📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
NICE have been organized this project 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 and(4) supporting the local events. 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. There are clean kitchen and toilet. Volunteers take a shower in the kindly local people's houses. Please bring sleeping bag! Volunteers prepare the meals by themselves. Wi-fi are not connected basically.
📍 About the location
Ishikawa prefecture is almost middle of Japan. Campsite is very small village located in South part of Ishikawa prefecture. There are rice fields, shrine, and beautiful nature.
⚠️ Requirements
High motivation to work hard and seriously and enjoy simple life. Need idea for local revitalization. Speaking Japanese language is welcomed!
ℹ️ Additional information
Other activities: Exchange parties with local people, trekking and hot spring etc.