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- [Feb.10th(Sat.)~Feb.11th(Sun.),2018] THE SECOND WEEKEND WORK CAMP IN OKAGAMI WHERE IS MIRACULOUS CONSERVATION DISTRICT! LET’S START TO BUILD A COTTAGE AND HAVE AN INTERACT PARTY IN KAWASASKI-SHI, KANAGAWA-KEN.
[Feb.10th(Sat.)~Feb.11th(Sun.),2018] THE SECOND WEEKEND WORK CAMP IN OKAGAMI WHERE IS MIRACULOUS CONSERVATION DISTRICT! LET’S START TO BUILD A COTTAGE AND HAVE AN INTERACT PARTY IN KAWASASKI-SHI, KANAGAWA-KEN.
2018/02/10
Date: Feb.10th(Sat.)~Feb.11th(Sun.),2018
Place: Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken
*You may participate only a part of the work camp. Please contact us in advance.
Activity and work:
“Okagami” is exclave in the northern part of Kawasaki-shi. There remains wealthy nature green as forests and fields because most part of Okagami is assigned as urbanization control area. NPO “Shizen-to-kyousei-no-kai TOMOIKI (Kawasaki Organization of Nature Research and Conservation)” act as monthly maintenance work for a country hill and environmental education programs “Nashinoki-ryokuchi (green area of Nashinoki)”,
Borrow KAYA (Japanese nutmeg tree) work is a kind of heavy, so it is hard for members because most of the members are getting old. We want to young people to know Okagami where takes only 30 minutes from Shinjuku and remain full of attractions. So we, including Mr.Kaizawa (NICE CEO) one of residents of Okagami, plan to have an weekend work camp now.
We had had work camps in September (day camp) and November (overnight camp). We had local children, families, and over 20 participants from other places. We could have a good time and a good job through borrowing KAYA.
The cottage with KAYA which places in middle of green area used to play an active part. But it was build 7 years ago and using natural materials which are easy to return nature.
It had not been used neither preservative stuff or cement. We had split apart in November work camp because decay of its foundation. Now we start rebuilding the cottage. It will take us about 2 years.
In this time, we plan to set up roofs using Japanese timber bamboo, and to cover it by dried KAYA which we borrowed.
You can enjoy eating vegetables that are grown at organic fields using “Sumi-jyun”. We plan to have a special interact party, too. Why don’t you come and join us?
*Please check up the document of Mr.tubotani who is a leader of “Okagami-tankentai” from below.
*We wanted for kids support volunteers, too. Please let us know if you want to be when you applicate. The volunteers work will support cooking, assist interact party, play, assist when kids need help, and avoiding risks.
<Schedule> (plan)
The 1st day: Feb.10th(Sat.)
10:00~16:00 Work at green area
16:00~17:00 Moving to the accommodation and Having a rest
17:00~19:00 Preparation of the interact party, Cooking, and Bathing
19:00~21:00 Interact party with local people and participate members
22:00~ Go to bed
*Please make sure to take one dish for lunch (hand made one). Let’s share dishes!
The 2nd day: Feb.11th(Sun.)
07:00~07:30 Wake up and Preparation
07:30~08:30 Breakfast and Clean up
08:30~09:00 Moving to green area
09:00~12:00 Work at green area
12:00 Breaking up
Interact party:
1. Dishes which use foodstuffs from Okagami area or natural ingredients. Participants from foreign country will be requested to cook dishes of country cuisine.
2. Talk about Okagami and green tract of land during or after meals. And talk about Okagami SDGs (sustainable development goals in the world of 2030) of United nation. Meeting for Okagami-SDGs (local design of 2030). Give us ideas and present with drawing and speaking.
3. Music (band performance?), tricks, games, and free talk
Meeting date: Feb.10th(Sat.),2018 09:30
*Please contact Kaizawa if you should not make the meeting time. You need to come the site by your own in case. There is about 15minutes by walk from the station.
Meeting place: Tsurukawa-Station on Odakyu-Line
We can meet you at the southern ticket gate of the station.
*Please contact us in advance if you want to come with your car.
Breaking up: Feb.11th(Sun.),2018 around 12:00 at the site
Belongings: Suitable clothes and a pair of shoes for work (long sleeve T-shirts, a pair of long pants, a pair of long boots or sneakers), A hat or a cap, A pair of gloves for work, Towels, Rain suits, My-bottle and Drink, My-chopsticks, My-cup, Lunch (one kind dish), A sleeping bag, A set for take bath, repellent and medicine for bugs, BIG SMILE
*Please let us know if you can take sickles and sawtooth.
