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Ski Accommodation Facilities in Hakuba Japan

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The experience

Located in Hakuba, Nagono, Japan, a snow destination with 11 ski resorts. Hosts are English and Chinese fluent, still learning Japanese. Offering dormitory (bunkbeds), food for breakfast/dinner, snow tickets and rides to/from ski resorts. You may find skis/snowboards/snowshoes that you can borrow for free (no guarantee in size). Feel free to use the pianos in the living room. Guests are mostly foreign families traveling with kids/pets.

What you offer

25 hours of help per week

Reception: Help with check-ins, check-outs and guest assistance.

Kitchen Hand: Help prepare, finish and serve meals.

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

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

Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.

Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.

Discounts on Tours: Get discounts for tours and excursions around town.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Free Tours: We’ll take you on tours and rides around town. For free!

Free Hiking Tours: We’ll take you on excursions and hikes around town. For free!

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

Pick Up: We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.

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

Fast Internet Access: High-speed internet for you to work remotely

Requirements

Intermediate English or Intermediate Japanese

Over 20 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

Travel insurance

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

In winter time, we will need your help with all of the following:
1. Deep cleaning during pre-opening period: making an inventory, organizing, decorating, and cleaning kitchen, office, storage area, showrooms, restrooms, guest rooms and common areas.
2. Reception: Help with check-ins, check-outs and guest assistance.
3. Housekeeping: changing bed linens, cleaning guest rooms and all other common areas
4. Kitchen hand: preparing and serving guest-breakfast, cleaning tables and kitchen utensils (we have dishwasher!!), making dinner for all volunteers (we don't offer dinner for guests)
5. Driving: Pick guests up from and send them off to bus station or ski resort.
6. Other ad hoc jobs: help to move the firewood into the living room, shopping, snow cleaning etc.

Activities & Shift

5 working hours per working day, 5 working days every week
Basically three shifts+driving:
- morning shift for breakfast and kitchen/dining area cleaning, and taking seats
- day shift for housekeeping
- night shift for dinner and kitchen/dining area cleaning and preparing breakfast materials


Rules

No food/drink in dormitory.
No smoking in the house.
Keep quiet after 10:30 p.m..
Cleaning/maintaining all facilities that you have used (cups, mugs, plates, tables, kitchen areas, or bathrooms) immediately after you use them.
Be mindful when you use the public areas/facilities during busy hours (laundry in day time/shower in late hours when no guest is using them for example).