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Join our family life and support our daily routine on Teshima Island, Japan
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We are a small family living on the beautiful island of Teshima in Kagawa, Japan. Teshima is known as one of the “Art Islands” of the Seto Inland Sea, surrounded by nature, quiet beaches, and a warm local community. It’s a peaceful place where you ......
French language exchange in Ryugasaki, Japan
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Cultural exchange
My goal is a lot of foreigners(specially french speaker.my husband is french. I want to learn french.) come to my town. For that I made a female sharehouse(Ryugasaki Ibaraki prefecture,Ryugasaki is my hometown).
I want foreigners to experience local ......
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Join our team at a pet friendly lodge in Myoko, Japan
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Hi everyone,
my name is Birte, and I run a small, cozy, pet-friendly lodge in Madarao Kogen.
After our very first season (2025–26), we were incredibly lucky to receive so many lovely messages and applications — thank you for that! It honestly means ......
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Join our team and experience Japanese rural life in Myoko, Japan
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Welcome to my restaurant. This restaurant was first established in 2008 by the Asakura’s who decided to share their Hiroshima style of Okonomiyaki to the many visitors to Madarao Village, from Japan and around the world. During this time the ......
Join a family for language exchange in Matsumoto, Japan
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I'm Mayu. I live in Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. It is a city rich in nature, and you can spend your time leisurely. There are many tourist attractions, and you can enjoy mountain climbing and snow sports. You can also enjoy Matsumoto's ......
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Dog lover welcome to help me in Kumamoto, Japan
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Hi, I've been hosting more than 100 travelers through varisous platforms such as couchsurfing. Workaway is the most recent one I started to host someone with a longer period. The longest one was half year.
I receives a lot of messages so I hope you ......
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Language exchange with our family in Tokyo, Japan
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Thank you for your message!
We receive a lot of messages every day.
It is difficult to reply to all your messages so please kindly read below and send us a response if you meet our requirements. Thank you!
*we accept only solo workawayers.
*We ......
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Join our family and enjoy on a beautiful remote island in Teshima, Kagawa, Japan
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Cultural exchange
We are a family of three, parents and a very energetic 7-year-old boy, living on Teshima, a small and beautiful island in the Seto Inland Sea, Japan. There are no supermarkets or convenience stores here, and many people live a nearly self-sufficient ......
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Experience Japanese family life, culture and nature in Nagasaki, Japan
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We are a family of four: me, my husband, our 7-year-old daughter, and our 1-year-old son.
For comfort and privacy reasons, we only host female volunteers at this time.
We live in Hizen-Nagata, a quiet and nature-rich area in Isahaya City, Nagasaki ......
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Experience authentic rural life with us in Nakatsu, Japan
Sustainable project
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"Hello!
We are 'Tanin Kazoku' (Family Beyond Blood).
In the scenic Yabakei region of Oita Prefecture, four families from different backgrounds have come together to live as one. We are trying to create a life centered around our children, building a ......
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Join us our holiday rentals in beautiful, mountains of Hakuba, Japan
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Hi - I'm Alex. I've lived in Hakuba for 6 years with my family. Our company manages luxury properties all year round.
Mid/Late Nov- March 31 (or a little longer) - this is our peak period and we need staff that are available for the full period. ......
Learn how to live a more eco-friendly lifestyle in Tosacho, Japan
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We are family of 6, including 14, 11, 7, and 3years old kids. Place where we live is at mountain side of Kochi, close to Lake Sameura. We are living in the mountain, having a dog, chickens, goats and honey bees. Our water is from the mountain. We ......
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Help us create a self sufficient garden in Kagoshima, Japan
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A house with a river in front of it at the foot of a five-minute drive to the sea.
The old house is being renovated.
We process and sell food but we don't ask for work related to business. There is no labor where wages are incurred.
Organic ......
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Join us and help take care of children and some house-work in Fukui, Japan
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Hello! We are family with 3 daughters and 1 son, they are 12,10,7 and 4 years old !
We live in Fukui, JAPAN.
Fukui have beautiful nature, fresh air, good food and kindly people.
I hope my family will meet good international guest who spend time ......
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Join our bilingual permaculture/alternative schooling family in Tambasasayama, Japan
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We're a Japanese-American family living in rural Tambasasayama, Hyogo Prefecture, doing permaculture and growing an organic veggie garden and orchard, plus keeping a few sheep. We're also homeschooling our 4 kids and run a small alternative school 3 ......
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Join our family and enjoy the area of Toyoura, Japan
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We live in a town called Toyoura in Hokkaido located 40minutes from Niseko area. In my family I have my wife and 3 kids.
In Toyoura, there is a big Onsen(hot spring) spot.
We are part of a forestry group.
We go to mountains to maintain.
We ......
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English preschool in the nature-rich town of Shirako, Japan
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Language exchange
We run an English nursery school. It is a small nursery with a capacity of 10 children from 1 to 5 years old. We are looking for people who love children and want to help look after them.
In order for us to pay you, we only accept people who have a ......
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Help with reviving farmland and walking goats at a satoyama in Kumano, Japan
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Hello Workawayers, this is Alena from Germany and and my Japanese husband, Kenjiro. We have been living in the beautiful Kumano area of Japan for over 10 years now. We moved out of Tokyo and to Kumano in 2011 because we fell in love with this remote ......
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Be part of our community house and share our family life in Osaka, Japan
Au Pair
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Updated: November 2025
Hosting period: December 15th, 2025 – January 15th, 2026
🏠 About Us
Hello! We’re Mary & Hide, a family living in Osaka with our 3-year-old son and several friends.
We recently bought a new house to expand our community, and ......
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Experience a slow life in the countryside of Myoko, Japan
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If you're a couple or a pair of friends or a single person whose self sufficient along in winter to experience the heaviest snow in Japan in Myoko. We would love it you could join to experience this heavy snow, we need lots of snow shoveling and ......
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