| Are you interested in going to Japan? Until | | | | completely Japanese environment, so no matter |
| recently, if you wanted to work in Japan, | | | | what your level, your Japanese is going to |
| your options were limited to English | | | | improve FAST. |
| Teaching, or bar work. But now, thanks to | | | | |
| the huge ski tourism boom Japan is | | | | Living and working in a Japanese Resort is a |
| experiencing, foreigners can now choose to | | | | little like going on school camp as a child. |
| work in Japanese Ski, Beach, and Golf | | | | All of the facilities are communal, so you |
| Resorts, which is a lot more fun! | | | | live in large dormitories, staying in rooms |
| | | | with up to 4 other people. You bathe in |
| Contracts in Japanese resorts usually last | | | | large group facilities, with showers and |
| anywhere from 2 - 6 months. Often, if you're | | | | often a large bathtub (Japanese love soaking |
| working in Beach Resorts down south in | | | | in the bath). You eat in dining halls, with |
| Okinawa, you can work all year-round, as the | | | | all of your friends, and Japanese food is |
| weather there is always warm, so there are | | | | served to you on trays, just like a school |
| always tourists visiting the tropical | | | | cafeteria. And best of all, before or after |
| resorts. In general, if you want to work in | | | | work, you're always hanging out with your |
| Ski Resorts, contracts start in December, and | | | | friends - snowboarding, or lying on a |
| finish at the end of February, March, and | | | | tropical beach, playing a round of golf - all |
| April (in Hokkaido). For Beach or Golf | | | | these things are possible working in a Resort |
| Resort work, contracts usually start in April | | | | in Japan. |
| - May, and finish around October (but shorter | | | | |
| contracts are also available). Almost | | | | Working in a Resort in Japan, you don't get |
| always, 2-3 months isn't enough, and workers | | | | paid as well as you would working in an |
| often extend their contracts to stay a few | | | | English school - but once you factor in that |
| extra months, because they're having such a | | | | all of your accommodation, meals, and season |
| great time! | | | | ski passes are completely free when working |
| | | | at the resorts, you realize that it's |
| Jobs in Resorts depend completely on your | | | | actually a really good deal. Expect to |
| Japanese ability. For lower levels, there's | | | | pocket almost USD$1000 per month, which is |
| work in Restaurants, or on Ski lifts. For | | | | usually a lot more than you could hope to |
| intermediate levels, working in a gift shop, | | | | save living in the city. But really, you |
| ticket sales, pool / beach attendant, or ski | | | | don't choose to work in a Resort in Japan for |
| instructor / patrol positions are available. | | | | the money - you do it because you want to |
| And for higher levels, working at the hotel | | | | have the time of your life; to make new |
| front desk, as a concierge, or a bellhop | | | | friends, improve your Japanese, and |
| becomes possible. While the different jobs | | | | experience the REAL Japan. And in all of |
| require differing levels of Japanese, one | | | | these ways, Resort jobs in Japan deliver, |
| thing is certain: all of the jobs are in a | | | | like no other job does. |