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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 hospitality, but open to multiple parties on event days for the close interaction among the participants.
Nature is abundant here with herbs, wild vegetables, mushrooms, etc.
There is a small farm field in front of the inn.
The location, the village, is a really tranquil and beautiful place surrounded by mountains and I expect you will love the scenery here.
Currently I am running the inn alone as a full time worker with occasional temporary staffs.
There being a lot of things to be done living in this countryside and for the inn business, I am always needing the helping hands of someone even if it is temporary.
I have hosted many workawayers and volunteers till now for a few years, and I can say that it generally worked well, where I was happy not only to get a helping hand but also to share something more valuable and heart warming, while they were happy too to experience a new and extraordinary way of life and to share a sense of accomplishment together.
Here is an inn, and behind the scene, there are many things to do, often fast paced(especially when serving dishes). I may often feel stressed for assuring a good service and making it on time though I am hoping and trying to enjoy all the moments in any situations. You might feel difficult or be stressed sometimes for that, but I hope a helper takes all the pleasant and hard time as an experience to learn and tries to help with full of potential with positive attitude. Such a person eases my burden very much in terms of the work and the heart, and we could have an unforgettable bonding to cherish.
I just wanted to say that I cannot provide an easy workaway experience here but I admit it's demanding and is not for everyone.
For applicants, since professional services for guests are required, the candidate person should be well familiar with the hospitality service (having work experience in restaurant/cafe or equivalent), culinary art (having worked as cook or having cooked daily at home), and chores in general including cleaning and tidying-up.
To be a good server to guests, it is preferred that your Japanese proficiency level is N5 or better in JLPT, but it is not necessarily required.
Cleanliness is a must property of a candidate helper. Great care should be taken for the space to be used and cleaned afterwards. Shower should be taken everyday. A smoker is not eligible.
A lady tends to be desired more often than a gentleman during the periods where help is necessary.
The wages are paid but please consider it is the minimum wages.
Please note that this paid position is available only for a person who has work visa!
Because this is a small inn and the work includes every aspect to run an inn, you will be able to learn a wide range of things related to this type of accommodation service, especially that of Japanese Ryokan.
It might be a good experience for example if you are interested in running an inn or guest house yourself in the future.
Lastly here I sometimes plan and run some events to attract people such as an event cafe, an event lunch, volunteering fieldwork event around the village, building-a-hut event, music event, etc.. If you have your own speciality to attract people, it would be great if we can plan some event together to make the best use of that!
Other than the work, of course I am expecting that we can have fun to share our thoughts and cultures!
***** INFORMATION FOR APPLICANTS ***** 【PLEASE READ CAREFULLY】
Please note that I will be selective in choosing a worker for this position.
It is to assure the best quality of service for guests.
It's also for my obtaining a good expectation of a comfortable relationship between us, since we will be a very small team and work closely (note that most of the time the staff could be just you and me).
The period is normally from 2 weeks to 2 months.
With those in mind, if you feel you are suitable, please do apply and specify in your message;
- The period you'd like to stay for (from when till when)
- The reason why you'd like to come here and what you can contribute
- Your history(experiences) and philosophy
- Any dietary requirement you have
I reply to you within 3 days but if I happen to fail that,
please don't wait for my reply and find another host.
I am waiting for your application, thank you!
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もちろん日本人も歓迎です！おてつたびも募集してます。日本の原風景のような種蔵にどうぞお越しください。
Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre
Aide dans une ferme
Cuisine/repas pour la famille
Aide à la maison
Entretien général
Centres d’intérêt
Écriture
Dev. durable
Dev. personnel
Ferme
Photographie
Musique
Langues
Bricolage / artisanat
Cuisine et alimentation
Menuiserie
Architecture
Art et design
Sports d’hiver
Sports nautiques
Montagne
Nature
Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre
We can learn and exchange;
- the food and cooking culture.
- the differences in way of thinking, and custom.
- the language, Japanese and your language.
- the way of living in country side in Japan.
- the music (I play the guitar).L’hôte offre un salaire correspondant au salaire minimum
Cet hôte offre l'hébergement et une rémunération.
