The host club anime is an anime, its not going to be anything like the real thing. Its like the real thing. . .but they drink tea, see what i mean, lol.
anyone who has worked in a Service job YES IT IS A SERVICE JOB its all about one thing. . .MONEY!!!!!!! when i have to pay to pay $12 and hr. or more i have lost my mind. . . cus i have gone bat shit fuckin crazy. wouldn't mind having a club like this. . . .only to make the money but w/ all the bs it may come w/ . . .nope.
@disiloozhuhn younger than 20 and you're not allowed to work in the adult industry. Which also makes sense, especially for hosts, since drinking is the biggest part of it, and the legal drinking age is 20 in Japan. Afraid you've been looking at something else, or some weird pseudo host club for youngsters.
@TokyoZeplin Not really, I have a site I like to browse through hosts at host(.)avenue(.)tv (website) and I've come across hosts of particular clubs such as Ai For You and Club Genji who are just turning 19 this year.
@disiloozhuhn don't know what you're talking about... just took a look at Ai For You's website and checked out all the hosts there... there's none younger than 20 :S Again, legal drinking age is 20 in Japan, it would be utterly futile being a host any younger, and as I said, I do believe it's illegal to work such jobs if you aren't 20 (legal adult age), even if you aren't drinking.
@TokyoZeplin Well I'm sure not everyone abides by the rules :P And some Host Clubs do not list all their hosts sometimes on their websites. Also depends what the Host does as well, if he's more of a model or actually works in the clubs. Club Air have mounds of Hosts for various projects, but do not list them all on their website. Same goes for Club Acqua.
@disiloozhuhn sort of backtracking now... sure, some younger ones might actually work as hosts, but it's still illegal, and not something they would actually say, nor show on the website, nor something the club would say they were aware of. It is illegal. You gave examples with a website, checked website, no examples, you jump to a completely different thing. Point: you have to be 20 to work in a host club, you can cheat, but you wouldn't tell anyone, & 16 is outright lying.
@TokyoZeplin Not back tracking. Sure maybe the host site wouldn't give away the age. I looked on AI For You as well and then did research on Mizuki on Host Avenue, he's turning 19. Sorry if my 16 assumption was a bit over exaggerative. Sure legally to work as a host you need to be 20, but some people get away with it maybe they are a year or 2 younger. If you actually browsed Host Avenue website, theres pics with ages, some are18 turning 19. Believe whatever I won't argue anymore it's pointless.
@TokyoZeplin Not back tracking. Sure maybe the host site wouldn't give away the age. I looked on AI For You as well and then did research on Mizuki on Host Avenue, he's turning 19. Sorry if my 16 assumption was a bit over exaggerative. Sure legally to work as a host you need to be 20, but some people get away with it maybe they are a year or 2 younger. If you actually browsed Host Avenue website, theres pics with ages, some are18 turning 19. Believe whatever I won't argue anymore it's pointless.
People who actually assume that "Ouran High School Host Club" gives a realistic view on what japanese hosting is like are, and I'm sorry to say this, RETARDED.
OHSHC is a very fluffy, very happy shoujo anime. (Shoujo, which many of you probably know, means Girl in Japanese - in other words, the anime was made for girls to watch.)
The boys who formed this "host club" mainly drink tea with their clients and act like charming princes to get the girls swooning.
I've been interested in hosts/hostess clubs lately. I watch that documentary, and did research on it. But, I didn't realize there was territories nor brawls too. Thanks for the video!
I also want to go to a host club, but i'm afraid of getting caught in that 'spiderweb' where I keep on going back to a host and getting into debt, and then things go bad. Yeah, I'm not optomistic. I guess I should be careful..
i think it would be fun to go to a host club like once every couple years you know to flirt a little with the host and you know just to have fun.(i dont like the taste of alcohol) so i wouldnt drink much!! but you know i wouldnt get obsessed with it!O_O but rly those poor guys and women tho!!!
