{"id":3489,"date":"2012-11-06T12:49:06","date_gmt":"2012-11-06T12:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/insidejapanblog.com\/?p=3489"},"modified":"2015-06-22T11:25:05","modified_gmt":"2015-06-22T10:25:05","slug":"life-in-the-its-not-just-mud-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/06\/life-in-the-its-not-just-mud-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Life in the It&#8217;s Not Just Mud community"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Like this post? Help us by sharing it!<\/h4><ul class=\"wpfai-list\"><li class=\"wpfai-list-item facebook\">\r\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.insidejapantours.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F3489&amp;t=\" title=\"Facebook\" class=\"wpfai-facebook wpfai-link wpfainw\">\r\n        <span class=\"fa-stack fa-lg\">\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-square fa-stack-2x\"><\/i>\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-facebook fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i>\r\n        <\/span>\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/li><li class=\"wpfai-list-item twitter\">\r\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.insidejapantours.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F3489\" title=\"Twitter\" class=\"wpfai-twitter wpfai-link wpfainw\">\r\n        <span class=\"fa-stack fa-lg\">\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-square fa-stack-2x\"><\/i>\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-twitter fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i>\r\n        <\/span>\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/li><li class=\"wpfai-list-item pinterest\">\r\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.insidejapantours.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F3489&amp;description=&amp;media=\" title=\"Pinterest\" class=\"wpfai-pinterest wpfai-link wpfainw\">\r\n        <span class=\"fa-stack fa-lg\">\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-square fa-stack-2x\"><\/i>\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-pinterest fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i>\r\n        <\/span>\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/li><li class=\"wpfai-list-item linkedin\">\r\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.insidejapantours.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F3489&amp;title=\" title=\"Linked In\" class=\"wpfai-linkedin wpfai-link wpfainw\">\r\n        <span class=\"fa-stack fa-lg\">\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-square fa-stack-2x\"><\/i>\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-linkedin fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i>\r\n        <\/span>\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/li><li class=\"wpfai-list-item envelope\">\r\n      <a href=\"mailto:?subject=&amp;body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.insidejapantours.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F3489%20-%20\" title=\"E-Mail\" class=\"wpfai-envelope wpfai-link wpfainw\">\r\n        <span class=\"fa-stack fa-lg\">\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-square fa-stack-2x\"><\/i>\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-envelope fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i>\r\n        <\/span>\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/li><li class=\"wpfai-list-item stumbleupon\">\r\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stumbleupon.com\/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.insidejapantours.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F3489\" title=\"Stumble Upon\" class=\"wpfai-stumbleupon wpfai-link wpfainw\">\r\n        <span class=\"fa-stack fa-lg\">\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-square fa-stack-2x\"><\/i>\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-stumbleupon fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i>\r\n        <\/span>\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/li><li class=\"wpfai-list-item reddit\">\r\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.insidejapantours.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F3489\" title=\"Reddit\" class=\"wpfai-reddit wpfai-link wpfainw\">\r\n        <span class=\"fa-stack fa-lg\">\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-square fa-stack-2x\"><\/i>\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-reddit fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i>\r\n        <\/span>\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/li><\/ul><p>Hello again from Ishinomaki. Today I thought I&#8217;d share photos of life in the <a title=\"ItsNotJustMud\" href=\"http:\/\/itsnotjustmud.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">It&#8217;s Not Just Mud<\/a> volunteer house.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121106-203323.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121106-203323.jpg\" alt=\"20121106-203323.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s very much communal living here, with around 20 volunteers staying in two neighbouring Japanese style houses. It&#8217;s been amazing to get to know volunteers from Japan, the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Norway, Iceland, Australia, New Zealand and the US in just a few short days. Some people are short term volunteers like me, while other have been here for a month to a year. I had the pleasure of working with two deaf Japanese ladies and their sign language interpreter. My Japanese is pretty basic and involves a lot of gesturing anyway, so it was really fun to learn the official hand signs for the Japanese words I already know. Such lovely, lovely people.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121106-203836.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121106-203836.jpg\" alt=\"20121106-203836.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe main entrance to the first volunteer house. In the next few weeks the volunteers will be moving to another building.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121106-203918.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121106-203918.jpg\" alt=\"20121106-203918.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe communal kitchen.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121106-203948.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121106-203948.jpg\" alt=\"20121106-203948.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe volunteers take it in turns to cook and the food so far has been gooooooood&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121106-204030.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121106-204030.jpg\" alt=\"20121106-204030.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nMy room &#8211; not always this messy! I&#8217;m sharing with two girls from Germany and the US. They&#8217;ve both been here a month so are showing me the ropes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121106-204202.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121106-204202.jpg\" alt=\"20121106-204202.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThis is the main room where everyone gathers to eat and socialise in the evenings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121106-204242.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121106-204242.jpg\" alt=\"20121106-204242.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe all important noticeboard assigning tasks, teams and start times for the next day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121106-204334.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121106-204334.jpg\" alt=\"20121106-204334.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nFor short term volunteers there&#8217;s plenty of equipment that can be borrowed, from overalls to boots&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121106-204438.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121106-204438.jpg\" alt=\"20121106-204438.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&#8230;to very useful gloves.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121106-204515.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121106-204515.jpg\" alt=\"20121106-204515.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nFinally, this is the loo! Very nice and clean. I&#8217;ve been so impressed by the lack of hierarchy here. Everyone simply pulls their weight to pitch in with chores, keep the house clean and work hard and with enthusiasm on all volunteering jobs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121106-222519.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121106-222519.jpg\" alt=\"20121106-222519.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nEvery good house has a cat, of course \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to donate to ItsNotJustMud and their great work, please follow this link &#8211;<a title=\"Donate to INJM\" href=\"http:\/\/www.justgiving.com\/insidejapantours-ishinomaki\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> http:\/\/www.justgiving.com\/insidejapantours-ishinomaki<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Like this post? 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