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Hi,
as I'm trying to make my dream come true I've been looking for a way to travel to Japan for free, or with minimal costs. I know for sure that I'll apply for smth like JET programme (but unfortunately, I'm from Poland where JET isn't available...), but for now I just want to visit this country so badly!

There's a thing called WWOOFing (from WWOOF - Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms) - you simply visit any country to work on the organic farm, for which you get free food and accommodation. But there's more to it! It's gives you opportunity to live with (for example) normal Japanese family under one roof, and you're treated as a member of it :P
Ok, but what to do with the flight expenses? Yep, that's the only cost, which for me (as a student) isn't something that I can forget. But comon, 3 months (tourist visa) in Japan for just
$1200? :D It's great opportunity to get to know Japanese culture from inside.

And this is where I need your help. I'm participating in a scholarship program, which is more of an Internet popularity contest. The more votes you get, the bigger the chances to win your scholarship. "Prize" pool is about $30,000 and will be distributed among the contestants with highest popularity, so it'll should be enough to pay about 25 scholarships.

So please, vote for me :D I want to visit Japan so badly, and in the future to stay there for the rest of my life (and no, I don't think that Japan looks like in anime or manga :P).
To vote for me simply visit:
Praca na farmie ekologicznej w Japonii - Stypendium z Wyboru II Edycja | Fundacja Absolvent.pl
and then:
1) scroll down to the bottom of the page
2) click the stars (you're not voting yet)
3) login with facebook
4) scroll down again and click on 5 stars
5) you are done. share with friends if u can :)
6) if u want to get to know me better (and read my entry in english) there's my presentation in english >>pics included!<<:
Presentation - Tomasz Piorun

Thanks for your support and sorry for thing long text!
If u have any questions or suggestions - feel free to write in this topic ^^

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... if I had $1200, I would be going to Japan over spring break for a homestay, as well as going to a Japanese school, meeting Mangaka, Going to Akihabara, learning to cook come Japanese foods, Learning basics of Kendo, Judo, Karate, etc, Learning Tea Ceremony, Learning Flower Arranging, Going to a Cherry Blossom Festival in Yukata, and a lot of other stuff. This is only available while still in highschool though, and I'm graduating this year unfortunately...

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Too bad I'm 22 :P

Anyway, there's a farm in Sasayama with language school included. They also give you a possibility of learning karate, kendo, tea ceremony, kaligraphy and other stuff. You just have to work max 6 hours (usually it's less) per day.

It would be nice if you guys voted for me ^^

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10,000 Free Flights to Japan

another idea if it all goes ahead. i already have many parts of a dream trip through Japan in my head so will definitely be applying for this.

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Heard about it, but it's still not a sure thing - right?

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They officially canceled the project. There's a post about it somewhere on the CR forums.

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Yea =/
Right now my only chance is to win the scholarship -> work on eco-farm for like 3-6 months (hope i'll get 6-month visa), and then try to become ALT for a year or so ^^