Help with Harvest Season at a CrossFit/Hyrox gym owned Yuzu farm

The experience

We run a CrossFit/Hyrox gym in a remote mountain region in Japan but also own 100 yuzu citrus trees. We haven't had time to harvest them since we opened our gym in 2022 but our neighbours have started to complain about the unpicked fruit falling into their land so this year we decided to use this platform to see if we can find people who are willing to help out with our harvest. Our gym is CrossFit Otoyo Strength (google it!), in Kochi Japan.

What you offer

16 hours of help per week

Farming: Plant crops, sow seeds and help in outside tasks.

What you get

3 days off per week

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

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

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 25 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

The work is simple but physical – picking yuzu, carrying baskets, clearing fallen fruit, cutting down smaller branches. No fancy tools or farming experience needed, just a good attitude and some grit. You’ll be working around 16 hours a week, 4 hours/day over 4 days so you can have time to explore the area on your off days.

In return, we’ll provide a packed lunch on the days you work, sort out a place to stay with your own room (with bed linen and towels), fully equipped kitchen, free high speed wifi, free streaming services on the TV, and best of all FREE access to the CrossFit gym usually priced at ¥4400 per class, and give you plenty of time to explore the mountains. If you’re into fitness, this deal I think is pretty unusual and great when you're traveling.

The shared house has three floors, and you will be sharing the house with our gym staff and/or other volunteers from around the world. One person/couple will have their own private room with a lock.

There's a local super market next to the gym which is open everyday except Tuesdays.

It’s quiet up here. Peaceful, beautiful, and a bit wild. We get European travellers passing through and a few adventurous locals, but it’s mostly trees, rivers, stars, and silence. If that sounds like your vibe, we’d love to hear from you.

Activities & Shift

-picking yuzu
-carrying baskets
-clearing fallen fruit
-cutting down smaller branches
-driving the Kei Truck (look this up on the internet) to the Yuzu factory - an international license would be great!

Rules

No smoking in or around our facility (we are CrossFit gym).
No smoking in the shared house.
Keep the shared house clean and tidy
Be respectful of other people living with you