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Why Join Us
At Arigato Travel, we believe travel is about more than just seeing the sights: it’s about meaningful connection, cultural discovery, and unforgettable stories. We’re passionate about sharing the best of Japan with curious travelers from around the world, and we’re always looking for enthusiastic, open minded, and creative people to join our growing international team.
Whether you're a passionate storyteller eager to guide guests through Japan’s rich traditions and local neighborhoods, a behind-the-scenes expert keeping operations running smoothly, a creative mind crafting custom itineraries, or someone seeking an inspiring internship experience—you’ll find a meaningful role here.
Why Work With Us?
- A fun, international team that feels like family
- The chance to share Japan’s hidden gems, culture, and authentic experiences
- Flexible, remote-friendly roles
- Opportunities to grow, learn, and contribute to something truly special
- A welcoming space where your ideas, voice, and passion matter
If you're ready to be part of a purpose-driven team redefining travel in Japan, we’d love to hear from you.
Explore current opportunities below and take the next step in your Arigato Travel journey.
Open positions at Arigato Travel
Job Listings
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We are looking for Japanese bilinguals and foreigners in Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto, and other great locations around Japan who want to be Food and Culture Tour Guides for our walking tours. We provide training, transportation costs, and a competitive payment for tours as well as performance bonuses.
Arigato Travel is an international company working with bilingual Japanese and long-term resident foreigners to create and guide tours and activities in major locations across Japan. Work is remote but fully supported through technology. Training is included for every guide and staff member. We have created a close relationship with all our team and have really built the “Arigato Family” over the last 6 ½ years. We love working with all kinds of people and understand that everyone is balancing busy schedules as a freelancer. This is a job that can be done in your free time and on weekends making it a perfect side business. We have a 5-star rating on our tours and over 1700 positive reviews plus many awards. We’d like to invite you to become a member of our highly regarded team.
Working hours/days
2 tours weekly minimum
Tours and activities range from 3 hours to ½ and full-day tours with the majority being 3-hour walking food tours. We are open every day and will ask for your availability 2 weeks in advance. We tour on national holidays and weekends but close for a short period over the shogatsu holiday season. We prefer guides who can commit to at least 2 tours per week.
Our tours are within the downtown and surrounding areas generally, though there are opportunities for our senior guides to travel to other areas and regions for tour activities, training programs, and consulting projects with municipalities and prefectures.
We pay a fixed rate of transportation for each tour working day. Benefits, salary, training fees, and transportation are to be provided and explained during application and orientation.
What we are looking for:
- You are a great communicator
- You love food and travel
- You have a passion for sharing the best of Japan
- Organized and responsible are two words to describe you
- Lifelong learning is one of your core values
- You are always on time and love to share Japanese culture and Omotenashi spirit with the rest of the world
We are looking for team members with flexible schedules and attitudes. Our team is international and our guests come from all over the world. We would love to talk with you about sharing our passion for Japan.
If this describes you, and you have some free time to help us make delicious memories for our amazing guests and earn a little extra money, then send us an email to jobs@arigatojapan.co.jp! You can read about our amazing team here.
