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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