Ran out of room, but basically what I'm asking too is it is obvious at least from a male stand point.. it's alot harder for you to "get laid/meet a girl" than it is the othr way around, girls just need to say screw me and almost any guy would do it ( not saying host clubs are that, just saying..) what is more frowned upon if any? the host clubs or the hostess clubs/ in japanese culture in general. The guy paying for a womans company or vice versa? Doesn't have to be sex, but paying for company
Question, you said that the guy hosts have to pay for the girls if they don't have the money to pay for their "entertainment" basically. Does this same rule apply to the Hostess' clubs? If you were a dude, went in there, "rented" a girl for so long and then said "whoops! I have no money!" Do the girls have to pay that differential or do the non paying male's go to jail or something/ they press charges? Guess I'm asking are either genders customers at fault treated equally legally?
My friend made the point that by mixing love and addiction to alcohol, they create a perverse addiction to the host themselves. I thought that was an astute observation of the situation.
Liked the video. I have a few months experience as a host in Osaka.
In my case, the club was owned by yakuza - not that I knew that before I started.
As for clients, yes, most were hostesses. I never came across any obvious prostitutes though. We did have about 10-20% of clients come in who were no associated with any of this line of work - just normal women coming in for entertainment.Your key message is spot on - its a shit job. Easy to get sick. Glad I tried it but never again.
working holiday visa is not allowed for hostess and hosting. none of the visas are except spouse visa maybe. i knew many people in the industry and many chinese got sent home and banned from japan over it...didnt hear of any white people being picked up for it though...most hostess clubs in shinjuku are run by black guys...walking around kabukicho in broad daylight wearing baggy jeans and not feminine clothes they used to grab me trying to recruit. lots of latino women look like they hate it bad
also entertainment visas are as rare as hens teeth. best bet would be working visa sponsored by company but you need 10-12 years experience and to sign a contract with a company...safe to say 95% of foreign hosts(and hostesses) are doing it illegally.
I don't see how they can't drink a lot and not get sick or pass out. I thought they could drink whenever the customer wants to drink and buys it, but in this documentary I watched they were just drinking it up that bottle like nothing and they have to do it.
I haven't seen that documentary you mention but have seen one here in YT it's called "Japanese Gigolo Documentary - Why I became a Gigolo" I really feel bad for these people who have to make a choice and get into being one just so they could help their family out or pay their debt, etc etc. (cont)
how much drinking you talking about? i can put down 18+ beers like its nothing. if you mean like 1 drink an hour or something during a shift that ain't bad.
@TokyoZeplin I find that hard to believe, Not the amount but perhaps maybe thats why there is all the puking... Champagne is extremely carbonated, almost impossible to down a bottle without auto barfing because of the CO2
@twinkieCee the freaky part is that I've heard way more horrible stories of what some of the do, than what is covered in the documentary :-/ But yeah, it's a great one!
@TokyoZeplin I looked into it but working holidays visa's don't let you work in night clubs or hostessing/host clubs they call it jobs with "bad morals" or something :(
@gaijinyakuzza Pretty sure they let you work in night clubs though, since they work fine for bars and such. Or did you mean "other" kind of nightclubs?
I watched that documentary this week and found it crazy that these women sell there bodies to fund there host club addiction,there in the bussiness,know the host's are there to only make money and try to convince themseleves that these men have feelings for them.They even say that the host clubs take them away from the pressure from there crappy jobs{beign hostess's or whores}its like some expensive insane cycle!!
so if hostesses and prostitutes are the main customers for hosts, whoare the hostess's customers then? is it business men or hosts?? kinda makes me wonder
Ouran is a very good girlie show but it never claims to be a realistic representation of what a host club is like. It's entertaining but anyone who thinks it's like real life is silly! :) great video as always!
@candylove1234 well I can understand people though. If they never knew anything else about host/hostess clubs, and were only introduced through that anime, they would assume that it is something like that. But from what I've seen, the anime has extremely little to do with actual host clubs.
one question I have is do they have any rules against say men going to host clubs or women to hostess clubs? is it kind of an unsaid rule? or does it actually happen? just curious what the view on homosexuality is in japan. maybe a video on it if you haven't already?
