To join WWOOF Japan you must do 3 things:

• Complete the online membership application
• Send payment for membership
• Send to us an e-mail as to how you paid so we can identify your payment (if you pay by credit card online your membeship will be activated immediately).
• Print out your WWOOFer Permit from your login.

All individuals must be a current memeber of WWOOF Japan before hosts are contacted or visited. Please be sure to abide by WWOOF rules . Penalties apply.

WWOOF is a means to make friends, and to share and exchange with those friends

Hosts give WWOOFers accommodation and all meals in return for the WWOOFer assisting the Host. Hosts also give WWOOFers various knowledge and skills as result living and working with them, Japanese culture & Japanese language, and other resources most often outlined in the Hosts' Preview. There is no payment of money between Host and WWOOFer. WWOOFers need to pay just the yearly WWOOF membership fee, 5,500 yen (It is about 55 US dollars). WWOOFing starts by sending an online application form.

Hosts include organic farmers, usually not using much machinery and instead using their hands to grow safe and fresh vegetables, fruits, and tend to animals.

We also have Hosts involved in many other activities including health and healing centers, pottery and arts, building and restoring traditional homesteads, timber working places, organic restaruants, martial arts, dealing with animals, Japanese tea house, pension in ski fields area, eco village, brewing and production of foods, fishing, bee keeping, nature guide centre, centers for the environment, sea kayaking, and more.

WWOOFers help Hosts for about 6 hours a day. One day off per week if you are WWOOFing at a same Host for more than one week.

We have many WWOOFers in their 20's and 30's however there is no age limit; you can be 75 years old, and you can be 19 years old. You need to have energy to help Hosts. If you are under 16, you need to be with an adult WWOOFer.

About WWOOF Japan
Each WWOOFer must complete our online application, pay, and become a member of WWOOF Japan before Hosts are contacted. WWOOF Japan is an annually renewable membership. We have hundreds of Hosts, many accept WWOOFers all year round. We are adding Hosts each month, and usually send notice of new Hosts to our mailing list. Host information is available in Japanese and English.

What do I get with my WWOOF Japan membership?
For the annual membership fee of 5,500 Japanese yen, you get a dynamically generated WWOOFer Permit which demonstrates to Hosts that you are a current member of WWOOF Japan. You are able to contact Hosts, ask questions about details important to you, while also explaining what you want to do. Once you have identified a Host and made arrangements to WWOOF there, you can go and stay at that place and receive food and boarding at no financial cost in return for helping them. WWOOF Japan members receive the following, a door to a world of potential:

1. Your own dynamically generated WWOOFer Permit.
2. Your own Username and Password protected access to the members section of our website.
3. Online access to comprehensive information about hundreds of Hosts all over Japan.
4. Timely email support from us at WWOOF Japan.
5. Details on each Host including; the kind of people they are, some content on their values and motivations, what they do, what kind of people they prefer as WWOOFers, how to get there, whether or not they will meet WWOOFers at nearby public transport, how they want to be contacted, if they are a farm what they grow and some information on their methods, the work that WWOOFers will be asked to do, what WWOOFers should bring with them (ie. types of clothing, etc.), how long WWOOFers can stay, how many WWOOFers can stay simultaneously, some information about the surrounding area, whether or not children are accepted, whether or not they accept WWOOFers all year round, whether or not English and or Japanese language ability is necessary, whether or not they smoke, information on the food they eat and more.
6. Some Japanese language material.
7. Quality experiences that result from the care we take in monitoring applications from both WWOOFers and Hosts, and the regular contact we maintain with our Hosts.

Yes, all this potential for 5,500 yen. A genuine adventure in Japan awaits those who hold a WWOOFer Permit - - a unique and enriching experience at a fraction of the cost of a typical holiday!

A brief history of WWOOF
The first WWOOF organization originated in the Europe in the 1970s, and spread to more than 40 countries throughout the world, some of the leading groups today being Australia, New Zealand, and us in Japan. 'WWOOF' began as an organic farming movement, but, these days other kinds of places where people & families are involved in all kinds of lifestyles and activities are becoming Hosts, thereby giving WWOOFers access to a greater diversity of experience and learning. Organic ways of thinking,and sustainable lifestyles, are a growing part of the WWOOF experience.