*We are welcome to get gift as alcohol, sweets, snacks, and so on.
*We plan to use public bath or house bath of local family for take a bath.
Price: Adult \2500, 3~12 years old \1500, ~2 years old free
*Price include 2 meals, accommodation fee.
Application: Application to Kaizawa nice●nice1.gr.jp (Please change ● to @ when you send.)
Title: Application for Weekend Work Camp in Okagami 2/10-2/11
1)Name, 2)Telephone number, 3)E-mail address, 4)Address, 5)Age, 6)Transportation, 7)NICE member or Non-member
Inquiry and further information: To Kaizawa nice●nice1.gr.jp (Please change ● to
@ when you send.)
Due date: Feb. 8th(Thu.),2018
Participation of Parents-children: Approve
Correspondence in English: Possible
<Document of “Okagami-tankentai”>
Background:
Circumstances around cutting and processing woods to fields for conserve water resources of Okagami and greenery country hill scenes give us precious opportunities to learn.
KAYA and YOSHI (Japanese pampas grass) under good maintenance grow good and can be used for thatched rooves. It is necessary to be cut at regular intervals for good grow. And it is useful to conserve greenery country hill scenes that those will be used for thatched rooves. Also, this will be one of good opportunity to kids and young people to know above things. We knew the idea of the work camp from NPO NICE. We have discussed how to have the work camp for kids and families and all people who are interested in Okagami.
Mr. Kaizawa who are a leader of NPO NICE, which held many volunteer’s group work camp all over the world, give us the idea and know-how to the work camp. This is a new project for us to invite participants for volunteer work. We will start up the work camp and aim to collect people to the other works by words of mouths in the hope. Mainly Mr. Doumae of NPO Kawasaki Organization of Nature Research and Conservation and Mr. Takahashi have worked for adjustment of the work camp schedules.
The purpose of the work camp:
We cooperate the work camp with NPO Kawasaki Organization of Nature Research and Conservation. We will support NPO which grow KAYA and YOSHI which native to grow, cut and make use to thatched rooves regularly. Most of NPO members are getting old and lack of man powers. We support them and aim to grow next generations to keep conservation. We want to get volunteers especially have experiences of nature conservation from not only Okagami but all over Japan. And we hope the work will connect networks between Okagami residents, kids, parents, students and adolescences.
The object of the work camp:
We want people to know that the maintenance of green fields, heavy work, give us water sources, precious animals and plants, and safe play grounds. We want people to know how special Okagami is. There are exclave and have wealthy nature, and remain traditional told and customs and festivals, and keep good safety moods in the town where think a great deal of mutual help and morals. And we also aim to make one of the place to interact between new comers and young people who are interested in nature conservation and love Okagami.
Place: Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken
*You may participate only a part of the work camp. Please contact us in advance.
Activity and work:
“Okagami” is exclave in the northern part of Kawasaki-shi. There remains wealthy nature green as forests and fields because most part of Okagami is assigned as urbanization control area. NPO “Shizen-to-kyousei-no-kai TOMOIKI (Kawasaki Organization of Nature Research and Conservation)” act as monthly maintenance work for a country hill and environmental education programs “Nashinoki-ryokuchi (green area of Nashinoki)”,
Borrow KAYA (Japanese nutmeg tree) work is a kind of heavy, so it is hard for members because most of the members are getting old. We want to young people to know Okagami where takes only 30 minutes from Shinjuku and remain full of attractions. So we, including Mr.Kaizawa (NICE CEO) one of residents of Okagami, plan to have an weekend work camp now.
We had had work camps in September (day camp) and November (overnight camp). We had local children, families, and over 20 participants from other places. We could have a good time and a good job through borrowing KAYA.
The cottage with KAYA which places in middle of green area used to play an active part. But it was build 7 years ago and using natural materials which are easy to return nature.
It had not been used neither preservative stuff or cement. We had split apart in November work camp because decay of its foundation. Now we start rebuilding the cottage. It will take us about 2 years.
In this time, we plan to set up roofs using Japanese timber bamboo, and to cover it by dried KAYA which we borrowed.
You can enjoy eating vegetables that are grown at organic fields using “Sumi-jyun”. We plan to have a special interact party, too. Why don’t you come and join us?
*Please check up the document of Mr.tubotani who is a leader of “Okagami-tankentai” from below.
*We wanted for kids support volunteers, too. Please let us know if you want to be when you applicate. The volunteers work will support cooking, assist interact party, play, assist when kids need help, and avoiding risks.
<Schedule> (plan)
The 1st day: Feb.10th(Sat.)
