Hanawa (Fukushima)

Japan Festival Art Festival Art Fixed dates

About the project

Hanawa (Fukushima)

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

This project has been organized together with a local NGO for community development named KOBOSHA since 1996. Volunteers will join the summer festival called ‘TORO NAGASHI’ that is a memorial service for ancestors by making lanterns named TORO and floating them down a river. Volunteers will make large TORO (2 x 2 meters) for the festival in this workcamp. Project aims to mobilize the local community with workcampers. Through workcamps, the local community will be much more activated, redeveloping pride for their community and revival FUKUSHIMA!

💼 What the programme involves

Volunteers 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 hard works.

🏠 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 by turns.

📍 About the location

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!

⚠️ Requirements

Interest in Japanese culture, making big lanterns (‘TORO’) and working with locals!

ℹ️ Additional information

Other activities: Home stay, sports, exchange parties, etc.

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📅 Available sessions

NICE-17-080

03/08/2017 → 18/08/2017

Closed

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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

Hanawa, Higashishirakawa District, Fukushima, 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

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