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Hi Everybody,

I am interested in knowing if a foreigner can become an HOSTO.

Are there any specialized agencies for that?

Thanks + ciao

Mickey

Just go into the place and ask for a job. There are no agencies...
I do know a foreigner who worked as a host, and he quit after one day.

Why do you want to be a host?

Whoa, What happened to that person?

Yeah, MMM. I am curious to hear that story.

My friend really wanted to be a host. He got into a host club in Osaka, but realized that despite being a handsome American man, he was the lowest man on the totem pole. He spent the night filling glasses and cleaning ashtrays and never was given the opportunity to even speak to a customer. That's why he quit.

Whoa, erm, Thanks for sharing, poor guy . . .

If he quit after only one day of that, was he unclear about the business he was trying to become part of. or were his expectations bordering on delusional? While those duties are not what he was looking for, they are customarily what the new guys are responsible for.

Like any business, there is a pecking order and when it involves any kind of sales, the new employee has to "learn the ropes" before being allowed to deal with customers. Can you imagine the legal liabilities the owners take with trainee hosts, aside from the risk of a foreigner accidentally running off customers before they have been around long enough to see how things really work?

I am sure his expectations were bordering on delusional. He wanted to be a star from day one, and soon realized that would not be the case. It wasn't nearly as glamorous a job as he expected.

I wish I could remember the name of a documentary I saw a few years ago because its a pretty realistic picture of the industry, without getting into too much of the sordid aspects.

It shows the "glamorous" image and then the life the average guys live behind the scenes, including those same crummy jobs around the club that they have to do when customers aren't asking for them. It was very clear that the one man they followed in part of it was the exception to the rule with his very high standard of living that was about to allow him to retire comfortably in his early 40s. The shocking part for me was the amount some hosts actually bring in (aside from trinkets & undeclared earnings). Some of the women have far more expendable income than most I know.

The Great Happiness Space documentary? I'd be interested to hear if there was another one out. That one, whilst insightful, is a bit out of date now. The club they filmed it in doesn't even exist anymore.

was it the great happiness space, i just saw it a few days ago

THE GREAT HAPPINESS SPACE

It's only four years old, but indeed the club has been shut down, which is very common.

Don't recognize that title, but it could be. I will check it out over the weekend (can't from work). The time frame of the release would put it at about the time I saw the one I was referring to.

Do those clubs usually last more than a couple of years? I wouldn't expect them to, except for the rare one that becomes almost an institution.