Volunteer at a cozy hostel in the beautiful city of Kyoto!

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The experience

We are looking for a volunteer!
- We are looking for a volunteer to help us clean who can stay for LONGER THAN FULL 2 MONTHS.
-Our hostel is 5 min walk from JR Kyoto station. 80% of guests are from foreign countries :)
-We give you a free bed in a mix dorm room with curtain, bicycle and Wi-Fi !

VALID VISA NEEDED (eg: working holiday)


What you offer

15 hours of help 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

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

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

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


Requirements

Intermediate English or Beginner Japanese

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


What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa


Program Details

Basically you need to do cleaning for 15 hours per week. We may ask you to help with some repairing and renovation, translation or organizing events and parties.


Activities & Shift

Cleaning for 3 hours a day, 5 days a week (random), but of course we will ask you if you have any preferable days off beforehand!
(Unfortunately we do not give you any food nor sponsor visa)


Rules

To volunteer with us, you MUST :

---Have work permit (working holiday visa etc)
some people say "I don't need visa if it's within 3 months", but we strictly require work permit because work exchange is still considered as work for people with tourist visa, some people were even arrested back in 2016 for hostel free accommodation
-Be happy and friendly
-Not snoring
-Speak communicative English or Japanese
-Have healthy body and mind