Working Hours: A typical working day falls anywhere between 6:00am and 11:30pm. You won’t start at 6am and finish at 11:30pm, rather you’ll have, on average, a 9 hour shift (with a 1 hour unpaid lunch break) that covers one or two out of three meals services (breakfast and lunch or lunch and dinner).

Morning Preparation: Primary duties include sweeping/vacuuming your work area each morning.

Regular Duties: Serving drinks and dishes to customers at their tables, clearing them away after customers have finished, and wiping down tables in preparation for the next customers. Some restaurants have self-serve facilities, whereby customers serve themselves (leaving only the clearing of tables for restaurant staff). Showing customers to tables (taking orders, if required, is usually done by Japanese staff). Serving food onto dishes for customers, and simple food preparation duties, such as making hotdogs, sandwiches or pizzas.

Additional Duties: Greeting customers with a nice smile and a friendly ‘hello’.

Working Hours: A typical day falls between 7:00am and 10:00pm. An average 9 hour shift (1 hour unpaid lunch break) covers either the earlier morning/afternoon or the afternoon/night.

Regular Duties: Cleaning rooms after customers have checked out. Removing used linen, and resetting the room with clean bedroom and bathroom linen. Collection of rubbish and cleaning of bathroom. Vacuuming and wiping of visible surfaces to make clean for new customers. Restocking of room fridge and other amenities. This is not a glamorous job, but very important for the running of a hotel.

Additional Duties: Greeting customers with a nice smile and a friendly ‘hello’.

Working Hours: A typical day starts at 8:30am and finishes at 5:30pm (1 hour unpaid lunch break). Evening hours are sometimes required between 5:30pm – 9:00pm.

Morning Preparation: Primary duties include sweeping your work area each morning, and filling cash registers with the days ‘float’.

Regular Duties: Helping customers with any queries and offering recommendations about Beach Equipment (eg. kayaks, jet-skis etc). Briefing customers on the safety and handling of equipment. Taking customer details (name, address, contact numbers) when organizing rental equipment. Ringing up customer rental charges on the cash register and controlling cash inflows-outflows (great care needs to be taken in giving the correct change to customers). Helping customers choose appropriate sized equipment (according to body weight and height, etc.). Collecting rental gear from customers at the end of each work day and checking stock levels to make sure all rental equipment has been returned. Closing and balancing cash registers at the end of the work day.

Additional Duties: Greeting customers with a nice smile and a friendly ‘hello’.

Working Hours: A typical day starts at 8:30am and finishes at 5:30pm (1 hour unpaid lunch break).

Morning Preparation: Primary duties include setting up beach chairs and umbrellas.

Regular Duties: Monitoring beach and pool areas for customer safety (assisting customers who are in trouble or injured). Keeping a look out for unattended or lost children. Warning any customers who break resort rules or jeopardize others through dangerous actions. Attending to injured customers until medical services arrive (cuts, grazes, stings etc.) First Aid qualification not required. Policing the no-swim zones. Helping customers with any queries.

Additional Duties: Greeting customers with a nice smile and a friendly ‘hello’.

Working Hours: A typical falls between 8:00am and finishes at 10:00pm (1 hour unpaid lunch break). Overtime work is sometimes available, but unusual.

Morning Preparation: Primary duties include briefly sweeping your work area each morning, and filling cash registers with the days ‘float’.

Regular Duties: Helping customers with any queries, and offering recommendations about gifts and cakes. Ringing up customer purchases on the cash register and controlling cash inflows-outflows (great care needs to be taken in giving the correct change to customers). In limited cases, gift-wrapping may be required. Closing and balancing cash registers at the end of the work day.

Additional Duties: Greeting customers with a nice smile and a friendly ‘hello’.

Working Hours: An average shift is 9 hours (1 hour unpaid lunch break). Shift times may vary greatly throughout the month. A typical day starts anywhere between 7:00am and 12:00pm and finishes 8 or 9 hours later. Overtime work is sometimes available during the peak summer months.

Morning Preparation: Primary duties include briefly sweeping your work area each morning.

Regular Duties: Taking care of customers’ baggage and delivering baggage to rooms (no tipping in Japan). Guiding customers to the front desk for check-in and helping with any other queries.

Additional Duties: As the initial contact point with customers entering the hotel, greeting customers with a nice smile and a friendly ‘hello’ is crucial.

Working Hours: Shift start times may vary throughout the month. A typical day consists of a 9-hour shift (1 hour unpaid lunch break) anywhere between 7:00am and 9:00pm. Overtime work is available.

Morning Preparation: Primary duties include briefly organizing your work station each morning.

Regular Duties: Taking care of customers’ enquiries and offering recommendations about events / restaurants / sights / facilities etc.

Additional Duties: Greeting customers with a nice smile and a friendly ‘hello’ is crucial.

Working Hours: An average shift is 9 hours (1 hour unpaid lunch break) . Shift times may vary greatly throughout the month. Reception is open 24hrs and shift times can fall anytime during the day. Shifts are rarely split; you will be working a 9 hour block. Overtime work is applicable to shifts exceeding 9 hours.

Morning Preparation: Primary duties include briefly sweeping your work area each morning.

Regular Duties: Helping customers check-in and check-out. Taking the occasional reservation and answering the telephone (putting telephone calls through to other departments). Helping customers with any queries about hotel facilities etc. and offering recommendations about services. Ringing up customer bills on the cash register and controlling cash inflows-outflows (great care needs to be taken in giving the correct change to customers).

Additional Duties: Greeting customers with a nice smile and a friendly ‘hello’.