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日本人バイリンガルおよび外国人で、大阪、京都、その他日本各地の素晴らしいロケーションで、食と文化に特化したウオーキングツアーのガイドを志望する人材を募集します。トレーニング、交通費、ツアーに応じた報酬、そしてパフォーマンス・ボーナスを支給します。
柔軟なスケジュールと勤務態度を持つチームメンバーを募集しています。私たちのチームは国際的で、お客様は世界中からいらっしゃいます。日本への熱い思いを共有できる方、ぜひご応募ください。
ありがとうトラベルは、バイリンガルの日本人や長期在住の外国人とともに、東京、京都、大阪、広島、静岡でツアーやアクティビティを企画し、ガイドする国際的な会社です。仕事はリモートですが、テクノロジーによって完璧にサポートが行われます。ガイドとスタッフ全員に対してトレーニングが組み込まれています。私たちは、この6年半の間に、チーム全員と親密な関係を築き、本当の「ありがとうファミリー」を作り上げてきました。私たちはあらゆる人と一緒に仕事をすることが好きですし、誰もがフリーランスとして忙しいスケジュールとバランスを取っていることを理解しています。この仕事は、空いた時間や週末に行うことができ、完璧なサイドビジネスとなります。私たちのツアーは5つ星の評価を得ており、1700以上のポジティブなレビューに加え、多くの賞を受賞しています。ぜひ、高い評価を得ている私たちの仲間になりませんか？
労働時間・日数
週に2回以上のツアーを引き受けてくれるガイドを優先します。
ツアーやアクティビティは、3時間のものから半日、1日のものまであり、大半は3時間のウォーキングフードツアーです。ツアーは毎日開催しております。ガイドは二週間前からの都合を聞かせていただきます。祝祭日と週末にもツアーを行っていますが、年末年始は短期間お休みします。週に2回以上のツアーを引き受けてくれるガイドを優先します。
ツアーは基本的に繁華街とその周辺地域ですが、シニアガイドが自治体や県とのツアーアクティビティや トレーニングプログラム、コンサルティングプロジェクトで他の地域や地方に行く機会もあります。
交通費はツアー勤務日毎に定額を支給しています。福利厚生、給与、研修費、交通費については、応募時およびオリエンテーション時に説明します。
私たちが求めているもの：
- コミュニケーションが得意な方
- 食と旅が好きな方
- 日本の良さを伝えたいという情熱がある方
- きちんとした、責任感のある方
- 学び続けることを大切にしている方
- 時間を守ることができ、日本の文化とおもてなしの心を海外に伝えることが好きな方
フレキシブルなスケジュールと心構えを持ったチームメンバーを募集しています。私たちのチームは国際色豊かで、お客様は世界中からいらっしゃいます。日本への情熱を共有できる方、ぜひご応募ください。
上記のようなことに興味をお持ちになり、お金を稼ぎながら、お客様のために素晴らしい思い出を作りたいと思う方はぜひこちらのメールアドレスからご連絡ください: jobs@arigatojapan.co.jp
またこちらのリンクをクリックしていただくと私達のチームについて詳しく知ることができます。
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Nous recherchons des Japonais bilingues et des étrangers dans les villes d’Osaka et Kyoto (ainsi que dans d’autres villes du Japon), qui souhaitent devenir guides touristiques gastronomiques et culturels pour nos visites guidées. Nous fournissons la formation, les frais de transport, et un paiement compétitif ainsi que des primes de performance.
Arigato Travel est une entreprise internationale qui travaille avec des Japonais bilingues et des résidents étrangers de longue durée pour créer et guider lors de visites et activités dans les principales villes du Japon. La communication se fait à distance mais est l’équipe est disponible en ligne pour tout support. La formation est incluse pour chaque guide et membre du personnel. Nous avons créé une relation forte avec toute notre équipe et avons vraiment construit la famille “Arigato” au cours des 6 ½ dernières années. Nous aimons travailler avec toutes sortes de personnes et comprenons que tout le monde concilie des emplois du temps chargés en tant que freelance. C’est un travail qui peut être fait pendant votre temps libre ainsi que les week-ends, ce qui en fait une activité secondaire parfaite. Nous avons un classement 5 étoiles sur nos tours avec plus de 1700 critiques positives, et avons remporté de de nombreux prix. Rejoignez notre équipe!
Working hours/days
Les tours et activités vont d’une durée de 3 heures à une ½ journée ou une journée complète, la majorité étant des visites gastronomiques à pied de 3 heures. Nous opérons tous les jours et vous demanderons votre disponibilité 2 semaines à l’avance. Nous organisons des tours les jours fériés et les week-ends, mais nous fermons pour une courte période pendant la saison des vacances appelées “Oshogatsu”. Nous privilégions les guides pouvant s’engager à réaliser au moins deux tours par semaine.
