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20h
- Hours per week
- Help out and collaborate with your host only a few hours per week.
- Reception
- Help with check-ins, check-outs and guest assistance.
- 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
- Have some time off for yourself, go explore the city or rest for a while.
- Shared Dorm
- You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.
- Use our equipped kitchen
- Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.
- Free Laundry
- You can use our laundry room freely.
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- 2 weeks
The Experience
Come and join our team! In our guesthouse, we need helpers to do the cleaning tasks 5 days/week or receptionists 2 days/week depending on whether they can speak Japanese or not. Accommodation is with our guests, thus it is easy to make new friends from all over the world. A shared kitchen and free rice are provide
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- Beginner English or Beginner Japanese
- Only hosts solo volunteers (doesn’t accept couples or partners)
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Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
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How this experience will transform you
- 14 Meeting international travelers
- 11 Meeting locals
- 8 Immersing in the local culture
- 7 Practicing English
- 3 Get in touch with nature
- 3 Developing social awareness
This host contributes to Sustainable Development Goals
- 2 5. Gender equality
- 2 16. Peace, justice and strong institutions
Lisa
Germany
My time at 36 hostel was amazing! The work was more difficult than in other Japanese hostels I worked for, but the teaching and explaining was really great and clear! Rika-San is an amazing manager and a lovely person, she welcomed me really kind. I met amazing people and I'm really grateful for the experience <3
6 days ago
Lucile
France, Metropolitan
This was my first experience with Worldpackers and it was a perfect one. I worked at the Akicafe hostel, the biggest one out of both. The work (cleaning) was fairly easy and the hours were exactly what we agreed on and we even finished early most days. The team was amazing, Ryoko is an absolute angel. I had a lot of time to visit Hiroshima, and fall in love with the city. The whole team was amazing, I'm happy to now call a lot of them friends. We spent a lot of time with the staff working at Hostel36 as well and went out to visit or eat together often.
7 days ago
Izoria
France
There are 2 hotels, 36hostels and akicafeinn, and I worked at AkicafeInn and loved my time there! The work isn't complicated and it's a really nice place to live. Hiroshima is a beautiful city and I met a lot of incredible people during my stay. Don't hesitate to apply, it's a really great place!
16 days ago
Erika
Italy
Volunteering @36 hostel, the small one, was a fantastic experience! The tasks were easy and when there were two of us working together, we could make it in 2.5 hours. I got a bed in the 10 bed mixed dorm and there was a problem in the dorm that I hope they will fix for good. Rika is so cute, she has always been very kind to me and she helped me enjoy my stay even more. The Japanese staff in general was very welcoming and nice to talk to. I met many people, guests and not, who are now my friend and with whom I have many precious memories. I wish I could changed my plans and stay l longer.
21 days ago
ruth
Spain
I really enjoyed doing this volunteering, the tasks are not hard at all and we had a good schedule, the manager and guests were really nice so if you spend some time in the common area you can get to meet some nice people. The facilities are so good and clean and you have a lot of free time to explore the city !
2 months ago
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