10:00~16:00 Work at green area
16:00~17:00 Moving to the accommodation and Having a rest
17:00~19:00 Preparation of the interact party, Cooking, and Bathing
19:00~21:00 Interact party with local people and participate members
22:00~ Go to bed
*Please make sure to take one dish for lunch (hand made one). Let’s share dishes!
The 2nd day: Feb.11th(Sun.)
07:00~07:30 Wake up and Preparation
07:30~08:30 Breakfast and Clean up
08:30~09:00 Moving to green area
09:00~12:00 Work at green area
12:00 Breaking up
Interact party:
1. Dishes which use foodstuffs from Okagami area or natural ingredients. Participants from foreign country will be requested to cook dishes of country cuisine.
2. Talk about Okagami and green tract of land during or after meals. And talk about Okagami SDGs (sustainable development goals in the world of 2030) of United nation. Meeting for Okagami-SDGs (local design of 2030). Give us ideas and present with drawing and speaking.
3. Music (band performance?), tricks, games, and free talk
Meeting date: Feb.10th(Sat.),2018 09:30
*Please contact Kaizawa if you should not make the meeting time. You need to come the site by your own in case. There is about 15minutes by walk from the station.
Meeting place: Tsurukawa-Station on Odakyu-Line
We can meet you at the southern ticket gate of the station.
*Please contact us in advance if you want to come with your car.
Breaking up: Feb.11th(Sun.),2018 around 12:00 at the site
Belongings: Suitable clothes and a pair of shoes for work (long sleeve T-shirts, a pair of long pants, a pair of long boots or sneakers), A hat or a cap, A pair of gloves for work, Towels, Rain suits, My-bottle and Drink, My-chopsticks, My-cup, Lunch (one kind dish), A sleeping bag, A set for take bath, repellent and medicine for bugs, BIG SMILE
*Please let us know if you can take sickles and sawtooth.
*We are welcome to get gift as alcohol, sweets, snacks, and so on.
*We plan to use public bath or house bath of local family for take a bath.
Price: Adult \2500, 3~12 years old \1500, ~2 years old free
*Price include 2 meals, accommodation fee.
Application: Application to Kaizawa nice●nice1.gr.jp (Please change ● to @ when you send.)
Title: Application for Weekend Work Camp in Okagami 2/10-2/11
1)Name, 2)Telephone number, 3)E-mail address, 4)Address, 5)Age, 6)Transportation, 7)NICE member or Non-member
Inquiry and further information: To Kaizawa nice●nice1.gr.jp (Please change ● to
@ when you send.)
Due date: Feb. 8th(Thu.),2018
Participation of Parents-children: Approve
Correspondence in English: Possible
<Document of “Okagami-tankentai”>
Background:
Circumstances around cutting and processing woods to fields for conserve water resources of Okagami and greenery country hill scenes give us precious opportunities to learn.
KAYA and YOSHI (Japanese pampas grass) under good maintenance grow good and can be used for thatched rooves. It is necessary to be cut at regular intervals for good grow. And it is useful to conserve greenery country hill scenes that those will be used for thatched rooves. Also, this will be one of good opportunity to kids and young people to know above things. We knew the idea of the work camp from NPO NICE. We have discussed how to have the work camp for kids and families and all people who are interested in Okagami.
Mr. Kaizawa who are a leader of NPO NICE, which held many volunteer’s group work camp all over the world, give us the idea and know-how to the work camp. This is a new project for us to invite participants for volunteer work. We will start up the work camp and aim to collect people to the other works by words of mouths in the hope. Mainly Mr. Doumae of NPO Kawasaki Organization of Nature Research and Conservation and Mr. Takahashi have worked for adjustment of the work camp schedules.
The purpose of the work camp:
We cooperate the work camp with NPO Kawasaki Organization of Nature Research and Conservation. We will support NPO which grow KAYA and YOSHI which native to grow, cut and make use to thatched rooves regularly. Most of NPO members are getting old and lack of man powers. We support them and aim to grow next generations to keep conservation. We want to get volunteers especially have experiences of nature conservation from not only Okagami but all over Japan. And we hope the work will connect networks between Okagami residents, kids, parents, students and adolescences.
The object of the work camp:
We want people to know that the maintenance of green fields, heavy work, give us water sources, precious animals and plants, and safe play grounds. We want people to know how special Okagami is. There are exclave and have wealthy nature, and remain traditional told and customs and festivals, and keep good safety moods in the town where think a great deal of mutual help and morals. And we also aim to make one of the place to interact between new comers and young people who are interested in nature conservation and love Okagami.
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