ayumi
*My service is exclusive to traveling families who are staying at hotels. Sorry, but NO Airbnbs.
<I offer an ordinary care at higher rate. There are a lot of others, within the CareFinder’s list, who are extraordinary care providers at lower costs.>
I am a 56 year old mom of two college age children. Lived a half of my life in US/Canada. Babysitting since HS in US.
FREE last minutes changes/cancellation.
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*Rate: 5000 yen for one child and 5500 yen for two children.
*Booking is on a first booked first served basis.
*Last minute changes and cancellation are WELCOMED with NO CHARGE, unless if I am on my way, I need to ask for my transportation fee; We can advance/postpone the original starting and/or ending time at the very last minute, just let me know.
*Minimum service is 1 hour, then charged by hourly increments; 0-1 hour=4000/4500, 1:01-2 hours =8000/9000 …and so on.
*I only watch children while parents are not present.
*I CAN travel to your location if transportation is fully covered (hourly traveling fee might be applied).
*You can stay out as late as you would need, but if I miss my last train, I need to ask you to cover my taxi fee.
*English Language lessons are NOT offered.
*I DO NOT work under multiple nanny setting.
*I CANNOT take kids out to the playgrounds (unless your child is an infant). I am 56 years old and no longer quick enough and not confident to be able to save them from sudden incidents.
*I CAN stay Over night.
*I am allergic to cats and dogs.
*I do not look at my iPhone during care, except for playing music and when they are asleep. Your family screen time rule is honored ;).
If you wish to have frequent contact, please let me know.
For infants, I will try my best to give you updates every hour or after having some events.
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Dear Traveling Parents,
I am a married Japanese/English speaking female reside near Tokyo Dome. I have a son who lives in US preparing for a grad school and a daughter who is an art major student.
"I would like to be your child's Japanese grandma figure and offer unconditional love, but firm when necessary."
I started babysitting when I was in high school in US. I have lived in Toronto, Canada where I went to elementary school (the exact school in the movie Disney's Turning Red!). I am graduated from HS in California and college in Pittsburgh, PA.
After graduating from college, I worked in Tokyo as an English instructor for kids, translator/interpreter for satellite development projects, project manager and localization engineer at Apple Japan until my marriage, then, relocated to Cupertino, CA from 1999 until 2011.
I was working in Orlando, FL for one year from May 2024.
My experiences are volunteering and chaperoning to field trips and events at my children's schools since they were in preschools to current. Volunteering includes leading art class, story book reading, introducing my cultural background, and library organization, classroom mom, graduation committee, and school event helper.
I have worked at Tokyo Disneyland for 2 years.
