What are typical jobs for Working Holiday Visa holders in Japan?

Typical Jobs are:

• Service staff at restaurants, cafes, hotels, bars, tourism-related businesses
• English teacher or other foreign languages teacher at formal language schools (normally it requires qualification) or kindergartens, afterschool clubs or language cafes (no experience or qualification needed and non-native speakers can apply)
• Nanny, babysitter & childcare
• Housekeeping/cleaning Jobs at hotels or offices
• Delivery services and moving companies
• Traffic Control Guards (e.g. at construction sites)
• Sales person at shops (usually requires advanced level of Japanese skills)
• Factory work (e.g. packaging goods, loading and unloading cargo)
• Farm work (outside of Tokyo)

If you have some professional qualification/experience or advanced knowledge of the Japanese language, it is possible to get more qualified positions and higher wages.

Updated on: 01/01/2024