I’ve spent years immersed in the nightlife world. Recently, I had the chance to interact with office workers and people employed by daytime companies, and it made me realize how out of step I am and how much time I’ve lost.
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If I became a hostess, it would make things easier for my family, so I find myself considering work in the adult entertainment industry. At this point, becoming an office worker or something similar is no longer realistic for me.
Hostesses come in all types, and so do office workers.
If you learn a bit about computers—Excel, for example—you should be able to find an administrative job in a regional area, where there’s a labor shortage.
On the other hand, being a hostess at a Ginza club requires considerably more than being an office worker or administrative assistant. You need looks, thoughtfulness, knowledge, the skill to handle men, and plenty more. Without a pretty high level of ability, I don’t think you could even get the job, let alone last in it...
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Even in nightlife work, there’s supposed to be a progression: starting at some run-down snack bar, then moving up to a Ueno hostess club, then Shinjuku, and eventually Roppongi.
It’s the same with regular jobs. Build up your skills first → get an office job at some startup nobody’s heard of → move to a small or mid-sized company → eventually become a Marunouchi office lady. That’s how you work your way up.
First, just get your foot in the door somewhere that will take anyone.
That said, if you don’t have any skills, you at least need some motivation.
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You’re still in your 20s, right? You’ll be totally fine—people will still hire you. You can’t get through life by always running away. How long do you plan to keep working nights?
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That’s simply a difference in values and culture, so it’s not as though one is superior to the other.
In fact, when it comes to individual ability, people in the nightlife industry might even come out ahead.
Do you know Kazuko Hosoki? She passed away, but she was a famous fortune-teller who used to appear on TV frequently. She’s listed in the Guinness World Records as the person who sold the most fortune-telling books in the world.
Apparently, before becoming successful as a fortune-teller, she worked in Ginza’s nightlife scene. She did customer service, but it seems she was also a business owner.
It has nothing to do with whether someone works a day job or in the nightlife industry. The only difference is between “people who can create their own businesses” and “people who earn money by taking on roles in businesses created by others.”
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I don’t think anyone can say which of you is more out of touch. Especially when it comes to whether someone is living a happy life or a free one…
If you’re able to do what you want, you could say that in itself is happiness…
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> I wonder if this question box has stopped getting questions from ordinary people altogether.
When I happened to feel like answering questions around the middle of August, I got one unsolicited offer in September. She’d read my past answers and said they had encouraged her to interview with Universe, so that made me realize there’s still a reason for this site to exist.
By coincidence, last night I went to a swingers’ bar with one of the girls and a sales rep from a business partner. The girl had put off getting a job after graduating because she wanted to focus on idol activities, but she later retired from being an idol and has been supporting herself with part-time work and papa-katsu. She said she’d like to work a regular office job but had no idea how to get back on track after taking a different path.
Then the business partner said, “Do you want to work as a receptionist at our company?” So she’ll probably go in for an interview. He said that since I’m a major client, she’d probably get through if she mentioned my name. I guess it really can be that easy.
On the other hand, without connections like that, it’s no wonder getting a job as a receptionist or secretary would be difficult. I thought hiring through personal connections was something that had died out with the Showa era, but apparently it’s still very much a thing. And this is a fairly large company that’s even publicly listed.
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You’ve decided that for yourself and are basking in a sense of helplessness. As long as you’re basking in it, you can stay in that invincible state of “I haven’t really tried yet.”
So, what exactly is your question?
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