📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Organized together with Satoyama Shizen Gakko Komatsu Takigahara (nature school), founded in 2011 to teach attraction and importance of Satoyama forest. Depopulation (especially of youth) is a serious problem here similarly in many other country sides. This village have only 20 families and few young people. It is difficult to keep traditional culture, so we aim to help keeping this landscape/cultures and telling Satoyama’s attraction by young power! This village have welcomed volunteers since 2013, and they tried to starting new project with them. Local people really welcome to coming the new people!
💼 What the programme involves
Main work is (1) painting the fences (more than 1km!), (2) harvesting rice, (3) cutting brush and grasses for landscape preservation. We may possibly also support to event with kids/local people and do some other work for the community.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The community center in the village. Meals will be cooked by volunteers by turns. Sleeing bag is necessary.
📍 About the location
Small village located in South part of Ishikawa prefecture. There are rice fields, shrine, and mountains.JapanKomatsu. From Osaka, it takes 3.5 hours by express train. From Tokyo(Narita/Haneda airport), 4 hours by express train/ 8 hours by highway bus (For Narita/Haneda airport, you need to arrive by 8th afternoon/ can leave there after 21th noon.)JapanOther activities: Exchange parties with local people, trekking and hot spring etc.JapanStudy theme: Japan Volunteers get knowledge about actions for developing local village. We will also have time for discussion about “How to interchange and dispatch about Satoyama forest’s enlivening”.
⚠️ Requirements
High motivation to work hard and seriously and enjoy simple life. Need idea for local revitalization.
ℹ️ Additional information
No Fee J
Language: English (Japanese is also welcomed!