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20h
- Hours per week
- Help out and collaborate with your host only a few hours per week.
- Cleaning
- Help clean the kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms and common areas.
- Housekeeping
- Help with changing the bed linens and general housekeeping.
What you get
2
- Days off per week
- Have some time off for yourself, go explore the city or rest for a while.
- Shared Dorm
- You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.
- Use our equipped kitchen
- Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.
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- 4 weeks
The Experience
We are a team of international staff working in a guesthouse in the middle of Naha, Okinawa. Work will be 3-4 hours a day / 5 days a week in exchange for a bed in our dormitory. You are mostly expected to help with the cleaning, but you are more than welcome to chat with other guests and make new friends (: Please note that a Tourist visa will not allow to work legally in Japan, you will need a Working Holiday, Working visa or a Student visa!
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- Intermediate English
- Over 22 years old
- Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers
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Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
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How this experience will transform you
- 54 Meeting international travelers
- 35 Meeting locals
- 32 Immersing in the local culture
- 29 Practicing English
- 16 Developing social awareness
- 14 Get in touch with nature
Brigitte
France
What can I said, that was not said before already !! I love this volunteering, the people, the hostel, the city. You will have a great time for sure.
2 days ago
Raul
Spain
Okinawa is amazing and even though Naha is not the most tropical place it has se things to do and the volunteering allows you to explore a lot because you just have to work a few hours. The hostel is nice but the workers and the volunteers make it better. They also offer us free rice, some condiments and coffee so that's a plus, and the vibe in Okinawa is so cool so everyone is up to do plans. Also you can enjoy with the guests and that makes it beautiful, I'll miss that place ✨
19 days ago
Melissa
Colombia
Great place to interact and exchange with other travelers. The team supports each other so the work is done fast. Also, it's location is well connected, with Naha bus station, and monorail nearby. I spent 2 months here and it was hard to say goodbye, time flew by quickly. Me encanto la experiencia y me llevo hermosos recuerdos de Okinawa!!
24 days ago
Tatum
Netherlands
The hostel is a big hostel with roughly 60 beds and 4 floors. The volunteers make the beds and clean all the floors which, with 6 volunteers, takes about 2 hours. You start work from 11.00 until you're finished and have 2 days off per week. The facilities are good, with a big common room, but the kitchen is a bit small during dinner hours. It's a very social hostel, the volunteers during my stay were amazing <3 and guests regularly join the fun. Location is great too. Only downside: 20 people on one floor can mean noisy nights and neighbours can complain about talking too loudly. Thank you!
25 days ago
Nina
Austria
I absolutely loved my month in the hostel! The work is done quick and you have plenty of time to explore Okinawa or even go to the other islands on the days off. The hostel is super social and the guests and other volunteers/staff quickly become family. Definitely recommend this place!
about 2 months ago
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