@icecoldwolf I think there are a few specific host clubs for homosexuals, but don't quote me on that. I know men and women can accompany each other into the different clubs, but I don't think alone, and I know not all clubs will accept it.
@icecoldwolf i worked in a lesbian bar in tokyo and we once went there, a customer shouted us to hostess club...so there were 8 girls for us (6 female customers) and it cost around 100 000yen for an hour.
I watched about 5 episodes, it wasn't for me but If you want to be hostess go for if. No one told these people to do business with yakuza, no made them drink themselves to death(in which you can just drink sparkle water in wine bottle and pretend). Being Hostess doesn't sound too bad, it just sounds like the business you came across are just criminals with no health regulations doing shady activities to make a quick buck rather then hard work like most business in General.
@DPAce456 "no made them drink themselves to death(in which you can just drink sparkle water in wine bottle and pretend)." actually a lot of costumers will ask to drink from the same bottle, or ask to taste your drink, because they want to make sure that the host/hostess is indeed drinking alcohol. Just a minor thing there ^^
@icecoldwolf when you all share a big bottle of champagne, that isn't exactly possible :P One of the hosts in the documentary The Great Happiness Space talks about how he, on busy nights, needs to drink over 10 bottles of champagne.
@DPAce456 checked out a bit of it on youtube, and from what I see it has close to nothing to do with being an actual host and how it functions in real life :S
@ClaudiaNihon not that many people have sent videos yet :( but it's ok, since it's gonna be my 75th video, and I've been slow on making videos, so it's still a long time to go :)
@BlkUnk man you totally pimped me out at that girls birthday :P "Hey dude, go by a flower for her, and entertain the group in Roppongi"! I demand massive amounts of payment! :P
Great video! What I found weird when I entered a host club was how rude the customers were. They would say things like: hey you! I am not entertained, fucking entertain me! or I'm bored, you! Give me some lemon-sour now! I was like oh shit! You can scratch the "drink with cute girls" XD.
Something I dont' understand. You speak about hosting like it's different from prositution. But can't a customer request to do something more than just sit & talk, like have sex?~
@KawaiiYaLie I talk like it's different from prostitution because it is :) Some choose to have sex with their customers, but most don't. It's also generally considered bad for business to do that, since the customers won't come back after you've had sex (since they have "achieved their goal" so to speak).
@TokyoZeplin Oh Ok, I see :)~ Also, I heard it was pretty hard to get out of the buisness if your a good host & bring in alot of money. Is that true?~
Yea, I always see good stuff about Host clubs but theres alot more bad things :P
I was looking at all those ホスト Magazines (HOST KNUCKLE , MENS KNUCKLE) and like I was wondering if they started off as a Model or they were host's 1st... cause my Gaijin friend really likes those HOST style clothes and he tells me he should try host when he comes to Japan for future.
I saw the documentary a while back and all I could think is that it seemed insane IMO. It looks like people that are desperate for love and have low self esteem. The anime (I love it BTW) glamorizes hosts as men that simply "want to love women and make them happy". There is a JDrama called "Yaoh" that pushes that theme as well. I just feel sorry for everyone that gets caught up in that mess of a life.
I can do this. I would not have moral boundaries. But I do not want to go to Japan for that reason, I would like to see more facets of Japan than just the murky parts of the underground entertainment. I knew a bit about them but I did not know about the Yakuza being involved. Interesting video.
@CadaverousWound well, I think (or tried at least) I also showed its not just a matter of morals, but a lot of the time not exactly good working conditions.
What a crazy job.... The only way to suppress drunkenness and vomiting would be doing a lot of meth, but then... you know what that leads to in about 80% of the population in a matter of a few years. : )
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KuniTomita 1 month ago
The host club anime is an anime, its not going to be anything like the real thing. Its like the real thing. . .but they drink tea, see what i mean, lol.
anyone who has worked in a Service job YES IT IS A SERVICE JOB its all about one thing. . .MONEY!!!!!!! when i have to pay to pay $12 and hr. or more i have lost my mind. . . cus i have gone bat shit fuckin crazy. wouldn't mind having a club like this. . . .only to make the money but w/ all the bs it may come w/ . . .nope.
