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Plan your Japan working holiday, month by month
Pick the places you want to see, find out what each one is like through the year, and add your own plans. Choose your passport and it follows what your embassy asks for. Your itinerary builds as you go, ready to save as a PDF.
Next: Choose your passport
Step 1
Your trip
Know your flight? Add the day and airport (optional)
The day goes on the first line of your form. The airport lets us check your first stop makes sense from there.
Step 2
Choose your stops
Tap a region to see what it's like in each season, then add it to your plan. Not on the list? .
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Step 3
Your stops
Nothing added yet. Add a region above and it appears here, ready for your plans and reasons.
Step 4
Your application checklist
Everything else to get ready for your visa application. Tick things off as you go.
Choose your passport in step 1 and the documents your embassy asks for appear here.
Frequently asked questions
How long can I stay in Japan on a working holiday visa?
Up to a year from the day you land. The visa is a holiday first, with work allowed to help pay for it, so most people combine a few regions and seasons.
What should my itinerary include?
Where you plan to be each month, and what you plan to do there: named places, festivals, day trips, classes and the kind of work you would look for. Embassies turn away vague entries like "sightseeing" or "as above". The ideas we suggest are a starting point: look them up and write what you find in your own words. Choose your passport and the builder adds what your embassy asks for, such as a reason for each place or where you will stay.
Do I need a budget in my itinerary?
Only if your embassy asks. France's form asks for costs and expected pay, so the builder switches a rough budget on for French passports. Elsewhere you show your savings separately, with a bank statement, and the itinerary is about your plans. You can still add a rough budget for yourself.
Is this itinerary official?
No. It is a free planning tool, not an embassy service, and Working Holiday Work isn't connected to any embassy, consulate or the Government of Japan. Only the embassy decides your visa. Where we have your embassy's form, the builder lays your plan out the same way, but forms change, so check your embassy's page before you apply or book.
Where is my plan saved?
Only in this browser, on this device. Nothing is sent to us. Use Save as PDF to keep a copy or share it.
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