Shintoku

Organized together with Kyodo Gakusha since 1998, a cooperative community where people with
various backgrounds such as mentally disadvantaged, people who are tired of city life, who wants to learn
farming or just want to live in the nature. They have five communities in Tokyo, Nagano and Hokkaido
and grow animals and vegetables in ecological, organic way with utilizing bacterium. Their cheese got the
1st prize in the global contest! We will encourage their practice and share the spirit.
W: We will do some work that is hardly done by the daily work of the community (last year, it was
creating a trail) with the supervision of the specialists. We will also join farm work (weeding and harvest
in vegetable, corn and Japanese noodle fields) and other community work including house work.
S: Similar types of communities in each country and networking (Social farms). Bring some info.!
A: The community (female and male are separated). CV together with the people. SB!
L: Agricultural country side, 120 km east of Sapporo. -20 degree in winter and 20 in summer.
T: Sapporo (4 hours by express train. You need to arrive at Shin-Chitose airport by 09:00 on Aug. 26 and
can leave there after 17:00 on Sep. 08) From Tokyo, 13 hours by bullet train or 32 hours by ship.
LA: School visit, joining a summer festival (tugs of war), exchange and birthday parties, etc.
SR: Interest and motivation to work and live in this type of community. Respect to their life. They also
recruit volunteers for LMTI (Long and Middle Term Individual voluntary projects).