Aide
The cooking, washing and serving dishes, cleaning, tidy-up things, setting up bed and sheets, setting up flowers, weeding, farming, office work, etc whole general things necessary to run an inn, but your role might be adjusted depending on your experiences and preferences.
Langues
Langues parlées
Anglais: Courant
Japonais: CourantCet hôte propose un échange linguistique
Cet hôte a indiqué qu’il souhaitait faire partager sa propre langue ou en apprendre une nouvelle.
Contactez-le pour en savoir plus.
Hébergement
You can use one of the neat guest rooms with bed or Futon at the inn.
The food is mostly very simple dishes with vegetables and grains and they should be shared, not personally prepared, since the time to share dishes is the good time for communication. The ingredients are served (need to use most of the left-over vegetables in fridge in the first place), and the dishes for ourselves should be cooked together or cooked in turn. I can eat quite anything happily. I don't serve meat at the inn but I can eat and also enjoy any new dishes.
When guests are staying, basically we eat the same things so you would be able to experience some of the regular dishes served at the inn.
I hope you can also cook and share any your favorite dishes! (Simple one is welcome, since mine is simple)
Let's exchange our dishes and cooking culture!
Autres infos...
The public transportation is very inconvenient here. In your time off, basically please assume you will spend your time quietly and slowly just in this village.
For your holiday, you can take trains and go to the nearest city (Hida Furukawa) or wherever you would like to go. I will try to pick you up and drop you off at the station by my car for your convenience to my best effort.
The nearest station to the inn is JR Sakakami station（坂上駅）.
For the first visit, please arrive this station by yourself and I will pick you up by my car :)
*** Some of my personality, philosophy ***
(1) I am usually quiet and ponder about things and not talkative person, but I can be also very active and adventurous and I like to share things with people.
(2) I like to meet new people and touch the thoughts from different way of thinking and different point of view.
(3) I cherish freedom and diversity: I like to involve with unique and free-spirited persons who are very different each other and can say anything freely, but respect the different opinion as the basis.
(4) I am a creative person who tries to do it yourself for anything. Though I was an amateur, I've built a small house and hut myself. "Anything is possible once you aim" is one of my motto.
(5) My another motto is "Simple is best". I always find a beauty in a simple thing, and love the simple life, simple design.
(6) Oh my another important motto is "Mottainai". I don't want to waste anything as best as possible.
(7) I like the philosophy of natural farming as a way to return to the nature, and putting it into a small action for my little farm.
(8) I love the tree and the wood, as life, as art, as useful goods, and as natural resources for energy.
(*) I was previously a research engineer but after 8 years working for company I turned my way, feeling at the time in need to go away from technology and return to the source, nature. In the course of life afterwards somehow I found a position here by taking over the management of this inn, then I am here now and trying to build a meaningful place here.
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Lastly, I am quite open-minded person and you can ask me any ideas you have in mind!
I think the most important and interesting thing for me is the exchange of our souls.
I wish we could share a memorable time together!
Informations complémentaires
Accès Internet
Accès Internet limité
Nous avons des animaux
Nous sommes fumeurs
Familles bienvenues
Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads
Good wifi connection with the optical line.
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She was good at every aspect about the inn business and countryside life, cleaning, preparing rooms, cooking, and field work, etc,,, which is much more than what I can expect for a helper but what I really appreciated.
Julia is also very cute,… read more
Since it was the season with much snow, we did a lot of work of snow shoveling.
It was a tough work but she tried her best and listened well to the instruction when it is given, and she could also be self-directed when the… read more
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She was good at every aspect about the inn business and countryside life, cleaning, preparing rooms, cooking, and field work, etc,,, which is much more than what I can expect for a helper but what I really appreciated.
Julia is also very cute,… read more
Since it was the season with much snow, we did a lot of work of snow shoveling.
It was a tough work but she tried her best and listened well to the instruction when it is given, and she could also be self-directed when the… read more
He came in a busy period and he is very willing to help, being responsible, and a very gentle person.