Nos tours se déroulent généralement dans le centre-ville et ses environs, mais nos guides expérimentés ont également la possibilité de se rendre dans d’autres zones et régions pour certaines activités ou tours, des programmes de formation ou encore des projets de consultation avec les municipalités et les préfectures.
Nous payons un taux fixe de transport pour chaque jour de travail lors de tours. Les avantages sociaux, le salaire, les frais de formation et le transport seront expliqués lors de la candidature et l’orientation.
Nous recherchons des personnes :
- Qui ont une excellente communication
- Qui aiment la nourriture et les voyages
- Qui ont pour passion de partager le meilleur du Japon.
- Qui sont organisées et responsables
- Pour qui l’apprentissage continu est l’une des valeurs fondamentales.
- Qui sont toujours à l’heure et aiment partager la culture japonaise et l’esprit Omotenashi avec le reste du monde.
Nous sommes à la recherche de candidats ayant des horaires et des attitudes flexibles. Notre équipe est internationale et nos clients viennent du monde entier. Nous serions ravis de discuter avec vous pour partager notre passion pour le Japon.
Si cela vous correspond et que vous avez du temps libre pour nous aider à créer de délicieux souvenirs avec nos clients et gagner un peu plus d’argent, envoyez-nous un e-mail à jobs@arigatojapan.co.jp! Pour en savoir plus sur notre équipe, cliquez ici.
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Siamo alla ricerca di giapponesi e stranieri bilingue a Osaka, Kyoto e in altre fantastiche località del Giappone che desiderano diventare guide enogastronomiche e culturali per i nostri tour a piedi. Forniamo formazione, costi di trasporto e un compenso competitivo per i tour, nonché bonus di rendimento.
Arigato Travel è un’azienda internazionale che lavora con giapponesi e stranieri residenti di lungo periodo bilingue per creare e condurre tour e attività nelle principali località del Giappone. Il lavoro è remoto ma il nostro team è disponibile online per qualsiasi tipo di supporto.
La formazione è inclusa per ogni guida e membro dello staff.
Negli ultimi sei anni e mezzo abbiamo instaurato uno stretto rapporto con tutto il nostro team e abbiamo davvero creato la “Famiglia Arigato”. Amiamo lavorare con tutti i tipi di persone e capiamo perfettamente che lavorando freelance si cerca di bilanciare i vari impegni. Questo è un impiego part-time che può essere svolto nel tempo libero e nei fine settimana, rendendolo un perfetto lavoro secondario. Abbiamo una valutazione a 5 stelle sui nostri tour e oltre 1700 recensioni positive e molti premi.
Entra a far parte del nostro team!
Orario/giorni di lavoro:
I tour e le attività variano da una durata di 3 ore a ½ o intera giornata, con la maggior parte dei tour gastronomici di una durata di 3 ore. Lavoriamo tutti i giorni e chiediamo la tua disponibilità con 2 settimane di anticipo. Organizziamo tour anche nei giorni festivi e nei fine settimana, ma chiudiamo per un breve periodo durante le vacanze invernali dello Oshogatsu.
Preferiamo guide che possono impegnarsi in almeno 2 tour a settimana.
I nostri tour si svolgono generalmente nel centro città e dintorni, ma le nostre guide esperte hanno anche la possibilità di viaggiare in altre aree e regioni per attività turistiche, programmi di formazione e progetti di consulenza con comuni e prefetture.
Paghiamo una tariffa fissa di trasporto per ogni tour.
Vantaggi, stipendio e spese di trasporto saranno spiegati durante il colloquio e l’orientamento.
Chi stiamo cercando:
- Sei un grande comunicatore.
- Ami il cibo e viaggiare.
- Ami condividere il meglio del Giappone.
- Sei organizzato e responsabile.
- L’apprendimento continuo è uno dei tuoi valori fondamentali.
- Sei sempre puntuale e ami condividere la cultura giapponese e lo spirito Omotenashi con il resto del mondo.