Nadinemewo 2 months ago
"The Great Happiness Space." is on netflix
Nadinemewo 2 months ago
How old can you be a host? How old can you go to Host Clubs?
jamPrinny11 3 months ago
@jamPrinny11 20 and 20
TokyoZeplin 3 months ago
@TokyoZeplin Actually, depending on what club you go to, some Host Clubs have Hosts as young as 16 years old.
disiloozhuhn 3 days ago
@disiloozhuhn that's illegal :p
TokyoZeplin 2 days ago
@TokyoZeplin mk maybe not 16, but i have definately looked up profiles of hosts who were way younger then 20.
disiloozhuhn 2 days ago
@disiloozhuhn younger than 20 and you're not allowed to work in the adult industry. Which also makes sense, especially for hosts, since drinking is the biggest part of it, and the legal drinking age is 20 in Japan. Afraid you've been looking at something else, or some weird pseudo host club for youngsters.
TokyoZeplin 2 days ago
@TokyoZeplin Not really, I have a site I like to browse through hosts at host(.)avenue(.)tv (website) and I've come across hosts of particular clubs such as Ai For You and Club Genji who are just turning 19 this year.
disiloozhuhn 2 days ago
@disiloozhuhn don't know what you're talking about... just took a look at Ai For You's website and checked out all the hosts there... there's none younger than 20 :S Again, legal drinking age is 20 in Japan, it would be utterly futile being a host any younger, and as I said, I do believe it's illegal to work such jobs if you aren't 20 (legal adult age), even if you aren't drinking.
TokyoZeplin 2 days ago
@TokyoZeplin Well I'm sure not everyone abides by the rules :P And some Host Clubs do not list all their hosts sometimes on their websites. Also depends what the Host does as well, if he's more of a model or actually works in the clubs. Club Air have mounds of Hosts for various projects, but do not list them all on their website. Same goes for Club Acqua.
disiloozhuhn 2 days ago
@disiloozhuhn sort of backtracking now... sure, some younger ones might actually work as hosts, but it's still illegal, and not something they would actually say, nor show on the website, nor something the club would say they were aware of. It is illegal. You gave examples with a website, checked website, no examples, you jump to a completely different thing. Point: you have to be 20 to work in a host club, you can cheat, but you wouldn't tell anyone, & 16 is outright lying.
TokyoZeplin 2 days ago
@TokyoZeplin Not back tracking. Sure maybe the host site wouldn't give away the age. I looked on AI For You as well and then did research on Mizuki on Host Avenue, he's turning 19. Sorry if my 16 assumption was a bit over exaggerative. Sure legally to work as a host you need to be 20, but some people get away with it maybe they are a year or 2 younger. If you actually browsed Host Avenue website, theres pics with ages, some are18 turning 19. Believe whatever I won't argue anymore it's pointless.
disiloozhuhn 2 days ago
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@TokyoZeplin Not back tracking. Sure maybe the host site wouldn't give away the age. I looked on AI For You as well and then did research on Mizuki on Host Avenue, he's turning 19. Sorry if my 16 assumption was a bit over exaggerative. Sure legally to work as a host you need to be 20, but some people get away with it maybe they are a year or 2 younger. If you actually browsed Host Avenue website, theres pics with ages, some are18 turning 19. Believe whatever I won't argue anymore it's pointless.
disiloozhuhn 2 days ago
People who actually assume that "Ouran High School Host Club" gives a realistic view on what japanese hosting is like are, and I'm sorry to say this, RETARDED.
OHSHC is a very fluffy, very happy shoujo anime. (Shoujo, which many of you probably know, means Girl in Japanese - in other words, the anime was made for girls to watch.)
The boys who formed this "host club" mainly drink tea with their clients and act like charming princes to get the girls swooning.
Realistic? Nope. ;) Sorry folks.
