Homestays, Volunteering & Working Holidays in Japan

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Learn about honey bees and help around the house in Awa City, Tokushima, Japan
*I'm looking for the volunteer who can stay here in 23rd May -5th Jun. If you're interested in my place, please message me. ----------------------------------------- * I am accepting your offer of staying in my place in 2026. May - September are ......
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Create, design, and tinker in the countryside of Hokkaido, Japan
ABOUT ME I am a married 30year old living in the remote countryside of Hokkaido Niseko. I have recently started a sustainable manufacturing company with my wife and friends. We use basic woodworking tools, 3d printers, Lasers, CNC, DIY Machines to ......
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Create a sustainable food forest and learn beekeeping in Nagasaki, Kyushu, Japan
Our farm is located in the countryside, an hour and 30 minutes by bus from Japan Railways Nagasaki Station. It is a quiet place on a mountainside with a wonderful view over Omura Bay and the sound of birdsong. We run an apiary and open a weekend ......
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Join us at our farm on World Heritage site on the island of Yakushima, Japan
⊛　We will be on holidays from May 2nd to May 6th. We will resume activities on May 7th, but according to the workload it might take some time to get back to you. Thank you for your understanding. ⊛　We are receiving a lot of applications at the ......
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Learn about natural rice farming as a lifestyle in Fujieda, Japan
Live close to nature in rural Japan. Grow rice by hand, share meals, and experience a simple, meaningful life. Hi everyone! Thank you so much for visiting our page! 【Who we are looking for】 We are looking for positive, cheerful couples (aged 25+) ......
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Join us and make new from old with a recycling pioneer life in Yamaguchi, Japan
Welcome to our page! Hello everyone, it is Achan for a necessary update, Let me introduce myself. I came here （Kagawa） 5 years ago as a volunteer and took over the project from the previous owner. For those of you who have already come, I am sorry ......
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A special Japanese countryside experience in Kasama, Japan
English Husband Japanese Wife renovating a Japanese traditional House and surrounding farmland Based In Kasama Ibaraki, famous for Pottery and Chestnuts Located in the rural country side surrounded by rice fields and rolling hills Close to the ......
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Join us in a traditional farm village in Fujieda, Shizuoka, Japan
Hello Everyone, Welcome to Japan and to my house. My name is Daisuke, I am from Japan. I live in Shizuoka pref. My partners name is Sara, she is from Australia and half Japanese. Please read our profile well before writing to us. Thank you so ......
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Experience rural country life in Sekiyama, Japan
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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Help with daily life and experience rural life in my traditional house on Tsuwa Beach, Japan
My house is 150 years old. It is a traditional Japanese old house and the beach is right in front of my house. I live here with two friends and a cat, and we do fishing, farming, and house renovations. I would like you to help with housekeeping for ......
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Learn how to live a more eco-friendly lifestyle in Tosacho, Japan
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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Join our family house and discover Furano, Japan
We are a small, energetic family based just outside Furano in Hokkaido, Japan. There are three adults and one adventurous seven year old in our crew, and we split our time between two properties within ten minutes of Furano town. One is a spacious ......
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Help us create a self sufficient garden in Kagoshima, Japan
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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Reviving abandoned farmland in Boso Peninsula, near Tokyo, Japan
Just to the south of Tokyo lies the large Boso peninsula with its many bays and beaches. Much of the forested interior remains largely undeveloped. Unknown even. But hidden away in the hills and forests are bamboo covered terraces made in the ......
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Help around our mountain farm and wilderness retreat while exploring culture and nature in Akaigawa, Japan
I am a Japanese lady with a herd of goats, horses, and other animals on a small farm in Hokkaido, surrounded by forest. I grew up in Eastern Hokkaido but moved to the mountains around Mt Yotei about 15 years ago. I make many things in my kitchen ......
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Help with reviving farmland and walking goats at a satoyama in Kumano, Japan
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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Join our self-sufficient traditional lifestyle in Ena, Japan.
　This is a self-sufficient organic farm on 90,000㎡ land. It is not a business owner that sells agricultural products. It grows crops to be self-sufficient within the farming member, and everyone shares in the work. You are treated as a family ......
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Help with reviving abandoned agricultural land and natural rice farming in Katsuragi, Japan
Hi, my name is Atsushi and I’m working on reviving abandoned agricultural lands in Katsuragi, Nara. At the moment, I’m working on multiple rice fields and I plant, harvest and process the rice by hand using the traditional method without using ......
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Join our vegetable farm and surround yourself with cultural experiences in Niigata, Japan
Hello, I am a carpenter and run a small remodeling company in Myoko, Japan. Last year my wife and I bought a small farm to pursue our dream of a more simple life. We had our first season in 2023 and things went quite well. We are still in the ......
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Experience the daily life of farmers in Hokkaido, Japan
I am a vegetable farmer. Family is two brothers. There is a dog. Daily meals aim to be as self-sufficient as possible. They plant carrots, onions, horse-ageers, wheat and so on. Other vegetables are many kinds. The Sea of Okhotsk is 6 km away. ......
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