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Japanese wooden boatbuilding/cultural exchange in Seto Inland Sea

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The experience

What I am doing now are an apprenticeship of Wasen (Japanese traditional boat) building to restore the wooden boatbuilding techniques/expertise, a mobile gallery bar with a mobile Japanese traditional architecture and an artist residence for the foreigners and the locals to socialize with each other. "Culture" is the concept of all these activities.

What you offer

25 hours of help per week

Building & Repairing: Help with a wide range of repairs or building.

What you get

2 days off per week

Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.

Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.

Discounts on Parties: Get discounts at nearby parties and clubs.

Discounts on Drinks: Get discounts for drinks and beverages from our bar.

Discounts on Tours: Get discounts for tours and excursions around town.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Free Tours: We’ll take you on tours and rides around town. For free!

Get free drinks or beverages.: Drink up! Get free and tasty drinks for yourself.

Free Parties: Get free entrance for the best parties in town.

Free Events: Get free entrance for the best events in town.

Pick Up: We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.

Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.

Basic Internet Access: Basic speed internet for you to work remotely

Requirements

Intermediate English or Intermediate French

Between 18 and 40 years old

Only hosts solo volunteers (doesn’t accept couples or partners)

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Activities & Shift

-Activities related to Japanese traditional wooden boatbuilding. Cleaning up woodworking and boatbuilding tools such as chisels, planes, saws, etc. and also help us to process wood for building boats. We can sometimes visit local ex boatbuilders or boat users such as fisherman to learn more about the history and culture about wasen.

-Promoting local cultures and sharing your cultures trough social networking sites. Taking photos of our cultural and social activities with some captions in English and also your languages.

-Help my mobile gallery bar. You will serve food and drinks while socializing with the locals. You can cooks something if you would like to.

-Language exchanges (English or French). We can usually speak English, and if possible, sometimes French.

We can specify what you to do depending on your preference and skills!

We do all the tasks together exchanging similarities and differences of our cultures, but also you sometimes do tasks by yourself when I have other things to do. We can discuss to find out the best balance for both of us:)