Kulborggoddamnit 5 months ago
oh man! so many things i didn't know about host clubs. actually, i find it scary right now!
victoriabp 5 months ago
Your prostitution in japan link takes you to your racism video >.>
Standard420247 6 months ago
I could still drink any person under the table. My body just seems to let me do it without death or hurting my health.
Standard420247 8 months ago
Great video! I didn't know there was so much in-fighting amongst hosts in the same club.
MsCKDexter 8 months ago
Cry me a river, bro. These chicks are lying also.
THAT1UMMAH 9 months ago
Holy crap, I started watching that anime to. LOL,
THAT1UMMAH 9 months ago
I just saw that doc. I loved it.
THAT1UMMAH 9 months ago
There is a good documentary on hosto called 'The Great Happyness Space' please check it out
neotokyomedia 1 year ago
@neotokyomedia it's in the video description you know.
TokyoZeplin 1 year ago
I've been interested in hosts/hostess clubs lately. I watch that documentary, and did research on it. But, I didn't realize there was territories nor brawls too. Thanks for the video!
I also want to go to a host club, but i'm afraid of getting caught in that 'spiderweb' where I keep on going back to a host and getting into debt, and then things go bad. Yeah, I'm not optomistic. I guess I should be careful..
FruitLoopFan 1 year ago
@FruitLoopFan can u give me the link of where u watched it i can't find anything
matsumotomaya 1 year ago
mmm thats not entirely true though..
neotokyomedia 1 year ago
@neotokyomedia but it entirely is? If you feel it is incorrect, by all means point out where, but I beg to differ.
TokyoZeplin 1 year ago
Yes,but the hostesses do the dinner thing. They go to dinner,outside the club on an arranged dinner date. They also usually get gifts etc.
Also,the J Rock visuel kei scene works this way.
The band playing and doing nomikai are their version of hosting.
They go on dates and hang with their fan girls for money.
chaffedthighs 1 year ago
i think it would be fun to go to a host club like once every couple years you know to flirt a little with the host and you know just to have fun.(i dont like the taste of alcohol) so i wouldnt drink much!! but you know i wouldnt get obsessed with it!O_O but rly those poor guys and women tho!!!
CristinaPocky 1 year ago
Ran out of room, but basically what I'm asking too is it is obvious at least from a male stand point.. it's alot harder for you to "get laid/meet a girl" than it is the othr way around, girls just need to say screw me and almost any guy would do it ( not saying host clubs are that, just saying..) what is more frowned upon if any? the host clubs or the hostess clubs/ in japanese culture in general. The guy paying for a womans company or vice versa? Doesn't have to be sex, but paying for company
Zenex666 1 year ago
@Zenex666 Neither are frowned upon, they are both a normal cultural thing. Also, no I don't believe the hostess have that system with the payment.
TokyoZeplin 1 year ago
Question, you said that the guy hosts have to pay for the girls if they don't have the money to pay for their "entertainment" basically. Does this same rule apply to the Hostess' clubs? If you were a dude, went in there, "rented" a girl for so long and then said "whoops! I have no money!" Do the girls have to pay that differential or do the non paying male's go to jail or something/ they press charges? Guess I'm asking are either genders customers at fault treated equally legally?
Zenex666 1 year ago
My friend made the point that by mixing love and addiction to alcohol, they create a perverse addiction to the host themselves. I thought that was an astute observation of the situation.
shadyjohnson1 1 year ago
i watched the documentary a few month ago and it shows how messed up the people are , it's really interesting
0Sakura0o 1 year ago
Stop smoking and talking!
sagat4 1 year ago
@sagat4 Why? Cigarette's are good brain food. :P
Zenex666 1 year ago
@TokyoZeplin
Liked the video. I have a few months experience as a host in Osaka.
In my case, the club was owned by yakuza - not that I knew that before I started.
As for clients, yes, most were hostesses. I never came across any obvious prostitutes though. We did have about 10-20% of clients come in who were no associated with any of this line of work - just normal women coming in for entertainment.Your key message is spot on - its a shit job. Easy to get sick. Glad I tried it but never again.
woggystylerism 1 year ago
Holy Shit man, I just watched all your videos in 2 days...
