Mountain snowboarding/ski, community life experience in Madarao - Tangram - Nagano

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  Description

  - Winter Season 2026 - 2027
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  Japan working visa, International driving license required
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  Middle December 2026 - January, February 2027
  
  Spanish, Japanese, running a small / family oriented lodge - Apartments in beautiful rural and scenic Madarao - Tangram looking for a friendly, reponsible, self suficient, reliable staff
  
  🌿Important
  - ~ 15 or 20 hours / week / person , this is not equivalent as a regular or part timer or hospitality job.
  - Non smokers preferred
  
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  🌿Tasks
  - Snow cleaning,
  - Property, equipment maintenance
  - Apartments and chalet housekeeping,
  - Laundry
  - Check in/check out, guest support
  - Driving guests and material around the resorts, stations and lodge
  - Ski, snowboard waxing and deliveries
  - Errand duties like eventual shopping and deliveries
  
  🌿 Work Schedule
  
  - Shifts: 4 hours availability on 5 days / week )
  - Mornings 8 ~ 13:00: 1 ~ 4 hours on normal days
  - Afternoons from 16:00 ~ 20:00 1 ~ 2 hours on normal days
  
  🌿We provide
  
  - Paid work hours ( 1250 JPY before taxes )
  - Part time contract based on Japan working standards ( proper Japan visa required )
  - Health Insurance
  - Share room accommodation with 2 people arrangement in traditional/rural 15 minutes away from the lodge
  - Shared transportation ( based on conditions )
  
  🌿Housing rules
  
  - Room accomodation is part of the compensation package and it is expected to follow housing rules
  
  🌿Community
  
  - The area is very rural, very quiet with very few neighbors around, mostly covered in snow, grocery shopping, Myoko station or resort towns like Nojiriko, Madarao or Akakura is 15 ~ 20 minutes away by car, public transportation is very limited
  
  - Sometimes as a residents we are asked to participate in the the voluntary common tasks and activities within the community of people living there. our lovely neighbors are quite old and even they are still amazingly doing farming things and have all the machinery and tooling's imaginable might think of, still do everything by themselves.
  
  🌿 Ideal Applicants
  - Anyone looking for a slow winter season, snow experience in Japan, seasonal lifestyle change
  - People who enjoy nature, simplicity, rural areas, and community living
  - for better flexibility having own vehicle and transportation to move around.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Help around the house

  Light maintenance

  House & pet sitting
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  Interests

  

  Gardening

  

  Cooking & food

  

  Sustainability

  

  Vegetarian or vegan

  

  Culture

  

  Van life

  

  Self development

  

  Nature

  

  Yoga / Wellness

  

  Winter sports

  

  Water sports

  

  Outdoor activities

  

  Hiking

  

  Cycling

  

  Adventure sports
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  - Learning on mountain, community life experience
  - Ski / snowboarding, outdoor activities
  - Practice Japanese
  - Nojiriko lake water activities
  - Myoko National Park, Iiyama - Madarao ski resorts, cycling and hiking trails,
  - Access to Nozawa Onsen
  - Local Onsen ( traditional spa culture )
  - Japanese rural areas discovery

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  Host offers payment in line with the minimum wage

  This host offers accommodation and payment.

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  Help

  🌿Tasks
  
  - Apartment, chalet cleaning, preparation, laundry
  - Snow cleaning, property, equipment maintenance
  - Driving guests and material around the resorts, stations and lodge
  - Ski, snowboard waxing and delivery
  - Errand duties like preparing snow equipment, guest support or eventual shopping
  
  Not a big amount of work, not every day, approximately 2 ~ 3 hours on normal days, 4 - 5 on peak days, usually 8:00 ~ 14:00 mornings and afternoon from 16:00 ~ 19:00
  
  Paid work hours ( 1250 JPY before taxes )
  
  Japan Working Visa, International Driving License Required, Experience driving in Snow

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  Languages spoken

  English: Fluent
  Spanish: Fluent
  Japanese: Beginner

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  Accommodation

  - Shared room ( 2 or 3 people ) in a in restored traditional Japanese farm house
  - Big kitchen with all equipment
  - Big common areas

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  What else ...

  Madarao is in the middle of Japan powder belt, with plenty of sports and cultural activities like Nozawa Onsen and the famous Nagano Monkey park
  Our house is 2 hours communicated with Tokyo trough Iiyama station ( 30 minutes by bus from the lodge ) on bullet train shinkansen, the staff house is on better reach through Kurohime and Myoko Kogen stations ( 15 minutes away )

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  Can host digital nomads

  This one is perfect for digital nomads as there is great internet connection, plenty of time to focus on your work or going to ski resorts, however you will need to available and prioritize work with us

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  Space for parking camper vans

  This host can provide space for campervans.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  One

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