📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
This project has organized together with a local group formed for this project since 1999. Hoshino village has received the first prize at the national contests for visibility of beautiful stars in the sky and terraced paddy fields.
In spite of the town’s natural heritage, depopulation, especially of youth, is a serious problem here similarly with many other parts of the country side in Japan. This project aims to activate Hoshino village by helping forest conservation and organizing cultural exchange events with locals and international volunteers.
💼 What the programme involves
Volunteers will work in the forests for helping maintenance by cutting underbrush with instruction by the local Forestry Cooperative. Volunteers will also do some various work needed in the community such as cleaning activity, cutting glass in public institutions. Organizing cultural event with locals is also one of the important role of volunteers.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers will stay in a shared room of community center. Meals will be cooked by volunteers by turns. Volunteers needs to bring own sleeping bag (and mattress if they want). Volunteers need to enjoy staying in a simply basic accommodation.
📍 About the location
Hoshino village is a small but beautiful place surrounded by mountains, about 50 km southeast of Fukuoka. It is famous for production of tea leaves named 'Hoshino-cha' and beauty of starry sky.
⚠️ Requirements
Interest in preservation of forest is required. Volunteers need to enjoy simple lifestyle!
ℹ️ Additional information
Other activities: Star watching, hot spring, cultural learning about Japanese tea, and so on. Volunteers can also enjoy cooking Japanese traditional food with local people.