The following conditions must be met for you to be eligible to do a homestay with The Nara International Foundation (NIFS).

・You must be a non Japanese national and be interested in Japanese,(in particular Nara) culture, lifestyle, customs, and have a desire to deepen mutual cultural understanding with the host family.
・Your activities during your Nara homestay must centre around Nara Prefecture.
・Your activities during your visit to Japan must not be of a commercial nature.
・You must not be an employed permanent resident of Japan (foreign students expected) or have come to Japan on basis of employment / business

・You must be willing to take full responsibility for all your actions during the stay.
・For group homestays, your host organization / Japanese host organization must be willing to take full responsibility for you, including emergency cases such as you becoming sick, or you being involved in an accident.

・In principle this homestay program is a free one but a fee of 1500 Japanese yen per day is applicable on and after the 7th night of your homestay. This is to cover part of your living expenses in your homestay family's home. All money are payable to your homestay family direct, NIFS does not accept any payment of money.

・Your host family will cover accommodation and food expenses during your homestay but all other personal costs as transportation, admissions fees to temples and museums, expenses while eating out and telephone calls etc remain your own responsibility.

・Your host family's volunteer insurance costs will be borne by NIFS.

・In the event of an accident during the period of your homestay NIFS and the host family cannot be held liable.

・You cannot directly arrange the terms of your homestay with the homestay family.

・A change in the dates of the homestay or cancellations cannot be accepted after you have been matched with a host family.

・There is no guarantee that a placement can be found for homestay applicants. Please ensure you make arrangements in the case that NIFS is not able to secure a host family for you.

・NIFS strongly encourages homestay applicants to take out personal travel and medical insurance.

Necessary documents to be submitted

・Host Family Introduction Request Form (Form #2)
・Visitor Self Introduction Sheet (Form#3)→To be completed by the visitor participating in the homestay program
・Agreement (signed and dated) (Form #4) →To be completed by the visitor participating in the homestay program
・A copy of the visitor's passport
・A copy of the visitor’s student ID *if a student
・Schedule / time table for the visitor's time spent in Japan with details of activities in Nara.

The Nara International Foundation will scrutinize the above documents and only approved applications will be processed.

・「NIFS Volunteer Request Form」(Form #2)  English    Japanese
・「Visitor Self Introduction Sheet」(Form #3)  ）English    Japanese
・「Agreement」(Form #4)  English    Japanese