Cerchiamo candidati con orari e mentalità flessibili. Il nostro team è internazionale e i nostri clienti provengono da tutto il mondo.
Ci piacerebbe parlare con te e condividere la nostra passione per il Giappone.
Se ti rivedi in questa descrizione e hai del tempo libero per aiutarci a creare fantastici ricordi con i nosti clienti e guadagnare un po’ di soldi extra, allora inviaci un’e-mail a jobs@arigatojapan.co.jp ! Per saperne di più sul nostro team, clicca qui.
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Estamos buscando japoneses bilingues y extranjeros interesados en ser Guía de Turistas para nuestros populares Tours Culinarios y Culturales. en Osaka, Kyoto y otras areas de Japón. Te ofrecemos capacitatión pagada, gastos de transporte, un pago competitivo por cada tour realizado y bonos por buen desempeño.
Arigato Travel es una compañía internacional integrada por japoneses bilingues y extranjeros residentes de largo plazo. Trabajamos juntos para crear y guiar tours y otras actividades en diversos lugares del país. No tienes que acudir a ninguna oficina pues contamos con la tecnología necesaria para trabajar de forma remota. Sin embargo, mantenemos siempre una relación cercana con nuestro equipo de trabajo al cual llamamos la “Familia Arigato”.
Nos gusta trabajar y apoyar a freelancers que buscan añadir una opción de trabajo flexible a sus horarios cambiantes, pues puedes guiar nuestros tours en tu tiempo libre o fines de semana y generar una entrada extra de dinero al mes. Tenemos una calificación de 5 Estrellas en nuestros tours y más de 1,700 reseñas positivas, además de varios premios por nuestra labor en el ámbito turístico, culinario y cultural.
Horas y días de trabajo:
El rango de duración de nuestros tours y actividades es de 3 horas o de ½ día. Estamos activos todos los días, incluyendo Días Festivos y Fines de Semana; sin embargo, cerramos por un pequeño periodo de tiempo durante las festividades de fin de año.
Damos preferencia a las personas que pueden atender nuestros tours por lo mínimo dos veces a la semana, y siempre solicitaremos tu disponibilidad de ser posible, dos semanas por anticipado.
Nuestros tours se llevan a cabo generalmente en el centro de la ciudad, sin embargo, en eventualmente surgiran oportunidades para para viajar a otras regiones de Japón en actividades turísticas, sesiones de capacitación, y proyectos de asesoria con las oficinas de turismo de diversas prefecturas.
Ofrecemos una cuota fija para gastos de transporte, pago por cada tour realizado, y otros beneficios que se detallarán más ampliameente durante la capacitación.
Lo que estamos buscando:
- Buenos comunicadores
- Amantes de la comida y los viajes
- Apasionado por mostrar lo mejor de Japón
- Sumamente Responsable, Puntual y Organizado.
- Apasionado por aprender cosas nuevas todos los días.
- Comprendes el concepto y valor del Omotenashi en Japón.
Si estas interesado no esperes más y contáctanos enviando un correo a: jobs@arigatojapan.co.jp Si quieres conocer más acerca de nosotros y nuestro excelente equipo de trabajo, echa un vistazo aquí.
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If you have some free time and want to improve your skills and resume, this internship is for you.
We’re looking for an Intern who can help us to build our new website in WordPress, as well as writing some content.
This is a remote position, so you can be based anywhere but should be able to communicate online with our team in Japan.
Working hours/days
3-6 months
Schedule 10 hours a week minimum, for 3 months or more, remote.
Required:
- English and WordPress skills
- Strong communication and organizational skills
- Must possess a computer and stable internet connection
We have a completion bonus for successful program candidates. Finish your 3-month internship and receive an honorarium of ¥30,000 yen (6 months program bonus of ¥50,000). For successful completion, we will also be happy to write a recommendation report and letters and certificate for your future job search portfolio and during the experience, our goal is to help you improve your skills and resume for future opportunities.
Please contact us at jobs@arigatojapan.co.jp if you’re interested. Please share about your WordPress experience.
