14/06/2026
🌿✨ HELP EXCHANGE – 30MIN FROM NAGANO, JAPAN ✨🌿
Join us in our lovely village, in the Northern Japanese Alps 🗻 – a calm and stunning place by summers and winter!
⏳ Minimum stay: 16 days (arrival & departure days included)
📅 Hosting until November 2026
🗣️ Languages: English, French & Japanese
📍 Location: Omachi, Nagano, Japan
🛠️ Various Tasks depending on your wish to learn, your abilities or even your mood of the day! And do not worry about your skills, I will be working with you and I am happy to share my knowledge. 👷
🪚 Currently some Renovation mission with a focus on insulation of the ceiling and rework of the kitchen of an 90-years old typical Japanese Kominka house using
🌿 Could have some external job if we are motivated such as preparing a land for a rice field? Or just some woodchopping perhaps?
🏡 About Us
🌏 French–Japanese couple with 2 cats 🐈, long-time HelpX/Workaway hosts with more than 50 volunteers since 3 years
👥 Usually 2 helpers together (friends or couple)
🤝 Friendly, supportive, community-style living with a focus on sustainable & eco-friendly life.
🕒 Schedule
📌 5 days /week → 6 hrs per day.
🌅 2 full days off weekly
🎁 What You Get
🏠 Your own accommodation in a separate house with kitchen, compost toilet, bath room. The best way to enjoy a rural Japanese life
🥦 Food provided - Even some veggies from the garden! But we will also have some dinner together.
🚙 Possibility to take the car to go on day trip explore the alps(int’l license required)
🏓 Free time: Let's share some time together playing videogames, enjoying a movie around a meal or just biking and hiking around. There is also a lovely Onsen close by to just relax after the day and a bus stop at a walkable distance to go to the cities.
📩 How to Apply
Just send a message on Facebook or contact us through HelpX
https://www.helpx.net/host/4r479sji9
👉 Please include:
🌍 Nationality
🎂 Age (Minimum 25 yo)
💻 About you - Your interests, what are your skills and what do you want to learn?
📅 Date wished
Looking forward to welcoming you in the stunning Northern Japanese Alps!
🌟 François & Noriko🌟
