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Stewarding Manager
Role summary
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The Stewarding Manager oversees the hotel’s stewarding operation, including kitchen cleanliness, dishwashing, waste handling, equipment care, hygiene standards, and team scheduling. Candidates should have previous supervisory or managerial experience in hotel stewarding, kitchen operations, or a similar hospitality environment. Strong knowledge of food-safety, sanitation, health and safety procedures, inventory control, and Japanese workplace standards is expected. The successful candidate should be organised, physically fit, service-minded, and capable of training and motivating a multicultural team. Good communication skills, attention to detail, cost awareness, and the ability to coordinate effectively with chefs, restaurants, housekeeping, and engineering are important. Japanese-language ability and relevant hotel experience would be advantageous.
Can I work in Japan?
Never pay anyone for a visa or a job offer. A real employer pays the permit costs and never asks you for money.
How it works
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.
Official source: Immigration Services Agency: Specified Skilled Worker, accommodation field. Checked November 2026.
What the job usually comes with in Japan
Usual for Japan, varies by employer. Checked November 2026.
| Housing | Dorm common at resorts and ryokan; employers must help skilled-worker hires find housing (by law) |
|---|---|
| Meals | Varies |
| Flights | Varies |
| Service charge | Varies; tipping is not customary in Japan |
| Contract | 5 years at most on the skilled-worker visa (by law); contract length and probation vary |
| Leave | 10 days' paid leave after 6 months, up to 20 after 6.5 years (by law); 16 national holidays |
| Income tax | National 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.
Guidance, not legal advice. Rules change; your employer confirms the details for your case.
About Shangri-La Kyoto
Shangri-La Group is a leading luxury hospitality company with hotels, resorts, and residences across Asia, the Middle East, Europe, North America, and other international destinations. The group is known for refined service, strong guest care, and its distinctive Asian hospitality heritage. Shangri-La Kyoto is positioned as a high-end property serving leisure and business travellers visiting Kyoto, one of Japan’s most important cultural destinations. Employees typically work in a polished international environment alongside colleagues from different backgrounds. The company places importance on service quality, operational standards, staff development, and creating memorable guest experiences. Benefits for hotel employees may include meals, uniforms, training, staff rates, social insurance, and other allowances, although the exact package depends on the employment contract and local policy.