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Depends on how hard you work. You can earn roughly 2-4000 yen per hour of lesson. In pounds this is around 12-15 quid an hour, enough to buy a nice meal in a restaurant. Good money compared to your average joe. Dishwasher boys get 600 yen an hour so you do the maths.. There are stories out there about guys who've taught classes full of rich surgeons 5000 yen an hour each, but this is all whispers in Rumour Land. Hear all the rich JETS moan about how hard they have it in Japan at Big Daikon.
| Q5. I want to work as a male host. What are the requirements?
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Besides scorching good looks? Fluent Japanese. At least enough to entertain your patrons so much that they will be likely to dish up the hefty fee to come and see you again. Also the temperment to praise, flatter and kiss ass to people who actually have to pay someone to be admired by them and do it with an unflinching smile. You will reap the rewards however, as some of the clientele are rich indeed, and it's not rare to hear about the popular host receiving such delights as gold rings, Ferraris, and holidays to Guam. All in the charm and the ability not to cringe while huffing on top of some diplomats old lady. If you're a woman and you're interested in this job, check out the ref.
| Q6. I am a Black/Asian guy. Will I be accepted in Japan? Will I be successful with Japanese girls?
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Some guys say that black guys have an easier time than the white guys.
You will have more luck in the big cities though, it depends more on who you are rather than what you are.
As for being a Korean/American, BBC or whatever, it's been said that
while they're a little less popular, they still have pretty good luck
if they hang around with other gaijin. Confidence is a big issue. There are success stories where American or European Asians have been begged by their sponsors to stay in Japan, and there are horror stories about those guys being let go simply because of their skin colour. Native Koreans, Chinese, Thai etc often complain about not scoring
with chicks in Japan, claiming that it's purely due to them not
being hakujin (white guys), but Japanese would tend to
agree that it's simply a lack of lead-taking and balls that makes
it so. Exhude your gaijinness and you should be alright.
On the other hand, I did get this message from a coloured fellow called Devon Pettigrew once upon a time:
"In case any of your readers are interested there
down sides. You see my friend and I are black and
this posed all kinds of other difficulties for us in
Japan. First off we were not military but none of the
Japanese girls we met seemed to understand this,
because in their view all black men serve in the US
military. Second when they finally did realize that
we weren't military then we had to be gangstaz because
all the black men who aren't in the military but are
in all the rap videos are criminals. You won't
believe how many times I was asked if I moved to
Taiwan becasue I was runnning from the law. For my
friend and I the only way for us to get laid was to
keep our mouths shut and let what ever girl we were
with live out her fantasy. As for me I am learning
Japanese and can speak Chinese pretty well but I keep
this a secret, along with the fact that I am earning a
Masters degree in Computer Science.
Don't get me wrong I love asian babes in general and
Japanese specifically and if you are a black guy in
Japan its easy to find nice babes but believe it or
not alot of black guys actually go to Japan and get
soo much attention and have so many crazy stereo types
to live up to that they just get fed up and go home.
I know many a black guy who just couldn't deal with
the sensory overload. But all & all I will definitely
go back there myself. The important thing is to go
with motivations other than women because they come to
those who are happy and if you go looking for chicks
it is quite possible that you wake up with more than
you bargained for."
So there you are. And if you just so happen to be a gangster or a rapper,
you'll get laid all the more.
| Q7. Where is a good place to stay in Tokyo?
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Kawama's recomendation:
"Tokyo English Center (located in Suginami-Ku, Kami-Takaido 2-17-8, Tel.5370-8440, no "key money", 33,000yen/month for a shared room, ¥55,000 for single room)." The price will probably go up now though since you bastards will keep going there after reading this FAQ.
| Q8. How can I get cheap tickets to Japan?
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Short of buying from Captain Kirk on Priceline...
It has been discussed several times on the forum.
"(Kawama) My wife and I got round trip tickets on ANA for $800 each through them. That included the connecting flight between cleveland and chicago!
Check out:
http://www.iace-usa.com/ticket/
Talk to Maki Hoshino at Kintetsu Travel in Chicago. $688 round trip to Kansai Intl., on JAL, including our connection from Minneapolis. The cost to Narita should be similar or less. Everyone at Kintetsu speaks very good English...no problems there.. 630-250-8840."
As for the UK, KLM (Royal Dutch Airlines) +31 (0)20 4747747 do excellent deals. When I went to Japan it cost around £450 return. I've heard of special deals for around £320 return at certain times of the year.
There are other ways, but come on guys, a magician doesn't give away all his secrets does he?
| Q9. Is what I hear about Japanese toilets true?
