Mashiko Tochigi)

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About the project

Mashiko Tochigi)

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Organized together with Tochigi Conservation Corps (TCC). Conservation Corps is long term workcamp programs in USA where 10-20 youth work for local development and environment. About 25,000 vols. join every year. To create similar programs in Japan, TCC was created in 2009 by the leader who was a LMTV coordinator of NICE. Because there are few children who are able to play and grown up in nature, TCC creates a children’s forest in which local community residents can play.

💼 What the programme involves

1) Maintain / upgrade the children's forest 2) Maintain bamboo forest 3) involve many people who has interesting environmental projects (Ex. to organize weekend workcamp) 4) Revive the forest in disaster area in Iwaki city, Fukushima that got huge damaged by Tsunami

🏠 Accommodation on site

Single room in very big beautiful house, it is called Meizai-an. Cooked by vols. by turn. All basic facilities are provided

📍 About the location

Mashiko town is located in the east part of Tochigi prefecture and famous for potter, so the atmosphere of the town is artistic with some cultural heritages. The population of the town is about 25,000.

⚠️ Requirements

*Language : English Local host can speak English. Japanese speaking skill is not necessary, but high motivation to learn and speak Japanese language is needed. *Other requirement : Vols. from Asia is priority. But if no volunteer before start 2 months, NICE open to except Asian volunteer. High motivation to work hard and interests in environment issues and local development.

ONLY AVAILABLE FOR BELGIUM CITIZENS !

ℹ️ Additional information

*Other activities : There is opportunities learning leadership, NPO management, group work, that would be useful for your future. Joining the local festivals. Sightseeing, short trip (hot springs, famous places here). *Participation fee : 12,000 yen per one month (6,000 yen from the 4th month). (*No fee for vols. from the NGOs charging no fee in their LMTV projects to NICE vols.)

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📅 Available sessions

NICE-LW-MS18-1

09/05/2018 → 28/07/2018

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NICE-AVS-16-1

21/04/2016 → 10/07/2016

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NICE-AVS/17-3

01/09/2017 → 20/11/2017

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NICE-LW-MS14-1

21/04/2014 → 11/07/2014

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NICE-AVS/17-2

18/04/2017 → 30/06/2017

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NICE-LW-MS18-2

05/09/2018 → 24/11/2018

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NICE-LW-MS19-05

08/05/2019 → 27/07/2019

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NICE-LW-MS19-09

04/09/2019 → 23/11/2019

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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

Mashiko, Haga District, Tochigi, Japan

Japan

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Japan Yen (JPY / ¥)

Exchange rate

1 JPY = 0.005641 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

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✅ Features

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Japanese