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Do you love food, travel and learning new things? If you have some free time and want to improve your skills and resume, this internship is for you. We’re looking for a Intern who can help us with graphic design (make marketing assets, assets for social media, etc.). We’re working with someone who is studying in the graphic design field and has basic expertise already and we will give you an opportunity for exposure and building your portfolio.
This is a remote position, so you can be based anywhere but should be able to communicate online with our team in Japan.
Working hours/days
3-6 months
Schedule 10 hours a week minimum, for 3 months or more, remote.
What we are looking for:
- English fluency
- Must be studying in the graphic design field
- Strong communication and organizational skills
- Must possess a computer and stable internet connection
We have a completion bonus for successful program candidates. Finish your 3-month internship and receive an honorarium of ¥30,000 yen (6 months program bonus of ¥50,000). For successful completion, we will also be happy to write a recommendation report and letters and certificate for your future job search portfolio and during the experience, our goal is to help you improve your skills and resume for future opportunities.
Please contact us at jobs@arigatojapan.co.jp if you’re interested, including your resume and two or three examples of your work.
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Do you love food, travel and learning new things? If you have some free time and want to improve your skills and resume, this internship is for you.
We’re looking for an Intern who can help us to edit some content in English (all kinds of texts including marketing texts, social media posts, etc.), as well as other marketing and content support tasks.
This is a remote position, so you can be based anywhere but should be able to communicate online with our team in Japan.
Working hours/days
3-6 months
Schedule 10 hours a week minimum, for 3 months or more, remote.
What we are looking for:
- Native level English
- Strong communication and organizational skills
- Must possess a computer and stable internet connection
We have a completion bonus for successful program candidates. Finish your 3-month internship and receive an honorarium of ¥30,000 yen (6 months program bonus of ¥50,000). For successful completion, we will also be happy to write a recommendation report and letters and certificate for your future job search portfolio, and during the experience, our goal is to help you improve your skills and resume for future opportunities.
Please contact us at jobs@arigatojapan.co.jp if you’re interested. Please share a writing sample and we will send just a text sample to edit to confirm your skills before we begin.
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You are Japanese/English bilingual, you love food, travel and learning new things? If you have some free time and want to improve your skills and resume, this internship is for you.
We’re looking for an Intern who can help us to translate some content from English to Japanese (all kinds of texts including marketing texts, social media posts, etc.), as well as other marketing and content support tasks.
This is a remote position, so you can be based anywhere but should be able to communicate online with our team in Japan.
英語と日本語のバイリンガルの方々、食事や旅行が好きで新しいことを学びたいですか？本インターンシップは新しいスキルを身につける事ができ、実践的な仕事経験ができます。空き時間を有効活用したいと考えている方にはぴったりのインターンシップです。
弊社は英語のコンテンツを日本語に翻訳することを主な業務とするインターン生をさがしています。コンテンツはSNSへの投稿文や、マーケティング文書などです。他にも、マーケティングや他の業務の補助をお願いします。
本インターンシップは主にリモートでの業務のため、住居地は問いませんが、日本を本拠地とする弊社とインターネットを介してのコミュニケーションが必要です。
Working hours/days
3 months or more / 3か月以上
Schedule 10 hours a week minimum, for 3 months or more, remote.
週に最低10時間、3か月以上リモートでの勤務をお願いします。
What we are looking for:
- Native Level Japanese
- Strong communication and organizational skills
- Must possess a computer and stable internet connection
- ネイティブレベルの日本語
- コミュニケーション能力と管理能力のある方
- パソコンと良好なインターネット
We have a completion bonus for successful program candidates. Finish your 3-month internship and receive an honorarium of ¥30,000 yen (6 months program bonus of ¥50,000). For successful completion, we will also be happy to write a recommendation report and letters and certificate for your future job search portfolio, and during the experience, our goal is to help you improve your skills and resume for future opportunities.
