Ikata

Name: Ikata
Start: 2018-10-26
End: 2027-10-03
Location: Japan

Code: 20251107-75af-4815-a261-a8979b78206a Copied

Japan Farming Culture Farming Culture +1 Fixed dates

About the project

Ikata

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

This project is actively working for SDG 2 (Zero Hunger), organized together with Kikuya Community Group (KCG) since 2008, formed by the local young people to think of the future of their small village. Ikata is famous for its main industry of mandarins farming, but has been facing depopulation, lack of workers and aging society since most of young people leave the town. So, the number of abandoned mandarin farms is increasing and the town is losing its tradition, life, custom and scenery. KCG strongly hopes to host vols. to work together to animate the town and revive the farms.

💼 What the programme involves

Volunteers will help mandarin farming (It is the main work!! Harvesting, taking care of trees, cutting grass etc., it depend on season! Especially, Nov. to April. is hard!!).

🏠 Accommodation on site

Shared room at the volunteer’s house. It is traditional Japanese style house. Volunteers will cook by themselves.

📍 About the location

In the edge of Sata Peninsula, surrounded by the sea, so fishing is also famous. There are only 30 houses in this community. The climate is relatively warm though it can be cold in winter. Other activities - Join the local events, many opportunities to learn the local wisdom, etc. Sightseeing, short trip (hot springs, famous places here).

⚠️ Requirements

Motivation letter is needed! Some Japanese speaking skill (manage to have basic daily conversation). High motivation to work hard and to learn and speak Japanese language. Respect for the local cultures and way of the local organization. Interests in agriculture. Be ready that work is for quite a long and hard.

ℹ️ Additional information

Study theme - Volunteers will have opportunities learning organic mandarin farming. Participation fee - 36,000 JPY (200 EUR by the rate on 2025 Nov. 3rd) for MTV (30-182 days participation) and 72,000 JPY (400 EUR by the rate on 2025 Nov. 3rd) for LTV (over 182 days participation) of NICE Volunteers fee need to be paid in advance either by Card or PayPal. This is used for the project preparation and coordination such as the transportation of the staff/ camp leaders, visa invitation cost, publications, etc. while the meals and the accommodation are provided by the local host by free. Other - The first and last 2 days are On Arrival and Evaluation Seminars in Osaka.

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NICE-24L-IK20

28/12/2024 → 30/11/2025

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06/07/2019 → 29/09/2019

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28/12/2024 → 07/09/2025

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23/02/2026 → 09/03/2026

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21/02/2026 → 17/05/2026

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21/02/2026 → 09/08/2026

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21/02/2026 → 01/11/2026

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21/02/2026 at 00:00 → 24/01/2027 at 00:00

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16/05/2026 → 09/08/2026

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16/05/2026 at 00:00 → 18/04/2027 at 00:00

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08/08/2026 at 00:00 → 01/11/2026 at 00:00

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08/08/2026 at 00:00 → 11/07/2027 at 00:00

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31/10/2026 at 00:00 → 24/01/2027 at 00:00

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31/10/2026 at 00:00 → 18/04/2027 at 00:00

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31/10/2026 at 00:00 → 11/07/2027 at 00:00

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31/10/2026 → 03/10/2027

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20/04/2024 → 23/03/2025

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09/02/2019 → 11/05/2019

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26/01/2019 → 21/04/2019

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03/08/2019 → 29/09/2019

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05/10/2024 → 07/09/2025

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13/07/2024 → 15/06/2025

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12/01/2019 → 13/04/2019

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05/10/2024 → 15/06/2025

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05/10/2024 → 23/03/2025

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26/10/2018 → 13/01/2019

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28/12/2024 → 23/03/2025

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23/02/2019 → 12/03/2019

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13/07/2024 → 23/03/2025

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20/04/2019 → 07/07/2019

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27/01/2024 → 29/12/2024

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28/12/2024 → 15/06/2025

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ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–50 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

Ehime, Japan

Japan

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Japan Yen (JPY / ¥)

Exchange rate

1 JPY = 0.005641 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

Japan Standard Time

Local time: 21:17 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

Contact form

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Japanese