I feel like you just mind fuck me good lol
I got to say sir... it was not bad :)
Biggest Fan right here... :)
Kyle1Holmes 1 year ago
working holiday visa is not allowed for hostess and hosting. none of the visas are except spouse visa maybe. i knew many people in the industry and many chinese got sent home and banned from japan over it...didnt hear of any white people being picked up for it though...most hostess clubs in shinjuku are run by black guys...walking around kabukicho in broad daylight wearing baggy jeans and not feminine clothes they used to grab me trying to recruit. lots of latino women look like they hate it bad
mikichanchanchan 1 year ago
also entertainment visas are as rare as hens teeth. best bet would be working visa sponsored by company but you need 10-12 years experience and to sign a contract with a company...safe to say 95% of foreign hosts(and hostesses) are doing it illegally.
mikichanchanchan 1 year ago
I don't see how they can't drink a lot and not get sick or pass out. I thought they could drink whenever the customer wants to drink and buys it, but in this documentary I watched they were just drinking it up that bottle like nothing and they have to do it.
Cinlouxx 1 year ago
I haven't seen that documentary you mention but have seen one here in YT it's called "Japanese Gigolo Documentary - Why I became a Gigolo" I really feel bad for these people who have to make a choice and get into being one just so they could help their family out or pay their debt, etc etc. (cont)
Cinlouxx 1 year ago
how much drinking you talking about? i can put down 18+ beers like its nothing. if you mean like 1 drink an hour or something during a shift that ain't bad.
Zenex666 1 year ago
@Zenex666 Think closer to 18 bottles of champagne.
TokyoZeplin 1 year ago
@TokyoZeplin I find that hard to believe, Not the amount but perhaps maybe thats why there is all the puking... Champagne is extremely carbonated, almost impossible to down a bottle without auto barfing because of the CO2
Zenex666 1 year ago
Wow this is a really interesting video!
I watched the Great Happiness space documentary a while ago. It made me feel sad for hosts and seriously question their lifestyle... :/
twinkieCee 1 year ago
@twinkieCee the freaky part is that I've heard way more horrible stories of what some of the do, than what is covered in the documentary :-/ But yeah, it's a great one!
TokyoZeplin 1 year ago
cartoons creating a false happier image? no way... lol
I can understand shots being difficult but would it be considered rude if you only sipped your drinks?
XxWhoopaxX 1 year ago
I dont think any visa lets u be a host besides a spouse visa .
gaijinyakuzza 1 year ago
@gaijinyakuzza I'm thinking maybe the Working Holiday one does? It may be open to any and all kind of jobs :S
TokyoZeplin 1 year ago
@TokyoZeplin I looked into it but working holidays visa's don't let you work in night clubs or hostessing/host clubs they call it jobs with "bad morals" or something :(
gaijinyakuzza 1 year ago
@gaijinyakuzza Pretty sure they let you work in night clubs though, since they work fine for bars and such. Or did you mean "other" kind of nightclubs?
TokyoZeplin 1 year ago
@gaijinyakuzza doesn't stop most of the young foreigners from doing so, like, not kidding.
wontonmaster666 1 year ago
@TokyoZeplin im on a working holiday visa. it states you cant do those kind of jobs, but i guess if you kept it hush hush no one would know
irit8r 1 year ago
I watched that documentary this week and found it crazy that these women sell there bodies to fund there host club addiction,there in the bussiness,know the host's are there to only make money and try to convince themseleves that these men have feelings for them.They even say that the host clubs take them away from the pressure from there crappy jobs{beign hostess's or whores}its like some expensive insane cycle!!
steveomcbigarms 1 year ago
so if hostesses and prostitutes are the main customers for hosts, whoare the hostess's customers then? is it business men or hosts?? kinda makes me wonder
heyjeySigma 1 year ago
@heyjeySigma strangely enough, the trend doesn't seem to go the other way around, and mostly salary men are the main customers for hostesses.
