Gose (Nara)

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Japan Farming Environment Farming Environment Fixed dates

About the project

Gose (Nara)

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

This project is co-organized with "Sugiura Farm" that engages in organic farming for pursuing food safety and an environmentally friendly society. The owner of the farm is Mr. Sugiura, who is the only one man taking care of 2 hectares of farmland abandoned by local people because they became too old to keep working on the farm. He cultivates, harvests crops, even makes fertilizer and processes the harvest into products. He is working not only for crops, but also for conserving the environment and the beautiful scenery of living fields in the countryside of Japan.

💼 What the programme involves

Volunteers will engage the process of organic farming with duties such as cultivating vegetables and rice, weeding, harvesting and packing them for shipment.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Volunteers will live by themselves in an old Japanese house. They might stay at local host's house depends on the circumstances.

📍 About the location

It is located in Gose city, Nara pref. which is about 50 km southeast of Osaka.

⚠️ Requirements

Language is basically Japanese, but sometimes English. Strong motivation to work with the host, respect to the local custom and life, open mind and flexibility.

ℹ️ Additional information

*Other activities : Participation in the local events, many opportunities to learn the local wisdom, etc. Sightseeing, short trip (hot springs, temples and shrines). *Participation fee : 12,000 yen per one month (6,000 yen from the 4th month) to be paid on their arrivals. There is no fee for vols. from the NGOs charging no fee in their LMTV projects to NICE vols. *Term : If you want to end on another day (either shorter or longer), please choose among the following dates and clearly write on your application form; 04/13, 05/11

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📅 Available sessions

NICE-LI-GS17-2

04/08/2017 → 29/10/2017

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NICE-LI-GS17-3

21/09/2017 → 15/12/2017

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NICE-LI-GS17-1

30/06/2017 → 23/09/2017

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NICE-LI-GS18-1

13/01/2018 → 08/04/2018

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NICE-LI-GS17-4

27/10/2017 → 14/01/2018

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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

Gose, Nara, 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

Contact form

✅ Features

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Japanese