Work exchange in Japan: Cleaning the house and garden, helping the...

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What you offer

30h

Hours per week: Help out and collaborate with your host only a few hours per week.

Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens

Cleaning: Help clean the kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms and common areas.

Housekeeping: Help with changing the bed linens and general housekeeping.

Child Care: Caring for, playing with, and spending time with children.

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What you get

Days off per week: Have some time off for yourself, go explore the city or rest for a while.

Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.

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

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Support: Get help from the Worldpackers support team in case you need it, at any point of your trip.

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Availability

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Stay at least: 1 week

Stay up to: 12 weeks

The Experience

*only helper for 11thJune -1st July* Cleaning floors/cleaning dishes. We also need help with gardening, woodworking, DIY projects. Carpenter. Helping around in the house. Driving, Babysitting taking our son to school/ park/ playground. An International Driving Permit is required *

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Requirements

Fluent English or Fluent Italian
Between 20 and 32 years old
Only hosts solo volunteers (doesn’t accept couples or partners)
European Union Passport
United States visa or citizenship

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

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9 Reviews

5.0

Host & Team

5.0

Hours & Tasks

5.0

Hospitality

5.0

Learning & Fun

5.0

How this experience will transform you

8 Immersing in the local culture
7 Meeting locals
5 Meeting international travelers
3 Developing social awareness
3 Creating true social impact
2 Get in touch with nature

This host contributes to Sustainable Development Goals

4 4. Quality education
1 8. Decent work and economic growth

Kayla

United States

Serena-San & Shinzo-san are the most lovely, giving hosts one could ask for. I immediately felt supported and continued to feel more and more so throughout my stay. I am so honored to have been able to learn about kimono and tea ceremony, I feel it is probably near impossible to get inside this part of the host culture so closely as a foreigner with limited the host skills, so it's a once in a lifetime experience. Staying in the beautiful Samurai house was incredible and you get to do so in exchange for playing with their son friendly son, Ryusei, all around Kyoto? 1000% recommend

over 1 year ago

Joana

Portugal

Kyoto Samurai House was a great experience! The family was very welcoming and made sure I had everything I needed. The baby boy is adorable, we had a lot of fun together, already missing him! You definitely have to be flexible with the schedule, but the family makes their best to give you the days off you want! In general it was very interesting to live in the samurai house and be able to experience and learn more about the host culture. Serena and Shinzo are truly great people, and was a pleasure to share time with them! See you again in December! And maybe karaoke sometime 😄

over 1 year ago

charlie

United Kingdom

The Maruo family were welcoming and really helpful during my time in Japan. The hours I worked in the end were very reasonable. They let me use their car and explore areas around Fukuchyama & Kyoto. Their the host is in a great location. The family were also extremely nice and welcoming and allowed me to do what I wanted/ gave me choice of what I wanted to do whilst I was with them. Would highly recommend them.

almost 2 years ago

Giulia

Italy

I had a lovely time there ! The house is extremely beautiful and the host , it was such a great opportunity to experience living like a the host person ; plus it was so close to Kyoto central station so it was really easy moving around the city . I enjoyed this experience also because of the lovely atmosphere created by my kind and funny hosts who were also interested in Italian language so I was really happy to see my language really appreciated:)

almost 2 years ago

Sakhi

United States

I had a great experience volunteering for the Samurai House! I spent my time babysitting their adorable 2-year-old, cleaning the house/garden, and helping to teach an origami class. It is truly a special experience getting to live in a 300 year old the host home, and there is a communal kitchen for the volunteers to use. I worked 25 hours a week and was able to spend my free time exploring the rest of Kyoto. I was even able to plan my days off so I could take day trips to Nara and Osaka. The hosts are great about communication and planning. Be prepared to be flexible with your schedule!

almost 2 years ago

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