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10h
- 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
3
- 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.
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- Use our equipped kitchen
- Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.
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- Take free language classes at our place.
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- 4 weeks
The Experience
Working Holiday visa or working visa required. Japanese language skills is not required. We have 3 guesthouse locations in Japan (Kyoto, Hiroshima, Okinawa) ·Type of help: Cleaning and housekeeping, around 1~3 hours a day, up tp 4 days a week. You can work at the reception depending on length of stay and language skills. FYI, If you are planning to stay longer than one month, paid work is also available :) Please reach me out!
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- Beginner English or Beginner Japanese
- Over 18 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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51 Reviews
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Learning & Fun
How this experience will transform you
- 47 Meeting international travelers
- 27 Meeting locals
- 23 Practicing English
- 22 Immersing in the local culture
- 12 Practicing Spanish
- 9 Developing social awareness
Franziska
Germany
We had a great time in the Santiago Guesthouse Hiroshima. The volunteer community was great and we felt very welcomed :) We can only recommend it.
9 days ago
Knut
Norway
I had a great time voulenteering at Santiago Guesthouse! The location is perfect, the building itself is cozy and with the right coworkers, it's a great enviroment! The vibe of Hiroshima also makes this experience something I truly recommend Best first volunteering experience I could ask for🙌
13 days ago
Alexis
France
The work was really easy (mainly cleaning and changing the sheets), and everyone was super nice. It was a fun experience, and Hiroshima is a great city to explore!
about 1 month ago
Fred
United Kingdom
I had a great time working at Santiago Guesthouse Hiroshima! Eva and Mario were very nice and got me up to speed fast, we had a pizza party to get to know all the new starters as well. The work was easy most day and you can finish when you're done, that does mean that some days you have more tasks and less staff so you might finish a bit later but that's ok. The location is super central, right next to the peace park and by lots of food and shopping centres to explore. I recommend this place to anyone thinking about spending some time the hostel!!
2 months ago
Sarah
Netherlands
Had an amazing time here!! Work is straightforward and as long as there are enough volunteers it's done easy. Location is perfect, very central, close to the typical tourist attractions and easy to go out. You sleep in a dorm of about 25 beds with staff and guests. Can get hectic but overall it's good. The team is really nice! Mario and Eva really do their best to emerge you in Japanese culture and if you're lucky with the other volunteers/guests this can be a really social hostel!
4 months ago
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