📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
NICE Never-ending International workCamps Exchange is an NGO to organize workcamps and other voluntary service projects mainly in Japan. Project is organized together with Shirakami Mountains Preservation Society (SMPS), since 2006.
The Shirakami Mountains is one of Japanese valuable preserved natural forests consisting
primarily of beech trees, registered as a World Natural Heritage in 1993. SMPS aims to
help preserving the natural beauty of the Shirakami Mountains by nurturing seedlings of
beech trees, planting them, training mountain guide, and so on. SMPS hosts tree-planting
ceremony in Shirakami Mountains every year in June for preserving beech forests and
promoting the value. They also preserve the forests near the Mutsu-bay, famous as a place
of production of scallops. Due to climate change, the sea water temperature increased
abnormally in 2010, the most of scallops were dead, so SMPS started to preserve the forest.
💼 What the programme involves
We will do various types of nature conservation works such as 1) cutting glasses to
improve ecological richness of the forest, 2) making seed beds, 3) transplanting the
seedlings and so on. Work might be changed due to weather condition, we need to be
flexible.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Shared room in old elementary school. Sleeping bag is needed ! Meals will be cooked by
volunteers by turns.
📍 About the location
We will work in Ajigasawa town and Hiranai town in Aomori prefecture. Aomori is located
on the northernmost tip of Honshu Island. Shirakami Mountains located in southwest and
the Mutsu-bay nestles between the eastern Shimokita and western Tsugaru Peninsulas. -- LEISURES :cultural exchange parties with local people, hot spring, etc.
ℹ️ Additional information
Preserving the beautiful beech forests, and enjoy your stay in beautiful rural area where is famous for tasty seafoods!