I was really comfortable to share and work with him.
He was also very eager to learn Japanese and he was actually good enough, I was surprised with that considering the short amount of period he learned Japanese but it… read more
He did not just help for the regular tasks for the operation of the inn, but also helped to design and implement a new check-in system at the inn.
He is very smart, talented, and was willing to help.
Because he is always very curious for anything and ask a lot it made… read more
The inn is… read more
The inn is located in a little paradise in japanese mountains, and the people here have their hearts in their hands.
Shinji is very welcoming, altruistic and very open-minded, he's a pleasure to work with and there were other very nice Workaways too.
You will learn a lot about… read more
He is always happily helpful for anything and I was amazed by how hard working he is.
He is wise, also very gentle and cheerful person so made the time and place here so warm and peaceful.
I am very sure he will success and be appreciated wherever in any type of place and job he might be involved with.
It was my great… read more
She was an illustrator and she once could draw a beautiful illustration on a postcard and gave it to the guest kids and they were so happy about that. I appreciate her character contributed making a gentle atmosphere at the inn.
It seems that the work… read more
the work: it was winter time, so we did alot of in-house tidying and cleaning. when guests came, we cooked for them and had conversations with them, sharing with them what we knew of Hida/the inn/japanese culture. it requires hard work and… read more
She was good at any chores around the house.
She is friendly and attentive so it was really good to work with her to welcome the guests together.
In addition, since she was a graphic designer I asked her to make an instruction material with video for new helpers about how-to cleaning at the inn. I just expected a simple… read more
She is humble, doesn't talk much, doesn't request anything, but what I liked is she listens very well and tries to help.
She is also smart and was good at any types of chores. For example, even though I don't explain everything especially when we are cooking (too busy to explain everything at… read more
It might takes a lot of effort and time… read more
She helped me for regular general tasks around the inn for welcoming and serving for guests.
Also since I had a Wwoofer within the same period, we experienced more irregular fun time for cooking and eating very special delicious dishes for ourselves!
I feel I couldn't have very well introduction for every task… read more
It is a beautiful quiet village that feels like straight out of a Ghibli movie. Waking up to the mountains engulfed in thick clouds is a sight to behold. The Inn itself is just as beautiful, the old wood and Irori fireplace giving off earthy scents that immediately make you feel at… read more
She is very lovely, kind, and joyful for every moment, naturally being herself. Always positive!
She was very capable for anything like cleaning and help in the kitchen.
She has a good self-discipline and she can work in a good manner even if I didn't ask her explicitly especially when I was sick for a… read more
We developed the Goemonburo (outside bath) together.
She was a graduate student in major of architecture, then she helped a lot.
We really had a good time to discuss the design of the architecture,
We both were flexible for ideas, and pondered about the best… read more
Joining during the off-season in early April 2023, I had the opportunity to contribute to various maintenance and preparatory work of the guesthouse, both indoors and outdoors. From renewing shoji, making 7kg miso and spring cleaning of the… read more
On our… read more
It was a great help for me to host them, also was a great pleasure to share a good time together.
It was unforgettable memory that we went to watch a waterfall and played there, working in the vegetable field tying the strings to support cucumber stem, playing… read more
Since she was really good, we planed together to hold a French cafe event to serve chou à la crème, flan, etc, also using the special ingredients grown locally here.
Many people visited us and it was really a good and memorable experience!
She said she is interested in traveling world and cooking dishes… read more
We built a Goemon Buro (outdoor bath) that you may enjoy. Everything was great, starting with the building in which Shinji lives and the atmosphere there. If you're looking to live like in a Miyazaki movie, you've come to the right place.… read more
It was also a pleasure to come to the village, as it was such a rich experience. The village itself is small and comfortable, the people are nice and the food is good! Cooking together always brought me a lot of joy as I discovered some Japanese dishes and I as well could share my own recipes (or… read more
She is also thoughtful and very caring to any people.
She is willing to serve for the human wellness.
I actually had some problem during she stays and I’d been depressed by the event,
But she could heal me, and she made me have a right mindset to cope with the… read more
