Volunteer Abroad in Japan with United Planet for 1-12 Weeks
- Japan
About Program
Volunteers and interns are needed in Japan to work with a variety of local organizations. You can choose programs that appeal to you, including working with children, environmental sustainability programs, and cultural education.
As a volunteer with United Planet you are making a real impact on a global scale and helping to foster cross-cultural understanding.
United Planet is a nonprofit with a mission that transcends simply sending volunteers into countries to complete tasks. Our volunteers create life-long relationships that sow seeds of understanding and peace. Volunteer candidates will enjoy an experience that is fun, safe, and help them gain new skills and perspectives.
We work to make the planning, travel, arrival, orientation, and ongoing experience easy for you. Please contact our team and we will work with you!
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Program Highlights
- Volunteers will have an opportunity to assist in local artisan’s workshop, where artists make traditional drums known as "taiko", confectionairies, and handicrafts using techniques firing.
- There is no language requirement to volunteer in Japan.
- Volunteers receive 4 hours of Japanese lessons with the opportunity to add more.
- Lodging at a local homestay, two home-cooked meals per day, welcome and farewell dinners, tour of Okazaki City
Program Impact
As a volunteer in Japan, you can choose between working with children in a local kindergarten, assisting a tea plantation throughout the entire tea-making process, or volunteering with a local artisan’s workshop to make drums, candies, and other handicrafts.
Popular Programs
As a volunteer in Japan, those working with children will work in a local kindergarten, junior high or after school program. Your tasks as a volunteer include teaching English and other subjects, organizing games and activities, and helping with daily tasks such as cooking and cleaning.
Available Dates: Quests start every Saturday, year-round
Stay Time: 1-12 weeks
As a volunteer learning about the culture and education of Japan, you will learn about handicrafts and their techniques by assisting at a local artisan's shop. There you will learn about drum-making, fabric-dying, bonsai and woodworking.
Available Dates: Quests start every Saturday, year-round
Stay Time: 1-12 weeks
As a volunteer helping to make the environment better in Japan, you will learn about the tea-making process. As a worker in a local tea plantation, you will learn about tea farming and the cultivation of tea leaves as well as processing and packaging.
Available Dates: Quests start every Saturday, year-round
Stay Time: 1 week
Scholarships
United Planet Service Scholarships
Several scholarships are available for those looking to volunteer for a short or long-term period abroad with the non-profit organization United Planet, who work with communities in over 35 countries around the world.
Questions & Answers
Staff Interviews
These are in-depth Q&A sessions with program leaders.
Location
Throughout Japan, you will see the confluence of traditional and modern. Whether you are traveling to one of the many metropolitan cities or meandering through the country side, there will be traditional pieces of art and architecture surrounded by modern technology, transportation and architecture.
Hi Donnette, Family volunteering is a possibility in certain countries such as Peru and Romania where you can provide service in a childcare facility that your 6 year old can also engage in. Please reach out to quest@unitedplanet.org for more information. Thanks for your question! Best wishes, The United Planet Team