Where to Find Part-Time Jobs in Japan: Townwork, Baitoru, Indeed & More
The apps and sites Japanese part-time hiring actually runs on — Townwork, Baitoru, Indeed — plus foreigner-friendly boards, Hello Work, and the offline tricks nobody tells newcomers.
The hardest part of getting a baito is often just knowing where the jobs are listed. Japanese part-time hiring runs on a handful of big platforms plus a surprising amount of offline recruiting. Here is the landscape, foreigner-aware.
The big three platforms
- Townwork (タウンワーク): the largest arubaito board, from Recruit. Strong for konbini, food service, and retail. Japanese-only interface — search with terms like 「外国人歓迎」 (foreigners welcome).
- Baitoru (バイトル): video-heavy listings that show the actual workplace; good filters for 「高校生OK」「未経験OK」「外国人活躍中」.
- Indeed Japan: aggregates the others and accepts English search terms — the easiest starting point if your Japanese is limited, though listings themselves are mostly Japanese.
Foreigner-focused boards
- GaijinPot Jobs: English-language jobs including part-time teaching and hospitality.
- NINJA / YOLO JAPAN: boards built for foreign residents, with visa-type filters and listings that state Japanese-level requirements honestly.
- Hello Work (ハローワーク): the free government employment office. Major branches have foreign-language support desks and it is genuinely useful, not a last resort.
The offline channel everyone forgets
A large share of baito hiring never reaches the internet: a 「スタッフ募集」 poster in a shop window is an invitation to walk in or call. If a store near your home or school has one, that closeness is itself a hiring advantage — shift managers love staff who live 10 minutes away. Prepare a resume first, then use our phone script to make the call.
Search terms that unlock listings
- 外国人歓迎 — foreigners welcome
- 日本語N3以上 / 日本語不問 — Japanese level required / not required
- 未経験OK — no experience needed
- 週2日〜 / シフト自由 — from 2 days a week / flexible shifts
- 駅チカ — near the station
Apply fast, apply prepared
Popular listings fill within days, and platforms rank applicants who respond quickly. Keep a finished PDF ready so you can apply the moment you see a fit: build it once on the part-time template — residence status, shift grid, Japanese level, and a 志望動機 you can adapt in a minute — and you will consistently be among the first complete applications a manager sees.