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Experience the Japanese lifestyle in Tokyo!

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The experience

You can have one or two months of experience in life in Tokyo!!

I will offer you accommodation, the opportunity to make new friends, and activities.
Through this project, I hope you will like Japan more than before coming :)

The basic description is, stay at my shared apartment and explore Japan with friends (or yourself), then talk with Japanese people about what you did or what you want to do, and share your culture and language with them!

What you offer

20 hours of help per week

Social Work: Help with volunteer work in local projects and communities.

Teaching Languages: Teaching a language to the host, guests, or local communities.

What you get

2 days off per week

Shared Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.

Discounts on Drinks: Get discounts for drinks and beverages from our bar.

Free Parties: Get free entrance for the best parties in town.

Free Events: Get free entrance for the best events in town.

Language lessons: Take free language classes at our place.

Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.

Basic Internet Access: Basic speed internet for you to work remotely

Requirements

Fluent English

Between 20 and 42 years old

Only hosts solo volunteers (doesn’t accept couples or partners)

Be from outside Japan

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

1:House to live
I have a shared apartment in Shinjuku city in Tokyo.
It is a very convenient location to travel around Tokyo.

2:Friends to enjoy together
Over 10 people join this project at once.
They live together (house for guys and girls are in a different location though),
so very easy to get along with and able to make a lifelong friend.

3:Things to do (talk session)
I'm managing a language cafe near the house, and most customers here speak
English very well. Talk with them about what you did in Japan, and get more
information about Japanese places or culture in English or some other language.
The cafe has customers in various kinds of work, from many generations and from all over Japan,
You can know their lifestyle or way of thinking, and you also can be a friend with them.

Activities & Shift

Talk sessions are 5 days in a week, 3 to 5 hours per day. (total 20hours per week).
Just talk with Japanese people in English or some other language which you can speak.
Sometimes people who can't speak these languages join, in that case you may speak
slowly, and make easy questions for them.
You will have plenty of time to explore Tokyo!
Every week you can get 2 non-session days in a row, which let you go for a small trip to other parts of Japan.
(Using a night bus is good for low budget travel, I can arrange a bus if you want!)

Rules

--Talk session hours--
Mon - Fri: 3 or 4 hours between 1pm - 4pm or 6pm - 11pm
Sat: 3 - 5 hours between 1pm - 11pm
Sun: 3 - 5 hours between 1pm - 6 pm

Ex.) Sun:---, Mon:---, Tue:6-10pm, Wed:7-11pm, Thu:6-10, Fri:6-10, Sat:2-6
Sun:2-6, Mon:6-10, Tue:1-4pm, Wed:6-10pm, Thu:---, Fri:---, Sat:1-6
Sun:2-6, Mon:6-10, Tue:7-11pm, Wed:---, Thu:---, Fri:6-10, Sat:7-11
***You can not decide the schedule by yourself.