WOOFing in Japan

[dmar57]

Hi, me and a friend are seriously considering spending a few months WWOOFing in Japan this summer. Anyone here have any experience doing that or know anyone who's done it? Any helpadvicewarnings would be appreciated. It seems pretty good to me, a nice fairly inexpensive way of spending a decent amount of time in Japan. We intend on spending a few weeks in Tokyo just staying in a hotel or whatever, as a bit of a normal holiday, but for the rest we'll be doing the WWOOFing thing. We're both studying Japanese but we're only at the end of first year so we aren't exactly fluent, will this be a major problem? I've never been to Japan before, but he has, will I be sorta jumping in at the deep end going for this type of thing? Thanks

[Taro Toporific]

Hi, me and a friend are seriously considering spending a few months WWOOFing in Japan this summer...s

Sure. You can be my personal slave on my delux organic Rice Ranch in Shikoku.

WWOOF
From Wikipedia,---World-Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms or Willing Workers on Organic Farms (WWOOF)

[Charles]

Looks like you don't need a WWOOF as much as you need a neWROOF.

[Mulboyne]

This is tucked deep in the Random Gaijin Thread:

Mulboyne, are these folks WWOOFing by any chance?

Yup. Hamachi Organic Farm is in Kagoshima. WWOOF Japan site is here

[dmar57]

This is tucked deep in the Random Gaijin Thread:

Mulboyne, are these folks WWOOFing by any chance?

Yup. Hamachi Organic Farm is in Kagoshima. WWOOF Japan site is here

Ok now I think I might just have to reconsider my plans for the summer, or is self humiliation optional?...

[CAkOS]

Ok now I think I might just have to reconsider my plans for the summer, or is self humiliation optional?...

No this is part of the japanese culture dude!

[dimwit]

Ok now I think I might just have to reconsider my plans for the summer, or is self humiliation optional?...

No, they are weird. Posing for a photgraph without someone pulling a peace sign is strange.