I am starting to get serious about planning my trip to Japan in April/May and one of the things I would like to do is volunteer work. Does anyone have any recommendations? (or condemnations?)
I'm part of a local volunteer group that does environmental things (mostly weeding and planting native plants, sometimes picking up rubbish or observing wildlife to collect data), so something like that would be ideal. Being female, poor at Japanese and generally not good at standing up for myself, I'm a little nervous about the idea of staying with a host and would probably rather just do something where I can sort out my own accommodation (am I being overly cautious?). I'm sure most of the people who organise these things are lovely but you do hear stories...
Please share your volunteering experiences or any resources that you know of!
I'm part of a local volunteer group that does environmental things (mostly weeding and planting native plants, sometimes picking up rubbish or observing wildlife to collect data), so something like that would be ideal. Being female, poor at Japanese and generally not good at standing up for myself, I'm a little nervous about the idea of staying with a host and would probably rather just do something where I can sort out my own accommodation (am I being overly cautious?). I'm sure most of the people who organise these things are lovely but you do hear stories...
Please share your volunteering experiences or any resources that you know of!