Housekeeper/Japanese Speaker

Job Description

The Housekeeper/Japanese Speaker maintains guest rooms, bathrooms, corridors, and public areas to Sheraton’s cleanliness and presentation standards. Typical duties include making beds, replenishing amenities, reporting maintenance issues, handling guest requests, and following health, safety, and lost-and-found procedures. Candidates should be reliable, physically fit, detail-oriented, and comfortable working on their feet and handling cleaning equipment. Japanese-language ability is expected for communication with guests and colleagues; hotel housekeeping or customer-service experience is advantageous. The role may involve rotating shifts, weekends, holidays, and busy periods. A professional attitude, teamwork, discretion, punctuality, and respect for guest privacy are essential.

Company Info

Sheraton Grande Tokyo Bay Hotel is a large international resort hotel located beside Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba, close to Tokyo Bay and within easy reach of central Tokyo. It operates under the Sheraton brand, part of Marriott International, and serves leisure travelers, families, tour groups, and business guests. The hotel offers extensive accommodation, restaurants, banquet and event facilities, pools, recreational amenities, and guest services. Its workforce operates in a multicultural, high-volume hospitality environment where cleanliness, service consistency, safety, and teamwork are important. Working there can provide experience with an internationally recognized hotel brand, Japanese hospitality standards, and guests from around the world. Employees should expect structured procedures, seasonal demand, and shift-based operations typical of a major resort property.

Destination Guide

Japan offers hospitality, housekeeping, restaurant, tourism, teaching, technology, and healthcare opportunities, especially in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Okinawa, and resort areas. The culture values punctuality, politeness, cleanliness, teamwork, and respect for workplace procedures. Lifestyle ranges from fast-paced urban living to quieter coastal and rural communities, with excellent public transport, reliable services, and generally high living costs in major cities. Foreign workers normally need an appropriate residence status, such as a work visa sponsored by an employer; eligibility depends on the occupation, qualifications, contract, and nationality. Applicants should confirm visa rules with the Japanese embassy or Immigration Services Agency. Relocation usually requires a passport, employment contract, housing arrangements, residence registration, health insurance, pension enrollment, and a Japanese bank account. Japanese ability is a significant advantage, particularly in guest-facing hotel roles.