Local team welcome guests and experience the snowy mountains of Hakuba, Japan

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  Description

  First time business owners opening a restaurant in Hakuba, Japan for this coming winter season! Hakuba is a truly beautiful part of Japan, combining natural beauty with all the fun and wonder of a snow season to create an unforgettable experience.
  
  If meeting new people, snowsports, and maintaining a work-life balance are things that excite you then please apply to join our team and make this winter a blast!
  
  We are looking for one more person to join our team that meets the following criteria:
  - Has a Working Holiday Visa / is eligible to work in Japan
  - Can commit for the full winter season
  - Has kitchen / bar experience
  - Is female (we only have availability left in our shared accom for one more female)

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Hospitality/Tourism
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  Interests

  

  Music

  

  Cooking & food

  

  Mountain

  

  Adventure sports

  

  Outdoor activities
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  We're looking to foster an environment of fun, care, and connection.
  
  Our hope is to recruit people with a diverse range of backgrounds and stories to build a quirky little family for the season. If you feel that you can hold a balance of enjoying life as Hakuba can offer it, and a good work ethic on the days that you are rostered, then we promise to look after you to the true extent of our abilities. Benefits to what we are offering include:
  
  - Accommodation and work in the epicentre of Hakuba
  - Local intel on the best spots to ride during your time off
  - A true locals experience of all things Hakuba
  - Ample time to experience the mountains
  - A fun workplace environment with 2 caring owners
  
  We hope that you'll reach out and help make our first year as business owners a fun and fruitful endeavour!

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  Host offers payment in line with the minimum wage

  This host offers accommodation and payment.

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  Help

  We require a valid Japanese working holiday visa, and ability to commit to a full season of work from the beginning of December 2025 until the end of March 2026.
  
  Looking for kitchen staff to operate our Vietnamese Banh Mi and snack establishment through the winter season.
  
  Staff will be expected to engage and help with food prep, cooking meals to a pre-established set menu and other activities relating to general operation and maintenance of a commercial kitchen.
  
  
  All staff will live in town, with plenty of time each day before opening to ride on the mountains plus 2 guaranteed days off each week.
  
  Please only send us a message if you fit the following criteria:
  -You can commit to the full season
  -You can acquire a valid working visa
  -You are willing to work hard, and play hard!
  
  Starting rate is set at ¥1050 an hour.

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  Languages spoken

  English: Fluent
  Japanese: Intermediate

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  Accommodation

  The staff accomodation will be a shared room in a private house. The house will have several other staff members from other places of employment.
  You will be given one staff meal per day when on shift, with adequate space and storage in the accomodation to make your own food.

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  What else ...

  Our building and the staff accomodation are both located a short walk to the Hakuba train station which offers regular shuttle services to all Hakuba mountain resorts, as well as a night shuttle that loops through both Happo and Echoland areas (which are the two main food and beverage districts of Hakuba).
  
  There is plenty else to do around town, and our hope is you will take full advantage of living and working with our other staff!
  
  We want to keep the staff accomodation safe and comfortable for everyone, so please do not expect a party house for the accomodation. It will be up to you and your other housemates to agree on the culture set for the season, but your initial assessment should be one of peace and respect for your fellow housemates.

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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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  Space for parking camper vans

  There are many long-term parking options in the near vicinity that a campervan could make use of!

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  Two

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  My animals / pets

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