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Organized together with a local group formed for this project since 1998. The notorious religious
group "Aum", who organized the sarin-gas attack on Tokyo subways in 1995, had tried to set up a base in
Namino prior to 1995, despite the protests from the local community. Now, the area is COMPLETELY
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SAFE, as the community has eject them from the area, but is still damaged by a negative image. They
want to revive the community and work towards defusing their negative by international workcamps.
W: We will be divided into 4-5 groups, help local farmers such as cutting brush and harvesting vegetables.
We will prepare, run and clean up after the local summer festival. We will also join a kid’s camp, which
will be held in this village for few days.
S: Activate the local community. Bring some info.!
A: Walking Center (base for environmental education). SB! CV
L: Namino is a very beautiful village and in the center of Kyushu Island about 110km southeast of
Fukuoka. It is located near the border with Oita and Kumamoto prefectures.
T: Fukuoka airport (3 hours by express train. You need to arrive by 09:00 on first day and can leave there
after 17:00 on last day).
LA: Home stay, hiking on the mountain, hot spring, etc.
SR: Interest in agriculture and the project of the workcamp.