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We are a Japanese family in Tatsuno, Hyogo looking for a kind, friendly, and open-minded volunteer who would love to experience real Japanese family life. 🇯🇵✨
We have a 12-year-old daughter and we hope you can become like an international older brother or sister to her. 💛
3 hours of help per day
Teaching Languages: Teaching a language to the host, guests, or local communities.
Cleaning: Help clean the kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms and common areas.
Child Care: Caring for, playing with, and spending time with children.
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.
Free Tours: We’ll take you on tours and rides around town. For free!
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.
Basic Internet Access: Basic speed internet for you to work remotely
Beginner English
Between 23 and 70 years old
Only hosts solo volunteers (doesn’t accept couples or partners)
Be from outside Japan
Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
This is not babysitting or childcare. 😊
🌸 What you’ll experience
This is your chance to discover Japan beyond the tourist experience!
🏡 Experience everyday Japanese family life
🍱 Occasionally share meals with us
🎎 Learn about Japanese culture and traditions
🌏 Share your own culture with our family
🚶 Explore Hyogo during your free time
We’ll always respect your independence and free time.
🛏️ Your stay
For now, we can host volunteers from Friday to Monday lunchtime while we prepare our new guest room. 🏡
Once the renovation is finished, we hope to offer stays of up to one month! ✨
🍱 Meals are not officially included, so basically, you'll need to prepare your own meals. But whenever possible, we’ll be happy to share our family meals with you.
🧹 No household cleaning is required, we only ask you to keep your own room clean and tidy.
💛 We’d love to meet you if you are...
✨ Friendly and respectful
🌎 Curious about Japanese culture
🗣️ Comfortable speaking English
😊 Happy spending time with a 12-year-old
🇯🇵 Excited to experience local life in Japan
Come share your culture with us and experience Japan as part of a local family! 🏡🇯🇵✨
🗣️ How you’ll help
Our main goal is for our daughter to practice English naturally while having fun!
You can:
🌎 Share stories about your country and culture
🗣️ Chat together in English
🎲 Play games or enjoy activities together
✈️ Tell her about your travels and experiences
💛 Simply spend time together when you’re both free
No formal English lessons are needed, just conversation and cultural exchange!
At the moment, we can only host volunteers from Friday to Monday lunchtime. This is a temporary arrangement because my husband is currently renovating our daughter’s room upstairs. The Japanese-style room that will eventually become our guest room is currently being used to store furniture and other belongings, so it is not available yet. Once the renovation is finished, we hope to be able to host volunteers for longer stays of up to one month, and we will update our availability at that time.
Meals are not included as a daily arrangement. However, when possible, we are happy to share our meals with our volunteer. We simply cannot promise meals every day.
In return, we do not expect volunteers to spend a lot of time working for us. The main thing we hope for is that you will spend some time talking with Hikari in English and sharing your culture and experiences with her. She may be busy with school and activities during the week, so we will always respect your free time as well.
We also ask that volunteers keep their own room clean and tidy. There is no need to clean our shared spaces.
