Hanawa

Organized together with KOBOSHA, a local NPO for community planning, since 1996. We will join
the summer festival called ‘TORO NAGASHI’ that is a memorial service for an ancestor by making a
lantern and floating it down a river. We will make large TORO (2 x 2 meters) for the festival in this
workcamp. We aim to mobilize the area with workcamps. Through workcamps, the local community will
be much more activated, redeveloping pride for their community and revival FUKUSHIMA!
W: We will mainly help and join the festival by making four big lanterns ‘TORO’ (2 x 2 meters) and
hundreds of small lanterns together with local students. You can design your own large ‘TORO’ in this
festival. It will be physically challenging work.
S: Unique festivals in each country. Bring some info.!
A: Public Sports Center. SB! CV
L: Small town in the southern part of Fukushima. 100km far from Fukushima nuclear power plant and
the level of radioactivity is 0.06 mSv/h that is far from dangerous!
T: Tokyo (5 hours from Tokyo by bus. You need to arrive at Narita airport by 07:30 on first day and can
leave there after 20:00 on last day.)
LA: Home stay, sports, exchange parties, etc.
SR: Interest in Japanese culture, making big lanterns (‘TORO’) and working with locals! Japanese vols.
will join from 08/02.