Onuma 2

Organized together with Onuma Milestone 22, a local NGO made by President of Fishermen’s
Cooperative and Director of international exchange association since 2004. Though Onuma lake has been
a popular tourism spot for a long time because of its beautiful scenery, it has been polluted by over use of
agricultural chemicals in cattle farming and erosion from abandoned forests with alien trees. President of
Cooperative has bought a forest and wants to revive it to original nature with native trees!
W: We will mainly remove some alien conifer trees that disturb growth of other plants and animals and
also make and put the carbon fiver in the lake to purity the water with some specialists and put some
stones to protect the banks from the waves made by motor boats as Part of World Tanabata Action.
S: 100 years plan of the forests and sustainable town planning. Bring some info.!
A: Local house rent for the workcamps. SB! CV
L: South of Hokkaido island, in a national park near Hakodate city which is famous for romantic view in
the night, especially for sweet couples!
T: Sapporo (3 hours by express train. You need to arrive at Shin-Chitose airport by 08:00 on Sep. 02 and
can leave there after 17:00 on Sep. 16). From Tokyo, 10 hours by bullet train or 30 hours by ship.
LA: Excursion, joining the summer festival, exchange parties, home-stay, school visit, etc.
SR: Motivation to actively work in the forests and with local people! You may live and work together
with 5 volunteers (Japanese and international) of the 2 months workcamp in Jul. 23 - Sep. 18.