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(Satan)To put it simply,
YES!!
There are 3 major styles to be aware of.
1. Western Style
2. Japanese Style
3. Japanese Water Torture Style.
You should know how to use a western style toilet. If you don`t then you don`t belong here.
Come to think of it, you don`t belong ANYWHERE! *Suicide is a plausible option for you. Help thin the already over populated herd. If you`re too stupid to use a toilet then we don`t need you.
Thank you.
*(does not apply to people physically unable to use toilets (ie. quadriplegics) or anyone under the age of 20.)
Japanese toilets are easy. Just drop, squat, and squeeze. Make sure you pull your pants down first. (AND your underwear you silly boy!)
Be sure to have your shorts around your knees or you`ll mess your pants.
Then you`ll become a prime candidate for Shit Streaks Anonymous. SSA meetings every Jan. 31st.)
If you`re a girl, be sure to check around the toilet for hidden cameras. This IS Japan you know....
The Japanese Water Torture toilets are the most fun of all!! God truly blessed the Japanese person who invented this. He brought his invention out unto the world and said "behold! I bring thee the auto toilet! It wipes your ass for you! And dries it too!"
"How convenient!" the masses cried! "Thank you oh so much!!" they said to the Japanese man for his beautiful invention.
But God was angry. He gave this man a gift and he used it for his own personal gain without giving God the credit he had legally coming to him. God doesn`t like greedy fuckers. "THOUGH SHALL NOT GREED!" He said, but no one was listening. So, he smote a curse upon the toilet.
All those who are evil enough to buy one of these toilets will be sentenced to constantly clean their bathrooms. For stupid people and gaijin will forever be pushing the wrong(or right, depends on how you look at it.) buttons and cause the toilet to spit it`s ass cleansing stream upon the walls and the ceilings, and most importantly of all.
Upon the retard who can`t read Japanese.
But, man was smarter than God had thought. He invented a remote control for these toilets! Now, to punish the owners of these biological waste containers, they simply had to close the door to the stall/bathroom and and attempt to play Tekken 3 on the remote control.
Now only the stupid imbecile who owned them felt the wrath of God and his diabolical fountain of bacteria laden fluid.
To make matters worse, the rectal cleaning mechanism does not work properly. If you had eaten a heavy meal the day before, and you vacate your bowels into one of these evil contraptions and are stupid enough to USE the liquid anal reamer, you will be punished by your filth not being completely removed. Thus, you spent the day with shit in your shorts and your ass a wet mess.
Why? because the fucking blower that is supposed to gently dry your backside doesn`t work properly. God laughs at you, as usual.
But why couldn`t I just wipe/dry my fecal riddled ass with toilet paper??
Three reasons.
1. There is no toilet paper.
2. There is toilet paper but you have to pay 100 yen for it. That and the vending machine for it is OUTSIDE the bathroom. How are you going to get some TP with your butthole coated with bitter chocolate and your pants around your ankle?? If you get up to go and get some you`re going to have to buy at least 500 yens worth because by now you`ll have smeared ass butter all over your fanny cheeks. You`d be better off using your underwear. What? You don`t wear underwear?? Well you better use your hand you stinky fuck. No body like a free baller anyway.
3. There is toilet paper, but it`s totally soaked and useless because the owner of that particular toilet recently felt the rath of God. You COULD try and use it but your fingers will just end up going throught the wet paper and you`ll end up with a stray finger in the but. You know you`ll never get that smell off, so you might as well just use your whole hand.
GOOD LUCK!!!
| Q10. I am 6ft 8. Am I a freak in Japan?
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Only to a certain extent.
You'll get a lot of questions about your height, put it that way.
It's not so much that you'll be given the freak treatment, but rather
that you'll have a lot of problems clothing yourself, getting around peoples houses,
eating in izakakya's, etc. People won't run away screaming though if
that's what you're worried about.
(Oscar)"
Actually, one of the biggest get-laid kings in Japan is 6ft 7.
He is a former Olympic volley ball player turned TV personality.
He has done the most sought after actresses and pop idols. His technique?
Just pick up the girl and show her the world from his vantage point.
This experience sets in motion a chain of events that always turns out in his favor.
Being tall is one more element that makes you exotic.
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(Kris)"I was once made a replacement for one guy who was teaching these two 12 year old kids. He was the nicest bloke in the world, but at around 6ft 9 he simply scared the shit out of the poor kids every time he walked into the room. The kids had begged their mum to let them leave the school, but instead she had talked to the head, which is where I came in and replaced him unknowingly. Poor guy, I really appreciated that I'm only an average 5ft 9 after that.."
| Q12. What is the A.A.A?
