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Join our loving family in Gifu, Japan
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Welcome to our family in Gifu city, Japan
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Cultural exchange with warm connections in Nagasaki, Japan
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Current Volunteer Availability (Updated on August 1st 2026)
We are currently looking for volunteers for the following periods:
• January 5 – February 8, 2027 (1 female volunteer)
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Cultural exchange and rural life with our family in Tamba-Sasayama, Hyogo, Japan
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1. About Us
We are a family of four: myself, my wife, and our two energetic sons (5 years old and 2 year old). We recently moved from the busy city to the beautiful countryside of Tamba-Sasayama to enjoy a slower, more peaceful life.
We run a small ......
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Enjoy the simple rural life in a small seaside town in Okayama, Japan
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Hi, we have a community space with lots of interesting people and need someone to help out with language and cultural exchange. It's about 2 hours a day, or 10 hours a week. In exchange, we can offer accommodation in a private room, or share a room ......
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Help us create an interactive, art-filled home in Shimukappu, Japan
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My partner and I recently came to Shimukkapu, Japan, and we’re slowly bringing an old rural house back to life using natural materials and simple DIY. The house is close to the Tomamu Hoshino Ski Area, surrounded by forests and mountains, yet still ......
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Experience rural country life in Sekiyama, Japan
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We are Mayu and Peter (and now Bobby our rescue cat) a Japanese and Australian couple that gave up the crazy life in Tokyo to embrace the rural countryside in Niigata and Nagano. We work hard to be a part of the local community and tackle the many ......
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Cultural projects and join a filmmaker’s creative world in Osaka, Japan
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Hi! I’m Taro, an independent film producer and distributor based in Osaka. I live in a retro-style apartment building from 1979, located in a quiet, down-to-earth neighborhood near Chidoribashi Station. The building is old but full of charm and ......
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Join our team and discover local culture in Niseko, Japan
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Hello!
We are currently looking for new team members to join us in Niseko Hokkaido, Japan, for the upcoming months:
-SEPTEMBER: We need some extra (strong) hands to help us move our office. The job is only for one or two weeks. If you are passing ......
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Experience slow living and community life in the mountains of Wakayama, Kimino, Japan
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We’re Shota and Yuho, a couple who traveled to many countries before starting this shared house in the mountains of Kimino Town. Our experiences as backpackers taught us the value of community, nature, and living simply — lessons that inspired us to ......
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Connect with the locals and learn about organic farming on Ishigaki Island, Japan
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We run a small eco-hotel and organic farm in the north of Ishigaki Island, in a very quiet village between the sea and the jungle. Our project is a mix of hospitality, environmental work and community involvement. We reopened the place recently and ......
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Experience life as a local and teach English near beautiful Mt Fuji in Japan
Paid position
Language exchange
Hi My name is Rumiko. I am Japanese, I have 11 and 8 year old girls.
We run a family owned language school in Japan, Shizuoka Prefecture. our town has a beautiful mountain, Mt Fuji and a lot of nature. It is a nice place to live
I am looking for a ......
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Enjoy country life and community activities at our non-profit organisation in undiscovered Shimane, Japan
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*Notes
- Please understand that our reply might be late depending on situation.
- Basically, we only accept volunteers who can stay for at least one and half months.
- Due to the relocation and downsizing of our office since around November 2026, ......
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Share our family life in the mountains in Myoko Kogen, Japan
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We are a Japanese/Australian couple with a growing family who need help during the winter. Myoko Kogen is famous for its powder snow and so the main attraction is skiing/boarding from December through March. You'll have plenty of time to ski and ......
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Immerse yourself in the culture and countryside of Okayama, Japan
Cultural exchange
We accept people who has a working holiday visa🙏
We live in a lovely village in Okayama Prefecture. There is a 100-year-old traditional Japanese house with tatami floors and a kotatsu (a heated table), and when you open the sliding doors, you can ......
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Join our multicultural family, have meaningful conversations and experience rural life in Ena, Japan
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Hey everyone,
My wife, our one-year-old son, and I are a cross-cultural family from Latvia and Japan. We recently purchased a property in the countryside in Ena City in Gifu Prefecture and are currently working to bring it back to life.
Our goal ......
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Help our local team welcome guests to our campsite on Shikoku Island, Japan
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Hello everyone,
My name is Marcelo, I’m Japanese Brazilian running our dream project at Shimanto area with Yoji san, we are looking for friendly, motivated and creative people to help us run our project here.
Summer workawayers need it !
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Join us for the ski season at our lodge in Minakami, Japan
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For Winter 26-27 please do not apply unless you are available from Christmas till the end of February.
We're a boutique ski lodge situated in a Unesco Biosphere reserve at the base of Mt T (known as Tanigawadake Joch in the green season).
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Enjoy beach life and get to know the locals at a historic city in Shizuoka, Japan
Paid position
Language exchange
I fell in love with the beach life in Shimoda and moved here when I was 23.
I was born in Osaka, and my wife was born in Tokyo.
We are now a family of four, living by the sea with our 5-year-old son and infant daughter, and we feel very happy living ......
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Enjoy countryside life with my energetic kids in Fukui, Japan
Language exchange
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★ Recruitment ★
November 14-15 or November 21-22
2-3persons
We want to make Japapese style folkehoejskole, so I'm looking for Danes and those who know folkehoejskole.
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Learn language, history and culture of Japan at a beautiful ocean stay near Tokyo, Japan
Language exchange
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Hello! I’m originally from California, but I’ve called Japan home for over 20 years. A few years ago, I moved to Katsuura on the beautiful Boso Peninsula in Chiba — a place that reminds me of the California coastline… only better!
I’m restoring and ......
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