Please contact us at jobs@arigatojapan.co.jp if you’re interested. Please share a writing sample and we will send just a text sample to translate to confirm your skills before we begin.
インターン生には3カ月のインターンシップを終えると3万円の謝礼金が支払われます（6か月の場合は5万円）。また、優れたインターン生と判断すれば、将来の就職活動に役立つ推薦状や証明書も用意します。インターンシップを通じて、就職活動をサポートします！
ご興味をお持ちの方はjobs@arigatojapan.co.jpにライティングのサンプルを添付の上ご連絡お願いします。後日弊社からテキストサンプルを送りますのでそちらの文の翻訳をお願いします。このステップを通して、インターンシップ開始前にご本人のスキルを確認いたします。
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Do you love food, travel and learning new things? We’re looking for a Social Media Intern who can help us to take care of our Pinterest account and also help us with discussion groups (Reddit, Quora, etc) as well as other marketing and content support tasks. We are also looking for someone to help us to build up new social areas for us like Youtube and Tiktok (Strategy and research).
This is a remote position, so you can be based anywhere but should be able to communicate online with our team in Japan.
Working hours/days
3-6 months
Schedule 10 hours a week, remote. We have a completion bonus for successful program candidates.
What we are looking for:
- Bilingual Level English and editing skills
- Strong communication and organizational skills
- Must possess a computer and stable internet connection
- Active social media experience (even on your own profiles)
- Graphic design skills are a plus
Finish your 3-month internship and receive an honorarium of ¥30,000 yen (6 months program bonus of ¥50,000). For successful completion, we will also be happy to write a recommendation report and letters and certificate for your future job search portfolio, and during the experience, our goal is to help you improve your skills and resume for future opportunities.
Please contact us at jobs@arigatojapan.co.jp if you’re interested.
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Do you love food, travel and learning new things? We’re looking for a Video Editing Intern who can help us to create video content for marketing purposes (we will use them for Youtube, Instagram, SNS and to send to our partners), as well as other creative content support tasks.
This is a remote position, so you can be based anywhere but should be able to communicate online with our team in Japan.
Working hours/days
3 to 6 months
Schedule 10 hours a week, remote. We have a completion bonus for successful program candidates.
What we are looking for:
- Prior video editing skills in a professional and/or personal capacity
- Strong communication and organizational skills
- Must possess a computer and stable internet connection
Finish your 3-month internship and receive an honorarium of ¥30,000 yen (6 months program bonus of ¥50,000). For successful completion, we will also be happy to write a recommendation report and letters and certificate for your future job search portfolio, and during the experience, our goal is to help you improve your skills and resume for future opportunities.
Please contact us at jobs@arigatojapan.co.jp and send us your previous work if you’re interested.
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At Arigato Travel, we think that “food is life”. It is also the easiest way to get to know another country and culture. Our blog is an opportunity for us and our writers to share our love for Japan and the wonderful food it has to offer.
Do you love Japanese food and culture and have strong writing skills in English? Do you want to make some extra money? If you do, we are currently looking for content creators around Japan who would like to contribute to Arigato Japan’s blog and write about Japanese food, drinks, and culture. We already have some ideas in mind but we are also open to listening to your ideas. So please feel free to pitch us a story you would like to write about!
Working hours/days
Freelance
We pay as follows for pieces based on the length agreed upon at the time of each assignment:
500-700 words ¥3000
700-1000 words ¥4000
1000-1500 words ¥5000
What we are looking for:
- Strong writing background with an interest in travel and Japan
If this describes you, and you have some free time to help us create awesome, appealing and original content, e-mail us at jobs@arigatojapan.co.jp ! You can read our latest blog posts here.
"My internship with Arigato Japan Food Tours as the Content and Editing Intern was a wonderful learning experience. I had the opportunity to write a lot of articles on exciting topics, interview great Japanese companies and design fun graphics for our Instagram stories! The AJ Family works well together to create the best work and experiences. I highly recommend applying to work here as the opportunities are endless!"
Stephanie Campbell
Marketing Intern
