Work as kitchen and dishwashing staff at a small Japanese cuisine ryokan in Gujo, operated by Resort Cross.
This is a live-in resort job with a private dormitory, free meals, and free onsen access.
Duties include prepping local ingredients like Hida beef and Gujo sweetfish, cooking and plating kaiseki dishes, and washing up.
The inn has just 8 rooms, so you learn careful, guest-by-guest finishing of authentic cuisine.
The lodge sits at an altitude of 1,000 meters with spectacular scenery.
No experience is required, and you can apply together with friends.
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