Date: Jul.8th(Sat.)~Jul.9th(Sun.),2017
Place: Samegawa-mura, Fukushima-ken

Work and Activity:
Let’s grow rice at Higashishirakawa-gun where is in the southern area of Fukusima-ken!  The site places in the most southern part of the Abukuma Mountain Range.  There is one of farming tough areas between plains and mountains.  There has depopulation and aging society problem, as a result, there has many fallow paddy fields and uncultivated farmlands.  
We have started up the project to use some fallow paddy fields, and plant and grow rice through a year.  
We will have totally 4 Weekend Work Camp in this year.  We plant rice in May, maintain and mow in July, harvest rice in October, have a food sampling party and process “Amazake (a sweet, hot beverage made from fermented rice or sake lees)” in December.  We also plan to farm in fields, to maintain mountain forests, to enjoy country life to the full.  

Unexpectedly this Tohoku-area is near Tokyo.  It takes only 3 hours from Tokyo by expressway bus.  The site is included in Tohoku-area, but you can get there only 3 hours from Tokyo to the nearest interchange by expressway bus.  We are sure that you can be relaxed and refreshed in great nature during overnight trip on your weekend!
You may concern radioactive contamination.  We have examined the site of Work Camp and all ingredients for radioactive.  We use only safe stuff which meet national safety standards.  Please join us with security and safety feeling from radioactive contamination.  

This program will have other participants besides NICE.  You can meet overseas student studying in Japan from China, senior generation people, families, and so on.  
We are welcome people from foreign countries very much.  Why don’t you come and feel Japanese country life and traditional culture of Japan?

Work:
・Mowing at rice fields
・Mowing and Earthing up in soybean fields
・Weed cutter hands-on course
・Harvest wheat
・Sowing fall vegetables
*The works will be changed by weather conditions.

Meals:
・local dishes with locally grown vegetables in season
・Barbecue of homemade vegetables
・Cold handmade-udon-noodle with Juunen plants sauce 

Accommodation:
We plan to use “Warera-genki-club”.  You can experience “Minshuku (Japanese type inn)” and Japanese slow life in rural side.  
The facility is renovated from a Japanese old house.  There is equipped four double-deck beds every rooms.  You need to room share divided by gender and to sleep in a sleeping bag using mattress on a bed.  We have sleeping bags for rent.  We are sure that you be able to feel old Japanese life moods.  
Address: 57 Aza-hanuki Akasakahigashino Samekawa-mura Shirakawa-gun, Fukushima-ken 

*This program is granted by “Fukusima-ken-chiikisousei-sougousien-jigyou (support service program)”.  This program aims for interact between country and city side which is managed by NPO Abukuma NSN.  

Meeting time: Jul.8th(Sat.),2017 11:00  
Meeting place: Waiting spot of Iwaki-nakoso-interchange 
*We recommend for using of expressway bus named “Iwaki-gou” if you will come from Tokyo side.  We can pick you up and bring back at meeting place, waiting spot of Iwaki-nakoso-interchange, by our bus. 
*Please let us know if you want to use the other transportation (for example, by train or by your own car).  
*Please check bus information from HP of bus company.  And make sure to make reservation of the bus in advance.  

Breaking up: Jul.9th(Sun.),2017 around 14:30

Belongings:
Suitable clothes in which you may get dirt (long sleeve T-shirts, a pair of long pants), Changing clothes, Toiletries, Towels, A cap, A pair of gloves for work, A pair of long boots (if you have ones)
*The site places mountain side, so it will be cold at night and in morning.  Please make sure to take your warm outfit.   

Price:
NICE members \3500, Non-members \4000
*Price includes accommodation fee and 4 meals.

Application: To Daigo Iseno  mail.abukumansnet@gmail.com
1)Name, 2)Gender, 3)Age, 4)Contact address, 5)NICE member or Non-member, 6)Transportation, 7)Size of your shoes, 8)Memo or Question

Capacity: 8 people
Due date: Jul.4th(Tue.),2017 19:00

Participation of parents-children: Approve

Correspondence in English: Potentially possible (under depend on participants English ability)