Aid in the Recovery of the Quake-Striken Tohoku Area
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We assist the Tohoku Disaster volunteer efforts. Our efforts include ensuring a place to stay as well as securing a means of transportation. As far as volunteer activities, you can choose anything from general cleanup all the way to more labor-intensive work. You can also enjoy your time with the local people, as well as at the hot springs. Your length of stay and how you spend your time are yours to determine.
- Our coordinator will pick you up from the volunteer center on the first day and take you to the lodge for orientation on activities that will begin the following day.
- In the morning, you will be taken back to the volunteer center. Each morning you will select an activity or task.
- Everyone will split off into groups based on their activities. There will be about 5-6 hours of break time each day.
- After activities for the day conclude, we will return to the lodge. Free time begins after 5pm.
You are responsible for your own initial transportation to the Wataricho volunteer center.
For example, here are directions from Tokyo Station:
- Tokyo Station(東京駅) → Sendai Station(仙台駅) (2hrs via bullet train)
- Sendai Station(仙台駅) → Watari Station(亘理駅) (30min via the Joban Line)
- Watari Station(亘理駅) → Wataricho Volunteer Center (approx. 20min by foot)
Please send us a message if you have any questions about how to arrive.
- Speaks:
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日本語 (Fluent)
English (Intermediate)
- Area:
- Miyagi
- Nearest station:
- 20 minutes on foot from Watari Station (亘理駅) on the JR Joban Line (常磐線)
- Duration:
- 1 day
- Max Participants:
- 10
- possesions:
- Waterproof clothing in case it rains, clothes that you don't mind getting wet or dirty.
- Remarks:
- Meals are not included, however there are restaurants around the lodging. An open-air hot spring is also available. Please be careful of accidents and injuries that can occur during the activity. We are not responsible for any accidents or injuries that occur.
- Availability:
- Flexible! Please get in touch to request a day and time.
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About the host
Kosuke Matsushima
Kosuke was born in Shiroshi City in quake-stricken Miyagi Prefecture. Kosuke works for a venture firm famous for community development in Shimane Prefecture in western Japan. After returning to his hometown after the disaster, Kosuke started this volunteer project to assist with the continuing relief efforts and to provide those eager to help with the means to create tangible results. Kosuke hopes his experience in Shimane can contribute to Tohoku's recovery and promote others to volunteer in Tohoku and gain a sense of its current reality.