TokyoZeplin 1 year ago
Ouran is a very good girlie show but it never claims to be a realistic representation of what a host club is like. It's entertaining but anyone who thinks it's like real life is silly! :) great video as always!
candylove1234 1 year ago
@candylove1234 well I can understand people though. If they never knew anything else about host/hostess clubs, and were only introduced through that anime, they would assume that it is something like that. But from what I've seen, the anime has extremely little to do with actual host clubs.
TokyoZeplin 1 year ago
one question I have is do they have any rules against say men going to host clubs or women to hostess clubs? is it kind of an unsaid rule? or does it actually happen? just curious what the view on homosexuality is in japan. maybe a video on it if you haven't already?
icecoldwolf 1 year ago
@icecoldwolf I think there are a few specific host clubs for homosexuals, but don't quote me on that. I know men and women can accompany each other into the different clubs, but I don't think alone, and I know not all clubs will accept it.
TokyoZeplin 1 year ago
@icecoldwolf i worked in a lesbian bar in tokyo and we once went there, a customer shouted us to hostess club...so there were 8 girls for us (6 female customers) and it cost around 100 000yen for an hour.
mikichanchanchan 1 year ago
@Foofehh I know, kinda weird o0 You'd think that The Great Happiness Space or some other videos on host or hostess clubs would be in there o0
TokyoZeplin 1 year ago
Can Gaijin be Male Hosts in Tokyo Dude?
tobco79 1 year ago
@tobco79 I already talked about this in the video.
TokyoZeplin 1 year ago
I watched about 5 episodes, it wasn't for me but If you want to be hostess go for if. No one told these people to do business with yakuza, no made them drink themselves to death(in which you can just drink sparkle water in wine bottle and pretend). Being Hostess doesn't sound too bad, it just sounds like the business you came across are just criminals with no health regulations doing shady activities to make a quick buck rather then hard work like most business in General.
DPAce456 1 year ago
@DPAce456 "no made them drink themselves to death(in which you can just drink sparkle water in wine bottle and pretend)." actually a lot of costumers will ask to drink from the same bottle, or ask to taste your drink, because they want to make sure that the host/hostess is indeed drinking alcohol. Just a minor thing there ^^
TokyoZeplin 1 year ago
@TokyoZeplin you would think they might be able to water down the drink so they just don't get as drunk. very informative video either way.
icecoldwolf 1 year ago
@icecoldwolf when you all share a big bottle of champagne, that isn't exactly possible :P One of the hosts in the documentary The Great Happiness Space talks about how he, on busy nights, needs to drink over 10 bottles of champagne.
TokyoZeplin 1 year ago
Boy that anime was stupid.
DPAce456 1 year ago
@DPAce456 checked out a bit of it on youtube, and from what I see it has close to nothing to do with being an actual host and how it functions in real life :S
TokyoZeplin 1 year ago
OMG once a host always a host? a non ending cycle? o.O
wan2bepro 1 year ago
The Great Happiness Space is an amazing documentary (: and Ouran is an amazing Anime/Manga! :D
ephemeross 1 year ago 12
@ClaudiaNihon not that many people have sent videos yet :( but it's ok, since it's gonna be my 75th video, and I've been slow on making videos, so it's still a long time to go :)
TokyoZeplin 1 year ago
I just finished watching that doco. *Shakes head* Gotta wonder what parts of mainstream Japanese culture is fuelling this subculture.
stuffnnonsense 1 year ago
The anime is pretty darn funny tho.
Degenskonto 1 year ago
really well informed video... so what i can take from this is that you where either a host of have dated one!!
