Aso (Kumamoto)

Japan Farming Festival Children Farming Festival +1 Fixed dates

About the project

Aso (Kumamoto)

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

This project has been organized together with a local group formed for this project since 1998. Mount Aso ancient caldera ranks among the world's largest, with a diameter of up to 25 kilometers and a circumference of over 100 kilometers. In spite of the wonderful landscape, depopulation is a serious problems here similarly with many other parts of the country side in Japan. The project aims to support the activities and bring the global power for the community.

💼 What the programme involves

Volunteers will be divided into 4-5 groups, help local farmers such as cutting brush and harvesting vegetables. Volunteers will prepare, run and clean up after the local summer festival. Volunteers will also join a kid’s camp, which will be held in this village for few days.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Local Community building, Share room and very simple life style. Volunteers stay a Japanese style rooms. Please bring you sleeping bags. Volunteers will prepare the food themselves on the by turns.

📍 About the location

Mt. Aso-san is located at the center of Aso-Kuju National Park in Kumamoto and Oita, which lies roughly in the center of Kyushu.

⚠️ Requirements

Interest in agriculture and the project aims.

ℹ️ Additional information

Other activities: Hiking on the mountain and nature hot spring

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📅 Available sessions

NICE-16-071

01/08/2016 → 16/08/2016

Closed

2 / 12

♂ 0/6 ♀ 2/6

NICE-17-083

05/08/2017 → 18/08/2017

Closed

0 / 6

♂ 0/3 ♀ 0/3

ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–99 years old

Solidarity donation

18000.00 JPY ≈ 102 EUR

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

Aso, Kumamoto, Japan

Japan

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Japan Yen (JPY / ¥)

Exchange rate

1 JPY = 0.005641 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

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🗣️ Languages spoken

English Japanese