Intern in Japan

Since this internship is not compensated work and lasts less than 90 days, a basic tourist visa (temporary visitor visa) is sufficient. This does not require any administrative procedures and is automatically granted when entering Japan to citizens of most countries – to learn more see our visa guide.

You can proceed to purchase your plane ticket as soon as the start and end dates of your internship have been confirmed and agreed.

We’ll meet you in person at the beginning and end of your internship. Orientation will be scheduled at our Kojimachi HQ, where you'll have the chance to meet the team and join us for lunch. For those based in Tokyo, our office is always open and you may even find yourself involved with fun content projects with our team.

We'll talk to you in advance about which dates work for both parties, although we can be fairly flexible in most cases.

You will need a decent camera, your own laptop and mobile phone. We can typically loan out Pocket Wi-Fi too (subject to availability).

An internship is usually 4 weeks long, but exact timings will be discussed at interview and thereafter.

If a place or region interests you, it should be possible. Our priority is new and unique content, although there is scope to improve on what we already have.

We'll talk to you in advance about which areas of Japan interest you, and what kind of content ideas you have in mind – of course, we'll assist with this planning

Yes, you will be responsible for booking your own accommodation – of course we can offer suggestions.

For the guidelines on how to write articles, please refer to our content guide.

You have the freedom to choose which locations to cover. However, we have also built up a list of places for which we don’t have any associated content on Japan Travel. This list is not exhaustive so we encourage you to find the “hidden gems” of Japan.

Most places are fine, but we prefer not to have content for articles we already have. Of course, you can visit the famous sites during the course of your day. If you see an article with poor quality writing/photos, we would welcome a new version though. Restaurants are usually fine too.

Currently JapanTravel.com is available in 13 languages: English, French, Chinese (SC & TC), Japanese, Thai, Indonesian, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Korean and Vietnamese. You can write in any of these languages if you are a native speaker of that language.

We ask our interns to write one article per day. Although there are no strict deadlines, we expect to see 7 articles per week on average and will check to see you are keeping up. 1-2 of these can be photo stories. Our travel reimbursement is subject to meeting an article quota, so we can't reimburse travel where there is nothing to show for it.

You'll be assigned a supervisor for the duration of your internship.

Japan Travel can cover your transportation cost up to ¥1000 per day (subject to articles being written). If your transportation expenses exceed this amount, you would have to cover for it.

We also reimburse your accommodation fees up to ¥1000 per day. You’ll get reimbursed at the end of your internship.

There is no secret formula but do your best to highlight your experience and photography and written skills:

• A concise, one page CV is best.
• Clearly link to your portfolios and make sure the we can easily find your best work.
• Be active on the site! We are prioritising slots for active users, who can get involved or help promote the site.