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Practical Tips
Community & Conservation: How to Find Legitimate Volunteer Programs in Japan
Introduction: Volunteering in Japan Is Real, But It’s Scattered Unlike countries with a single well-known national volunteer-tourism clearinghouse,…
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Culture & History
Volunteering in Tohoku: Walking the Reconstruction Story With a Local Kataribe Guide
Introduction: Visiting With a Purpose, Not Just Passing Through Fifteen years on from the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and…
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Experiences
Rice Planting & Harvest Volunteering: Joining a Japanese Farming Community for a Weekend
Introduction: Two Weekends a Year Anchor Japan’s Rice Calendar Rice planting (田植え, taue) in May and June and…
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Nature & Outdoors
Satoyama Workcamps: Volunteering to Clear Bamboo & Restore Japan’s Forests
Introduction: The Camp-Style Volunteering Model NICE (Never-ending International workCamps Exchange) is Japan’s main international workcamp organization, part of…
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Practical Tips
WWOOF Japan: How to Work on an Organic Farm in Exchange for Food & a Bed
Introduction: Work a Few Hours, Get Room and Board WWOOF (World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms) is a…
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