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Residences Manager (Japanese Speaker)
Role summary
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The Residences Manager leads the day-to-day operation of Four Seasons Private Residences Kyoto, ensuring highly personalized service for residents and guests. Requirements typically include strong luxury-hospitality experience, supervisory or management experience, fluent Japanese and business-level English, excellent communication skills, and confidence handling confidential resident matters. The successful candidate is expected to build trusted relationships, coordinate housekeeping, engineering, concierge, security, and external partners, resolve issues promptly, and maintain Four Seasons service standards. A polished appearance, cultural awareness, discretion, attention to detail, and flexibility for shifts, weekends, and holidays are essential.
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 Four Seasons Kyoto
Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts is a globally recognized luxury hospitality company operating hotels, resorts, private residences, and branded residential communities in destinations around the world. Founded in 1961, the company is known for highly personalized service, thoughtful design, and strong attention to local culture. Four Seasons Kyoto combines contemporary luxury with traditional Japanese aesthetics and is located beside the historic Myoshinji temple complex. Its private residences provide owners with hotel-style services, discreet support, and access to amenities and experiences delivered by the Four Seasons team. The company places strong emphasis on employee development, teamwork, emotional intelligence, and creating memorable experiences. Staff members are expected to demonstrate genuine care, professionalism, cultural sensitivity, and consistent attention to detail while working in a refined, international environment.