BlkUnk 1 year ago
@BlkUnk man you totally pimped me out at that girls birthday :P "Hey dude, go by a flower for her, and entertain the group in Roppongi"! I demand massive amounts of payment! :P
TokyoZeplin 1 year ago
good anime kinda funny
homer004 1 year ago
being a host isn't cool to begin with, what are you talkign about
crystyxn 1 year ago
Great video! What I found weird when I entered a host club was how rude the customers were. They would say things like: hey you! I am not entertained, fucking entertain me! or I'm bored, you! Give me some lemon-sour now! I was like oh shit! You can scratch the "drink with cute girls" XD.
akumax90 1 year ago
@akumax90 looking forward to your video on that :)
TokyoZeplin 1 year ago
Something I dont' understand. You speak about hosting like it's different from prositution. But can't a customer request to do something more than just sit & talk, like have sex?~
KawaiiYaLie 1 year ago
@KawaiiYaLie I talk like it's different from prostitution because it is :) Some choose to have sex with their customers, but most don't. It's also generally considered bad for business to do that, since the customers won't come back after you've had sex (since they have "achieved their goal" so to speak).
TokyoZeplin 1 year ago
@TokyoZeplin Oh Ok, I see :)~ Also, I heard it was pretty hard to get out of the buisness if your a good host & bring in alot of money. Is that true?~
KawaiiYaLie 1 year ago
@KawaiiYaLie if you mean by just quitting, I've never heard of any troubles.
TokyoZeplin 1 year ago
wow i had no idea they hired foreign hosts
MrHiberto 1 year ago
super informative. nice vid.
nickrosa 1 year ago
Yea, I always see good stuff about Host clubs but theres alot more bad things :P
I was looking at all those ホスト Magazines (HOST KNUCKLE , MENS KNUCKLE) and like I was wondering if they started off as a Model or they were host's 1st... cause my Gaijin friend really likes those HOST style clothes and he tells me he should try host when he comes to Japan for future.
MGOotaku 1 year ago
@MGOotaku as I said, I'm not even sure what kind of visa you would need to work in one.
TokyoZeplin 1 year ago
@TokyoZeplin Oh, but my parents are both born in Japan, I'm full Japanese lol.
So I dont think I need Visa to live in Japan etc etc.
Nice video anyways! :D
MGOotaku 1 year ago
I saw the documentary a while back and all I could think is that it seemed insane IMO. It looks like people that are desperate for love and have low self esteem. The anime (I love it BTW) glamorizes hosts as men that simply "want to love women and make them happy". There is a JDrama called "Yaoh" that pushes that theme as well. I just feel sorry for everyone that gets caught up in that mess of a life.
ViperaLLAP2U 1 year ago
I can do this. I would not have moral boundaries. But I do not want to go to Japan for that reason, I would like to see more facets of Japan than just the murky parts of the underground entertainment. I knew a bit about them but I did not know about the Yakuza being involved. Interesting video.
CadaverousWound 1 year ago
@CadaverousWound well, I think (or tried at least) I also showed its not just a matter of morals, but a lot of the time not exactly good working conditions.
TokyoZeplin 1 year ago
Oh wow, I don't know how people can people can keep on working at a place that takes away more of their life than benefit it.
KenAurther 1 year ago
nice vid. might show it to a friend of mine who nags about how he's going to be a host here in japan!
noneedforname 1 year ago
I have the documentary on dvd, great stuff!
It really changes your perspective on the job, hearing about hosts vomiting blood from so much drinking.
reaper4255 1 year ago
Interesting information. Thanks.. (:
Raener 1 year ago
F***** this!!!
first , the worst
second, the best
third, the one with the hairy chest :D
B4IRUTUARU16 1 year ago
What a crazy job.... The only way to suppress drunkenness and vomiting would be doing a lot of meth, but then... you know what that leads to in about 80% of the population in a matter of a few years. : )
IgorSavtchenko 1 year ago
@IgorSavtchenko lool
B4IRUTUARU16 1 year ago
@IgorSavtchenko have actually heard from people that doing drugs for that very reason is pretty common in host/hostess clubs.
TokyoZeplin 1 year ago
2nd!
NipponSky 1 year ago
@NipponSky damn you ._.'
TokyoZeplin 1 year ago
FIRST!
Haha, now you fuckers can't do it.
TokyoZeplin 1 year ago 29
@TokyoZeplin dude that should be against the "rules" #LOL
worldtravel101 1 year ago