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Asian.Addicts.Anonymous. A term coined by a guy called James who was one of the first
visitors to the Forum. Catchy eh? I get a lot of amusing mail from guys who first
discover this site, who thought they were the only guys in the world who had a thing purely for Asian girls only. Nope, you are not alone. AAA is not a term for a guy who has no luck with women and thus has to resort to Asian chicks. It simply means they have a love for Asian women like some guys do with blondes, for example.
| Q13. What's up with all these Iranians in Japan? |
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Well, Iranians used to be able to live in Japan without a visa because during the 'bubble economy' Japanese couldn't be shagged to do crappy jobs like those in construction. So for a while, Iranians had a good thing going and made a lot of money. Then when the economy went to pop in Japan, Iranians weren't so heavily employed and were left with bugger all to do in Japan, so many of them started entering into joint-ventures with the Yakuza, selling illegal phone-cards and jewellry on the streets, and making a packet.
The Yen to Rial made it worth going illegal instead of returning back to Iran. Unfortunately nowadays they're getting a terrible reputation for their dodgy business practices, and there's some heavy deportation going on.
In my opinion the Iranians made one nice little contribution - in the Japanese porn industry. Yep, no job, no money, I know! lets get a camera and make some interacial porno with the local females! Yes my friends, if you want to see a good porno in Japan, keep an eye out for those Arabic typefonts on the video covers.
| Q14. What do Japanese guys think of white-chicks like me? |
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If I could only count the amount of times some J-dude I've just met has said "Could you introduce me to any foreign girls?".
Japanese guys love foreign women, but you gotta remember, those guys are a shy lot and unapproachable at the best of times. To be frank, Western women do have a bit of a tough time in Japan, and it's quite the rare Japanese male who makes them the real-lifetarget of his affections. Assertive Western women often find themselves competing in a losing battle against submissive Japanese females who seem to be way behind the rest of the world in terms of sexual equality, fitting many a guys idealism of the way a women should say, act, look, and treat their man. For a Western woman who has in the past been fought over, respected by, and treated on equal terms with all the men in her life, this can be quite a tough cake to chew on.
But just like the guys at Young Dudes, you'll find the occasional Japanese male with a taste for the exotic, and to Japanese male eyes, Western women are irresistable. What a Westerner might describe as 'frumpy', ones of those Japanese guys would call 'voluptously curved'. Sadly though these guys are usually as shy as shit, so introductions from a Western male friend may be the order of the day for the Western girl hunting for a Japanese man. I remember one guy I knew who was Japanese and really liked an American female friend of mine. She liked him too, but he just wouldn't go for it. This happened all to often during my time in Japan. Japanese dudes have simply got to toughen up their act and get the balls to approach Western women they desire. It was like a breath of fresh air when I finally met a guy who you would describe as a 'real man' by Western terms. Not intimidated by a blonde-haired Ozzie mate of mine, he chatted her up, got it on, and they're now married. And I swear that guy could hardly string a word of English together in the beginning.
| Q15. How much does it cost to stay in a love hotel? |
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For the uninformed, a love hotel is a place where couples go to rent a room when they have no other place to shag. This happens especially a lot in Japan, where people often live with their parents right up until they're in their 30's, or at least until they are married usually. For just a few bucks the horny couple can rent out a room for an hour or two and bonk away to their hearts content in themed surroundings such as Wild Western Land, complete with kinky cowboy boots for the girlie to wear, and cowboy boots complete with spurs for the gents. These places really are worth checking out even if you do actually rent your own apartment because of the interesting and kinky gear you can utilise. And besides, it's totally anonymous, there isn't even a cashier - you simply put your money into a slot and out pops a key to your room. Anyway, onto the main question answered by our Japanese friend Oscar.
Answer: The rate varies with the luxury of the room, whether it's a weekday or a Saturday night, daytime or night time, city or the hinterlands.
Most hotels in my area charge Y2800-5800 for a 2hr stay in the night time, Y6800-25000 for an overnight stay, Y3800-6800 for an unlimited daytime stay between 9am and 5pm. Cities tend to charge more for less fashionable rooms. In small towns like Beppu, you can have a nicely furnished room Big enough to be a Honeymoon Suite at the New Ohtani Hotel with a great view of the sea for Y2800 for 2hrs. In Tokyo I was surprised that I could get a closet sized room in the basement for 2hrs as cheaply as Y3500. I once paid 20 thousand yen and found a spacious room with two queen sized beds on opposite sides of the room. I had read about "swapping rooms" where two couples could exchange partners and have sex where they can see each other. Refreshing stuff.
| Q16. Are Japanese Schools rascist in their hiring practices? |
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The author of this passage is a Japanese person.
