Misato

Name: Misato
Start: 2026-10-07
End: 2026-10-20
Location: Japan

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Japan Environment Festival Teenagers Environment Festival +1 Fixed dates

About the project

Misato

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

This project is actively working for SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities) and SDGs 15 (Life on Land), organized together with the local group, “executive committee of Light and Tradition festival“ since 2011. Recently, aging and depopulation of the area is getting very serious as well as many other rural villages in Japan. They expect the workcamp to activate local traditional festivals related to Shintoism, which is Japanese traditional religion. This event is combined with 2 events called “Bamboo Lantern Festival“ and Gaku-uchi which locals play Japanese drums and flute with walking around the village to wish for the productiveness of grain. Local people want us to know their traditional cultures to be succeeded to the next generation. *Outcome of this workcamp; local people proposed to invite volunteers to their own house for staying as cultural exchange or joining in Japanese drum practice to touch local culture.

💼 What the programme involves

Volunteers will mainly prepare and join the local festival. Cut bamboos to make lanterns and some small tools to be used in the festival. Volunteers will also need to practice traditional music in every evening with local people to play and walk around the village at the festival. Volunteers will also organize a program in the elementary school to promoting both inter-cultural learning and also, the festival to the children.

🏠 Accommodation on site

You will stay together with other volunteers in a shared house located within the community, ensuring a fully immersive experience. The house is equipped with a shower room and other basic amenities.

🍲 Food

Meals are a communal affair. Volunteers will take turns cooking for the group, providing a great opportunity to learn and share recipes. You will have the chance to sample and cook with local ingredients. Shimane Prefecture is known for its delicious cuisine, including fresh seafood from the Sea of Japan, Izumo soba (a unique type of buckwheat noodle), and local vegetables. This collaborative approach to meals is a key part of the team-building and cultural exchange experience.

📍 About the location

Misato-town is located in the middle of the Shimane prefecture, famous for Iwami silver mine as a world heritage. There is hot spa, some famous shrine as origin of Shintoism. Other activities - Japanese Shinto music and dance, lecture about traditional cultures. Visit Izumo shrine, watch Kagura.

⚠️ Requirements

Interested in Japanese old culture, positive attitude to communication with local people

🤝 Meeting point

The specific meeting point and time will be communicated to you upon confirmation of your participation.

ℹ️ Additional information

Study theme - You can get the knowledge about Japanese traditional festivals and customs. Participation fee - 18,000 JPY (99 EUR by the rate on 2026 Feb. 14) of NICE Volunteers fee need to be paid in advance either by Card or PayPal. This is used for the project preparation/ 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 (so, your fee is not used for those things!). Other - Misato workcamp 2025 â’https://youtu.be/b1_Dxz9ZxRY?si=BjeeHK4GE-3ktd4e

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📷 Project photos

Misato

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📅 Available sessions

NICE-26S-1007B

07/10/2026 at 00:00 → 20/10/2026 at 00:00

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ℹ️ Key information

Age required

16–65 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

Shimane, 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: 21:02 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

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✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Japanese