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Japanese Restaurant Genjyu Server(和食レストラン 幻珠サーバー)

Japan The Ritz-Carlton Fukuoka Estimated salary: Approximately ¥200,000–¥300,000 per month, depending on experience and benefits
Role summary

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The Japanese Restaurant Genjyu Server welcomes guests, explains menus, takes orders, serves food and beverages, and ensures an elegant dining experience. Candidates should have restaurant or hotel service experience, strong customer-service skills, attention to detail, and a professional appearance. Knowledge of Japanese cuisine, sake, and dining etiquette is advantageous. Japanese communication ability is generally expected, while English or other language skills are helpful in an international luxury hotel. The successful candidate should be courteous, dependable, team-oriented, comfortable working shifts, and willing to maintain Ritz-Carlton service standards during busy periods.

About the employer

The Ritz-Carlton, Fukuoka is a luxury hotel operated by Marriott International, one of the world's largest hospitality companies. Located in Fukuoka's Tenjin district, the hotel combines Ritz-Carlton's renowned personalized service with the culture, cuisine, and hospitality of Kyushu. It offers upscale accommodation, restaurants and bars, wellness facilities, meeting spaces, and carefully curated guest experiences. Employees work in an international environment with structured service standards, training, and opportunities to develop within Marriott's global hotel network. The Genjyu Japanese restaurant focuses on refined Japanese dining and contributes to the hotel's premium culinary offering. Marriott employers commonly provide benefits such as staff meals, uniforms, training, employee travel rates, and social insurance, although specific conditions depend on the employment contract and local regulations.

What the job usually comes with in Japan

Usual for Japan, varies by employer. Checked November 2026.

HousingDorm common at resorts and ryokan; employers must help skilled-worker hires find housing (by law)
MealsVaries
FlightsVaries
Service chargeVaries; tipping is not customary in Japan
Contract5 years at most on the skilled-worker visa (by law); contract length and probation vary
Leave10 days' paid leave after 6 months, up to 20 after 6.5 years (by law); 16 national holidays
Income taxNational tax starts at 5% (top 45%); 10% local tax from year 2; social insurance about 15% of pay

Senior staff often get more than line staff, for example a single room or a yearly home flight. Ask the employer what the job includes before you accept.

Can I work in Japan?

How it works: Specified Skilled Worker visa for hotel line jobs: pass a skills test and basic Japanese (JLPT N4), then the employer sponsors you; no local-first test; 5 years at most.

Watch for: Pass the hotel skills test and basic Japanese (N4) first; you can sit both in Japan on a short stay. Ask whether room cleaning alone is covered: it is not among the listed jobs.

Never pay anyone for a visa or a job offer. A real employer pays the permit costs and never asks you for money.

Official source: Immigration Services Agency: Specified Skilled Worker, accommodation field. Checked November 2026.

Guidance, not legal advice. Rules change; your employer confirms the details for your case.

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