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Help a local team welcome guests and experience the snowy mountains of Hakuba, Japan

  • Last activity : 30 Sep 2025

Availability

  2025 

 Min stay requested: 1 month or more

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  • Description

    Description

    First time business owner who is opening a restaurant with her partner 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!

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Hospitality/Tourism
  • Interests

    Interests

    Music
    Cooking & food
    Mountain
    Adventure sports
    Outdoor activities
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    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!

  • Host offers payment in line with the minimum wage

    Host offers payment in line with the minimum wage

    This host offers accommodation and payment.

  • Help

    Help

    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!

    Wage is set at ¥1050 an hour (please keep in mind that while this may seem low, many other businesses in Hakuba will charge you for rent, and it can often be a considerable amount!)

  • Languages spoken

    English: Fluent
    Japanese: Intermediate

  • Accommodation

    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.

  • What else ...

    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.

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

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

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    More than two

  • My animals / pets

    My animals / pets

Host ref number: 689615122947

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A young woman sits on the floor, cradling a tabby cat in her arms, with a window and balcony visible behind them, and a sunny day outside.
The image depicts a couple taking a selfie in front of a mirror, set against a wooden wall background with a bicycle visible in the corner.
The image depicts a two-story building with a garage and a row of cars parked in front, set against a cloudy sky.
The image shows a man and woman sitting at a restaurant table, smiling for a selfie, with food and drinks on the table in front of them.

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