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Help us at our slow-life retreat in rural Japan, 2hr from Tokyo.

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A experiência

We are a quirky, unconventional international couple (+2 international? cats) that - after many varied life experiences - decided to buy a large house and move to rural Japan. We own a few businesses, are focused on personal development, and have everything we want out here except for good company: pleasant, communicative, respectful, curious, and open-minded people also interested in personal growth… who can help with the dishes!

Como você ajuda

4 horas por dia

Construção e Reparos: Ajude em reparos, manutenção ou a construir.

Preparar Refeições: Prepare aquele rango gostoso para hóspedes.

Ajuda na Limpeza: Ajude a limpar cozinhas, quartos, banheiros e outros espaços.

Ajudante de Cozinha: Ajude a preparar, finalizar e servir refeições.

O que você ganha

2 dias livres por semana

Quarto privado: Você terá uma cama em um quarto privado, ou seja, um quarto só para você

Quarto compartilhado: Você terá uma cama em um quarto compartilhado, ou seja, irá dividir o quarto com outras pessoas.

Quarto da equipe: Você terá uma cama em um quarto compartilhado, ou seja, irá dividir o quarto com outras pessoas.

Café da manhã: Você ganha café da manhã gratuito todos os dias que ficar aqui.

Almoço: Você ganha almoço gratuito todos os dias que ficar aqui.

Jantar: Você ganha jantar gratuito todos os dias que ficar aqui.

Lavanderia gratuita: Você pode usar nossa lavanderia gratuitamente.

Carona na chegada: Te buscamos na sua chegada a cidade e damos uma carona até aqui.

Terapias holísticas: Participe gratuitamente de atividades terapêuticas no nosso espaço.

Use nossa cozinha equipada: Fique à vontade para usar nossa cozinha para cozinhar sua própria comida.

Internet de Alta Velocidade: Internet de alta velocidade para você trabalhar remotamente

Requisitos

Inglês Intermediário ou Japonês Fluente

Recebe voluntários sozinhos (não aceita casal ou duplas)

O que não está incluso

Passagens, seguro viagem, transporte e visto

Detalhes

We don't really have a "program", so this is more about us.

Our focus in life is personal development. We’ve been through a lot and are complex people with complex backgrounds.

Akiko was an internationally performing classical musician. How did she end up in the woods? Alex was a high school dropout. How did he end up running several businesses and becoming a relationship coach?

Our journeys have been filled with growth, challenges, unexpected turns, and the pursuit of self-understanding - leaving us with little tolerance for superficial interactions. We love delving into discussions on a wide range of topics, even those considered personal or taboo by some.

Aside from talking, we work on living a deliberate, healthy lifestyle. We exercise regularly, eat healthy home-cooked meals, keep a regular schedule, practice mindfulness, and minimize unnecessary stress.


Atividades & Turnos

As mentioned above, we don't need *that* much help.

We will ask you to help with cooking (if you want to eat), cleaning around the house.. and dishes. We both hate doing dishes!

The house we bought is a bit old and needs some repairs. I (Alex) will be working on it on and off, and if you want to help out, I'd be happy to teach you some DIY skills if you are not too clumsy. An extra pair of hands always helps, and can be fun - but is totally optional.

We also run our businesses from home, so if you want to learn about business or help with social media or whatever - then please help out.

Please be aware that since we are a rural area, and that we won't be working you to the bone, you will have a lot of downtime. This is great if you want to reflect, walk in nature, work on projects, etc. This is *not* great if you need constant stimulation :)

Regras

Absolutely no smoking, whether inside or outside.

No guests.

Quiet hours. We really like peace and quiet, especially in our house, so we ask our guests to keep things very quiet between the hours of 8:00pm and 8:00am. That means walking quietly, closing doors gently, and a few other things.

There will likely be unexpected situations that come up where we ask you to do (or, more likely, not do) something. If that makes sense to you, it’s all good.

Oh yeah… Akiko’s pretty picky about how the dishes are done :)

We do have a screening process to make sure it would be a good fit for both parties, so please expect to have a video call with us before confirming anything.

IMPORTANT: Because we often host middle and h.s. age girls at our homestay program, we currently only accept female volunteers. We do understand that it's unfair, and I do apologize.