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Help run everything that happens at PLH Sanuki, a community hub in a converted schoolhouse in rural Kagawa, Japan: community gatherings, AI management bootcamps, festivals and student camps. A paid job, not an unpaid exchange: a working holiday contract at the current Kagawa Prefecture minimum wage, with a free room in staff housing. Working holiday visa for the paid role, or ask about our cultural exchange. Fun, fast-paced, yours to shape.
18 hours of help per week
Video Making: Create, edit and publish digital videos.
Content Writer: Write, edit and publish inspiring content.
Social Media: Maintain and update social media channels.
Photography: Take, edit and provide amazing photos.
2 days off per week
Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.
Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.
Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.
Free Tours: We’ll take you on tours and rides around town. For free!
Free Parties: Get free entrance for the best parties in town.
Free Events: Get free entrance for the best events in town.
Bikes at your disposal: You can use our bikes any time you want.
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
Dedicated Workspace: Specific space for you to work remotely
Intermediate English
Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers
Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
PLH Sanuki is a community hub inside a beautifully renovated elementary school in rural Kagawa, Japan, a few minutes from the Seto Inland Sea. We run English classes for local kids and adults, community festivals, business events, AI management bootcamps and residential student camps. The general manager, Lucce, is here every day and the team is a small international group. READ THIS FIRST: THIS PAID ROLE IS FOR WORKING HOLIDAY VISA HOLDERS ONLY. You sign a working holiday employment contract with us and you are paid the current Kagawa Prefecture minimum wage for every hour you work, revised each October. Your hours are contracted and recorded, you have two full days off every week, and you are covered by workers' accident insurance and employment insurance. You are staff here, with a role and a schedule. Your room is free. You live in our staff housing a short distance from the school, the company pays the utilities, and the room is not tied to your hours or your performance. Nothing is deducted from your wages for it. Two things are optional and yours to take or skip: a meal plan covering lunch and dinner, and out-of-hours access to the PLH site, which includes some hours in the company car each month. Breakfast is everyone's own. Bikes are included in the site membership, or can be added as a rental. We go through every actual figure with you on a video call before you commit to anything. Nobody can be employed or paid in Japan on a tourist visa, so this paid role needs a working holiday visa, and we cannot sponsor one. On a tourist visa we host a cultural exchange instead, not a job and with no hours or duties. Say so when you apply.
Events are the core of the week. You help plan them, set them up, run them and pack them down: community gatherings, monthly socials, seasonal festivals, the AI management bootcamps, and our residential camps for Japanese students. You welcome people at the door, you keep the day moving, and you capture it in photos and video if that is something you enjoy. Social media, music and creative ideas are all welcome, and there is room to own a piece of it.
Cooking is part of this role and it is working time like any other. The kitchen serves lunch and dinner, the shifts are split across the staff team and named on the rota, and your kitchen hours are recorded. It is not a favour and it is not extra.
Between events you help the site run: cleaning and housekeeping around the school and the guest rooms, welcoming visitors, and the general work of keeping a big old building going. Quiet weeks are steady and calm. Event weeks and camp weeks are busy and very social. You will know the neighbourhood quickly, because the neighbourhood comes to us.
You must already hold a working holiday visa for Japan, valid for the length of the contract, and we cannot sponsor a visa. A tourist visa cannot be employed or paid in Japan, so it does not work for this role, but we do host tourist-visa travellers on a separate cultural exchange. Tell us if that is you and we will explain how that one works. Fluent English is essential. Japanese at any level is a bonus, and you will pick up a lot either way, because very few people in this area speak English. Ages 18 to 50. Travel insurance for your stay is required. Cooking, cleaning and housekeeping are part of the role alongside events. If that is not what you want, this is the wrong role and we would rather you knew now. Basic physical ability is required: standing, setup, light lifting. Respect for local culture, community members and shared spaces is essential, and safety instructions are followed at all times. No alcohol during working hours. Bring initiative. If you see a problem, fix it or tell someone.
