Maki (Nagano)

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Japan Farming Manual work Social work Teenagers Farming Manual work +2 Fixed dates

About the project

Maki (Nagano)

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Organized together with Maki Farm of Kyodo Gakusha (KG). KG is a NPO running 5 organic farming communities in Japan where people with various backgrounds such as mentally disadvantaged, those who want to learn farming, etc. in order to change our society from competitive to cooperative. Maki Farm has 5-10 members and is located in a very isolated area (no accessible for cars and we have to walk 4 km in the mountains!), so once it became an abandon village in 1970s. Tateya is one branch of KG.

💼 What the programme involves

We will help their organic farming (weeding in rice and vegetable fields, planting vegetables, taking care of goats and hens, etc.) and also carry the things from the town, renovate the trails, help their house work, etc. Be ready to work for quite a long time (05:30-18:00 with some brakes) and tough.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Building a straw roof (traditional house in Japan!) in farm ,cooking as a group by turn

📍 About the location

In the deep mountain. Very isolated, but beautiful village near “Japanese Northern Alps”. About 900 meters asl. Something remained here that most of Japanese areas have lost in modernization.

⚠️ Requirements

Speaking some Japanese (common language will be Japanese) and strong motivation to work and enjoy simple life in the isolated area and respect to the local culture and way of the local organization! Skills of agriculture or construction can be useful!

ONLY AVAILABLE FOR BELGIUM CITIZENS !

ℹ️ Additional information

Other activities : Sightseeing, short trip (hot springs, famous places here). Trekking. Participation fee : 12,000 yen per one month (6,000 yen from the 4th month) to be paid on their arrivals. There is no fee for vols. from the NGOs charging no fee in their LMTV projects to NICE vols. Term : If you want to end on another day, please choose among the following dates and clearly write on your application form; 10/28, 12/14. Other : It was made into a documentary movie about their living life, Kyodo Gakusha Maki Farm on 2015 in Japan. http://arayashiki-movie.jp/

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📅 Available sessions

NICE-16-040

15/06/2016 → 26/06/2016

Closed

0 / 8

♂ 0/4 ♀ 0/4

NICE-16-107

19/10/2016 → 30/10/2016

Closed

2 / 5

♂ 0/2 ♀ 2/3

NICE-17-047

14/06/2017 → 25/06/2017

Closed

0 / 2

♂ 0/1 ♀ 0/1

NICE-14-40

18/06/2014 → 29/06/2014

Closed

2 / 8

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

Maki, Takayama, Kamitakai District, Nagano 382-0821, 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: 21:09 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

Contact form

✅ Features

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Japanese