Togakushi VS (Nagano)

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About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

This workcamp has been newly organized for the first time with Togakushi Yuttarian (TY), a local NPO. The central part of Togakushi attracts a lot of tourists, but surrounding area has been faced to the rapid aging and depopulation as well as many other villages in Japan, so TY slowly keeps renovating an 80 years old, traditional house, which is used as a guest house, in order to create home where local and city people can enjoy slow time and life together. They also maintain the organic rice and vegetable fields and organize the workshops of bamboo craft, weaving, basket craft. etc. in order to offer the opportunities to the visitors to experience rural, traditional life style.

💼 What the programme involves

Volunteers will 1) make a mud wall of the guest house that is used also for the place where local people can gather and 2) weed in the organic rice field where you can find various, rich ecology!

🏠 Accommodation on site

Guest house. Meals will be cooked by volunteers by turns. Sleeping bag is necessary. There are two cats in the house, so if you have cat allergy, be careful!

📍 About the location

Togakushi is famous for the Mt. Togakushi (spiritual mountain from ancient age), rich history of Ninja, Togakushi shrine (famous "power spot") and the excellent quality of soba noodle. As it is on the high land, it'd be cold in the morning and the night. Leisure: Experience program to cook local dishes, exchange party, etc.

⚠️ Requirements

High motivation to work outside even in bad/ cold weather and interest in food safety/ organic agriculture.

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📅 Available sessions

NICE-19-VS06151

15/06/2019 → 20/06/2019

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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

Togakushi, Nagano, 381-4101, 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: 21:27 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

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📞 Contact us

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+32 2 888 67 13

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🗣️ Languages spoken

English Japanese