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Come and learn about our culture from locals in Tokyo, Japan
Last update: 18th, June, 2025 *I'm sorry that I couldn't reply to most of messages because I get over 100 applies every month... Here is rough schedule for 2025, but I can accept from 2 MONTH BEFORE of your ......
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Help our family and our school for children who don't go to school near Tokyo station, Japan
We are a family of 3 living at the area 10 min. (by train) from Tokyo station. Need help with all kind of house chores. Also we have opened a new style school to become one of the options for children who cannot attend regular schools. We are ......
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Experiencing local culture in an old private house in Miyotamachi, Japan
* We are looking for people who have experience in home DIY, like to think about interior design and are good at cleaning. The main focus of this project will be to help with new walls and cleaning after renovations.（Currently, we are only looking ......
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Help at our family lodge and enjoy skiing and hot springs in Nozawa Onsen, Japan
We have two lovely ski lodges located on the side of the ski run in Nozawa Onsen in Nagano prefecture Japan. We use these lodges most of the Japanese ski season for hosting family and friends. We are looking for some people to help everything run ......
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Share family life and explore the neighborhoods of Sapporo, Japan
We are currently looking for someone who can stay during the following periods: 1. From November 10 to January 15 　2. From December 1 to February 10 We are mainly looking for women for these positions. If you’re interested, please feel free to ......
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Enjoy a slow-life retreat and help around the house in rural Tsumagoi, Japan
Hello Workaway people. This is going to be an unusual listing because... it's actually all about washing dishes. But more on that later! First things first, we ONLY host female volunteers, and DO NOT host couples. No exceptions. Now, the short ......
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Join us at our mountain land & home in rural Nara, Japan
We are potters, land stewards, and builders. We moved to this mountain village six years ago and have been slowly restoring a 300-year-old Japanese house and building our studios by hand, while caring for the surrounding forest, garden, and ......
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Join our colourful family and learn about traditional Japanese natural rice planting in Fujieda, Japan
Hi everyone! We truly appreciate you taking the time to visit our page! Grow rice with us using natural farming methods in the quiet, nature-rich rice fields of the Japanese countryside. The rice I grow is for my own consumption. We grow rice ......
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Help with water and fun activities for the boys in Osaka, Japan
Currently we are doing Travel Workaways. Please read UPDATE for our next Workaway location. We are based in Medan. Medan is a cool city to check out authentic local culture in Indonesia. There is almost no tourist here. Kualanamu airport KNO is the ......
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Learn new skills and share insights into Japanese customs at a traditional house in Ibaraki-ken, Japan
I live in a 200 year old traditional Japanese house nestled in the peaceful countryside of Daigo, Japan. Surrounded by lush nature, this home is an ideal escape from the hustle and bustle of city life, offering a taste of authentic Japanese rural ......
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Experience local life and nature while helping at a friendly hostel in central Hiroshima, Japan
We are a small and welcoming hostel that has been running for 9 years in the heart of Hiroshima. Our guests come from all over the world, creating a vibrant, international atmosphere. Just a 5-minute walk from the world-famous Atomic Bomb Dome and ......
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Join our family and exchange cultures in Fuchu City, Tokyo, Japan
We are looking for who can start in 2025 September to play with and teach my son English.(The stay can be from 2 months up to 1 year.) We hope to find someone who would like to truly integrate into the local culture and experience local daily ......
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Welcome to our snowy lodge in Myoko, Japan
We are Chereyne and Brett. Our time is shared between Myoko Japan and Kingscliff Australia. Family vacations in the Snowy Mountains NSW with our two boys was the beginning of our connection with winter sports and the energy of the mountains when ......
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Stay with a family of four and explore the surroundings in Kibichuocho, Japan
We are a Japanese/French family of 4 with 2 big shepherd dogs, goats, bees, and chickens. We live in a beautiful, secluded little valley where we renovate old Japanese traditional buildings, do permaculture (swales, various earthworks, fruit forest, ......
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Help on my guesthouse and immerse in Japanese culture in Adachi-ku, Japan
***work visa required*** Hi there, thank you for viewing my listing. This is Makoto. I’m working for a guesthouse in suburb of Tokyo, Japan. The guesthouse motto is -Enjoy Your Stay- It's not enough only bed to sleep to enjoy your stay, when I was ......
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Join our project to preserve a traditional Japanese townscape in Mamihara, Japan
We kindly ask that those with no household experience refrain from applying. By "housework," we don’t mean basic tasks learned in school—we’re looking for adults who can manage their surroundings with independence, care, and basic life ......
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Help me around my home while enjoying the local culture in Tambasasayama Japan
My name is Ray. I am half Japanese half American born and raised in Japan . Living with my little toy poodle, Phoebe. She is almost three years old so really playful. I have little disability. I can do everything by myself fine but it takes time. I ......
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Welcome guests and immerse yourself in Nozawaonsen, a traditional onsen village in Nagano Prefecture, Japan
Hello, we are a small team that run several accommodations, restaurants, cafe, distillery and bar in Nozawa Onsen! We also have winter season opportunities and we a currently looking for experienced chefs, cooks, kitchen hands and housekeepers who ......
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Help with creative project in the mountains of Myoko, Japan
***UPDATED July 6th 2025*** We are fully staffed until October, in October we will need some help for random work again, hoping to plant 50 fruit trees this year with the help of syntropic agriculture, agroforestry, and permaculture... work on our ......
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Help at my small inn in the remote mountains of Hida, Japan
Hi !! I am Shinji, and I am running a small inn located in the remote mountain area of Hida. The inn is an old and beautiful wooden house with traditional fireplace (Irori) in use. The accommodation is usually one-day one-group limited for the best ......
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