如果你喜歡探索日本小鎮，那麼這個工作營絕對適合你！今次這個工作營的村落面臨人口老化和人口流失的問題，當地居民目前無法找到解決方案。在這個工作營中，你將在一個美麗的日式小鎮中跟當地居民互動、發揮你的創意，同時還為當地社區可持續發展做出貢獻。這是一個非常有意義的工作營！現在就加入我們，與我們一起改善社區和保護環境吧！
 
備注：此網頁的報名費除了涵蓋當地工作營費 (JPY 9,000)、食宿安排及營前支援，部分金額亦會用於支持義遊推動「世界公民理念」的不同工作。
 
 
This project is actively working for SDG 2 (Zero Hunger) and SDGs 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities), organized together with the local group since 2019. This village has been welcoming "ohenro (pilgrims)" who visit 88 temples in Shikoku since long time ago. The pilgrims walk through this village before visiting "Kakurin-ji temple"; the 20th temple out of 88 temples of the Shikoku Ohenro Pilgrimage.
 
 
However, there are problems which should be solved such as aging and depopulation of the community these days, and locals haven't been able to find solutions for those problems. On the other hand, since more and more people from overseas visit for the Shikoku Ohenro Pilgrimage locals are trying to find new ways for "omotenashi (hospitality)".
 
 
participants who have been working on the project have come up with ideas for the reuse of vacant and abandoned land. Local host Oi have finally decided that they can freely renovate and modify the vacant houses.
 
 
Moreover, the site is in a good location, with mountains, a river and fields. It is up to the volunteers from now on to decide how to develop the project. The aim is for the volunteer members to clean up the abandoned houses and village landscape and transform it into a village that people will want to visit to take photos, as it used to be a village where people came and went since ancient times.