokyo, Nagano and Hokkaido and grow animals and vegetables in ecological, organic way with utilizing bacterium. Their cheese got the 1st prize in the global contest! We will encourage their practice and share the spirit. Requirements: Interest and motivation to work and live in this type of community. Respect to their life. They also recruit volunteers for LMTI (Long and Middle Term Individual voluntary projects). Accomodation and food: he community (female and male are separated). CV together with the people. SB!
« 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! »
