Experience life with a Japanese family as an Au Pair

As an Au Pair you live with a Japanese family for a couple of months. You are supposed to look after the family’s children and support doing the household while the parents are at work. You usually receive some pocket money, along with food and accommodation.

Finding an Au Pair job in Japan can be difficult because many Japanese families are unfamiliar with the concept and often scared to allow a stranger penetrate into their privacy.

There are some agencies offering Au pair jobs in Japan though. It is usually required to have childcare experience to be accepted into their programs. The host families they arrange for foreign Au Pairs to be placed at, are typically residing in villages or small towns, but not in the big cities, because in large cities such as Tokyo or Osaka, apartment sizes are small and there is usually no space to accommodate another person.