This project has been organized together with a local NGO for community development named KOBOSHA since 1996. Volunteers will join the summer festival called TORO NAGASHI that is a memorial service for ancestors by making lanterns named TORO and floating them down a river. Volunteers will make large TORO (2 x 2 meters) for the festival in this workcamp. Project aims to mobilize the local community with workcampers. Through this workcamp, the local community will be much more activated, redeveloping pride for their community!
İş Tanımı
Volunteers will mainly help and join the festival by making four big lanterns TORO (2 x 2 meters) and hundreds of small lanterns together with local students. Volunteers can design your own large TORO in a group and will float it down a river in the festival.
It will be physically demanding work.
Konaklama ve Yemek
Volunteers will stay local community building. It will be very simple life style and a Japanese style. Room is shared with every volunteer. Meals are cooked by volunteers by turns. Sleeping bag is necessary.
Konum ve Serbest Zaman
Small town in the southern part of Fukushima. the population is about 8,300.
The town is famous for beautiful flower named Dahlia in Aug. to Oct.
Notlar
Activate the isolated community with suffer from depopulation through the festival and good practices in your country.
If there are fewer than 6 participants, the workcamp will most likely be cancelled. Even after acceptance is confirmed, please do not book airline tickets until final confirmation! (you will be responsible for any change or cancellation fees for transportation).
Konuşulan Diller
English
En Yakın Terminal
The nearest international airport is Tokyo (Narita/Haneda). From Tokyo to the meeting point, it takes 7 hours by train. Volunteers need to arrive at the airport in Tokyo (Narita/Haneda) by 07:00 AM on the first day and can leave the airport after 22:00 PM on the last day.