Coaching, styling and personal services
One-to-one sessions sold on trust, usually discovered through a free first conversation. Below is how 18 of them actually set up online booking — the session length, the gap between clients, whether to take payment up front, and the one thing that trips each trade up in Japan.
Life coaches#
A free chemistry call that decides everything, then a standing fortnightly slot for months.
| Duration | 20 minutes free, 60 for a session |
|---|---|
| Minimum notice | 12 hours |
| Location | Video |
| Payment | Chemistry call free, sessions paid online |
| Cancellation policy | Full refund 24 hours before |
Worth asking on the booking form: What would you like to change? · Have you worked with a coach before?
Relationship coaches#
Evening and weekend sessions, sometimes with two people who have to agree on a time.
| Duration | 75 minutes |
|---|---|
| Minimum notice | 24 hours |
| Location | Video |
| Payment | Paid online |
| Cancellation policy | Full refund 48 hours before |
Dating coaches#
Clients book privately and would rather not explain themselves to a receptionist, which is the whole argument for a booking page.
| Duration | 60 minutes |
|---|---|
| Minimum notice | 12 hours |
| Location | Video |
| Payment | Paid online |
| Cancellation policy | Full refund 24 hours before |
Matchmaking (婚活)#
A long, discreet first interview that is really an assessment, followed by regular check-ins.
| Duration | 90 minutes for the first interview, 30 for check-ins |
|---|---|
| Minimum notice | 48 hours |
| Location | In person or video |
| Payment | First interview free or low-cost, membership invoiced |
| Cancellation policy | Full refund 48 hours before |
International 婚活 clients want to know from the first line whether the service works in English and whether members are open to a non-Japanese partner. Answer both in the description.
Personal stylists and shoppers#
A half-day of shopping with the client, which is one long booking rather than a series of short ones.
| Duration | 3 hours |
|---|---|
| Minimum notice | 48 hours |
| Location | In person, meeting point agreed after booking |
| Payment | Paid online |
| Cancellation policy | Full refund 48 hours before |
Worth asking on the booking form: What are you shopping for? · Budget · Sizes · Any brands you love or avoid?
Wardrobe consultants#
A long appointment at the client’s home going through what they already own.
| Duration | 3 hours |
|---|---|
| Minimum notice | 48 hours |
| Buffer | 45 minutes after, for travel |
| Location | In person, at the client’s home |
| Payment | Paid online |
| Cancellation policy | Full refund 48 hours before |
Declutterers and professional organisers#
Sold in half-days across several weeks, always at the client’s home.
| Duration | Half day (4 hours) |
|---|---|
| Minimum notice | 48 hours |
| Buffer | 45 minutes after |
| Bookable up to | 90 days |
| Location | In person |
| Payment | Paid online |
| Cancellation policy | Full refund 72 hours before |
Worth asking on the booking form: Size of the home (1LDK, 2DK, 3LDK…) · Which rooms? · What is the goal?
Japanese apartments are small and storage is the actual problem, which is a different job from the large-house decluttering the method is famous for. Say which you do, and ask for the floor plan size on the form.
Feng shui consultants#
A home visit with a floor plan supplied beforehand, or a remote reading from the plan alone.
| Duration | 2 hours in person, 60 minutes remote |
|---|---|
| Minimum notice | 72 hours |
| Location | In person or video |
| Payment | Paid online |
| Cancellation policy | Full refund 72 hours before |
Worth asking on the booking form: Send a floor plan before the appointment · Which direction does the entrance face?
Astrologers and tarot readers#
Short readings booked at short notice, many of them from other countries and other time zones.
| Duration | 45 minutes |
|---|---|
| Minimum notice | 4 hours |
| Location | Video |
| Payment | Paid online |
| Cancellation policy | Full refund 24 hours before |
Worth asking on the booking form: Date, time and place of birth · What would you like to look at?
Doulas and birth coaches#
Antenatal appointments booked against a due date, with the birth itself on call rather than in the diary.
| Duration | 90 minutes |
|---|---|
| Minimum notice | 48 hours |
| Bookable up to | 270 days |
| Location | In person or video |
| Payment | Paid online, or as part of a package |
| Cancellation policy | Full refund 7 days before |
Worth asking on the booking form: Due date · Which hospital or clinic? · First baby?
Giving birth in Japan as a foreign resident raises questions about hospital choice, what is covered and whether anyone will speak English in the delivery room. A free first call answering exactly that is the strongest thing on your page.
Lactation consultants#
Urgent, often within hours, and frequently at the client’s home in the first weeks after birth.
| Duration | 90 minutes |
|---|---|
| Minimum notice | 2 hours — this cannot wait a day |
| Buffer | 45 minutes after, for travel |
| Location | In person or video |
| Payment | Paid online |
| Cancellation policy | Full refund 12 hours before |
Worth asking on the booking form: Baby’s age · What is happening? · Home visit or video?
Nannies and babysitters#
Evening blocks booked at short notice, with a meet-the-family appointment before the first one.
| Duration | 4 hours as a block, 30 minutes for a first meeting |
|---|---|
| Minimum notice | 12 hours |
| Bookable up to | 90 days |
| Location | In person, at the family’s address |
| Payment | Paid online |
| Cancellation policy | Full refund 24 hours before |
Worth asking on the booking form: Children’s ages · Address and nearest station · Allergies or routines · Languages spoken at home
Sleep consultants#
An assessment call and then short follow-ups over a fortnight, almost all by video.
| Duration | 60 minutes assessment, 20 for a follow-up |
|---|---|
| Minimum notice | 12 hours |
| Location | Video |
| Payment | Paid online as a package |
| Cancellation policy | Full refund 24 hours before |
Elderly care coordinators#
Family consultations, often with relatives in another country joining by video at an awkward hour.
| Duration | 60 minutes |
|---|---|
| Minimum notice | 24 hours |
| Location | Video or in person |
| Payment | Paid online |
| Cancellation policy | Full refund 48 hours before |
Navigating 介護保険 on behalf of a parent is the reason most people call, and doing it from abroad is the hard version. Say that you handle the applications and the ward office visits.
Funeral arrangements#
Booked in the worst week of somebody’s life, at almost no notice, and it has to be simple.
| Duration | 60 minutes |
|---|---|
| Minimum notice | 1 hour |
| Location | In person or video |
| Payment | Free |
| Cancellation policy | Not applicable |
Repatriating remains, and the difference between a Japanese funeral and what a family expects, are the two things foreign families need explained immediately. Keep the booking page short and the phone number visible.
Voice and accent coaches#
Short, frequent sessions, booked around a working day and often by employers.
| Duration | 45 minutes |
|---|---|
| Minimum notice | 12 hours |
| Location | Video |
| Payment | Paid online |
| Cancellation policy | Full refund 24 hours before |
Public speaking coaches#
Booked to a fixed event date, intensively, and then not at all.
| Duration | 60 minutes |
|---|---|
| Minimum notice | 12 hours |
| Location | Video |
| Payment | Paid online |
| Cancellation policy | Full refund 24 hours before |
Worth asking on the booking form: What are you speaking at, and when? · How long is the talk? · Do you have slides already?
Personal branding consultants#
A free strategy call that sells a package, with clients spread across time zones.
| Duration | 30 minutes free, 90 for a session |
|---|---|
| Minimum notice | 12 hours |
| Location | Video |
| Payment | Strategy call free, sessions paid online |
| Cancellation policy | Full refund 24 hours before |
Set this up in about ten minutes
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Last reviewed 28 September 2026.