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Japan seeking Taiwanese willing to brave the cold

Interested in spending a working holiday in Japan and willing to endure temperatures of up to 30˚C below zero?

Then the ideal job opportunity is now available.

As part of efforts to promote winter tourism to Japan’s northernmost island, the Hokkaido Tourism Organization, in cooperation with Japan Rail-Hokkaido, is offering a working vacation job to a Taiwanese, with superb cold endurance a must.

The successful candidate will help with various events that run from Feb. 1 to March 12, including the Sapporo Snow Festival, the ice village on the frozen surface of Lake Shikaribetsu and skiing activities in Furano.

The organizers will provide the vacationer with a round-trip ticket to Sapporo, accommodation and transportation expenses during the work period, said Tsai Ya-wen (蔡雅雯), a manager at Rich Media Group, which has been commissioned to promote the job-seeking campaign.

As the successful candidate will need to work for three to four hours straight in below zero temperatures, the ability to resist the cold will be a very important factor, Tsai said.

More than 100 applications have been received so far and the deadline is Sunday, she said.

A two-phase interview will be held on Nov. 16 and Nov. 20, and the winner will be announced on Nov. 21, she said.

From Dec. 1 until the date of departure, the winner will be asked to post their thoughts and feelings on preparations for the job on a personal blog every week, Tsai said.

Once working in Hokkaido, the winner be expected to post daily updates on his or her activities or provide tourism information, she said.

Taiwanese aged between 18 and 30 are eligible to apply for a working-holiday visa, which allows them to stay up to 12 months in Japan, during which they can undertake incidental employment.

The second round of working holiday visa applications are being accepted through Friday at the Interchange Association’s Taipei office.
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