There have recently been some irritatingly thick sculled people asking about racism.
Let's just make a few things clear:
Firstly, if your name is Arudodebito Sugawara, you will definately find racism in Japan intolerable.
Others have found it considerablly less so.
There is no KKK in Japan that hang foreigners from trees. We have no gas chambers for gaijin. You are not likely to be beaten for walking on the pavement.
The most you are likely to encounter are rude stares or a scoff. Nothing you will not encounter on a walk through Central Park, New York.
Since you face almost no physical confrontation due to racism, the perception of racism in Japan is mostly in the eye of the beholder.
Secondly, if you are Arudodebito Sugawara or his ilk, you will be cursed, cussed and spat upon for who you are. Not what you are.
Harrassment of a dumbfuck is not racism. It is just harrasment of a dumbfuck.
Harrassment of dumbfucks by people of normal intelligence is not racism regardless of the race of the victim.
Thirdly, if you go to Sunday School and try to start a discussion about Pornographic Animated Movies, you will be made to shut up. Your constitutional right to free speech will not protect you. If you go to a strip joint and try to get the beer drinking dudes to listen to your asthetic theories on the concept of beauty in the nude female body, you will be treated worse than the afore mentioned idiot in church.
If you are doing the wrong thing at the wrong place at the wrong time, you will be mistreated for your transgression and it will not be due to "racism".
Forthly, racism works both ways. Some people actually like the fact that they are being hired in English conversation schools just for being white. But that does not change the fact that they are subjects of racism, only one that is working in their advantage. A lot of guys would rather not work in English conversation schools for this reason. Not for long anyway.
Japan is a civilized enough a country that you can take sensible measures to limit personal disadvantage through racism to a minimum. Just as long as you are not one of those screeching PC maniacs who seem to be mortally offended at everything.
Ok, so what if you go to an English conversation school, flashing your deploma on Education, looking for a job when you do not fit the description of the "white, blond, blue eyes" gaijin that the place is hiring? -
You will get the same treatment Humphry Bogart got in the "Big Sleep" when he walked into an underground porno shop fronting as a used book store actually trying to buy a used book.
This is not racism. The racism is the act of hiring the white guys.
What will happen if you are a white guy dating a Japanese girl?
You will have the shit beat out of you if you are an asshole about it.
Same as if you are dating anyone anywhere else.
Don't rush to blame your troubles on racism.
If it is any consolation, white people have dropped the A-bomb on Japan. Niether Filipinos, Koreans, fricans nor Arabs have ever done the same.
| Q17. Self-Sponsorship in Japan |
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To obtain self-sponsorship you need to be making at least 250,000 yen a month or 3,000,000 a year.
When you go to the immigration office to *renew your visa present your part-time contracts or letters of employment, your pay slips for the past few months and your year-end tax statements. I would recommend bring your year-end tax statements to the local tax office. Here they will calculate what you owe. (And if you are making under 3,700,000 you will likely get a refund!)
Take this tax statement along with your contracts and the pay slips for the past few months when you go to the immigration office and you shouldn't have a problem renewing your teaching visa. The catch of course is you must have a work visa FIRST! Take any full-time teaching job and leave if you find yourself unhappy.
Most teaching visas are now for (3) years! You don't have to present all three years worth of tax statements just the last **year! This gives you plenty of time to put together the needed part-time work. Even after I married with Japanese I continued to stay self-sponsored! I never change to a spouse visa because if the marriage didn't work out I didn't want to find myself in possible visa limbo and being forced to return to a tourist visa!
*Some teachers I've known have brought only their monthly tax slips and have gotten a visa renew, but I've always been asked to show copies of my contracts or letters of employment.
I received my first 3yr visa two years ago and will renew for the first next winter. However, others I know that have extended were required to produce tax statements from the previous year only. (CHRIS)
| Q18. Does body hair turn off Japanese chicks? |
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Surprising, personal evidence suggests a solid "No". Everyone loves a cave-man at the end of the day, and whilst you may find a few Japanese girls prefer their men hairless and smooth, I can't say that I ever sensed any negativity towards my hairy chest, or received any subtle suggestions to go shave my legs at any time I was with a girl in Japan, and neither has any other foreigner I've heard of.
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