What is the minimum age to be a hostess in Japan?

Question

I'm 16 and as soon as I can want to be a hostess in Japan, So I'd really like to know at just what age you can be one..

Answer 1

You're going to need a work visa to work there. And you need a solid job offer to qualify for the visa. No club owner is going to hire a minor. You haven't even finished high school yet.

  You need a four year degree to teach English. And there's no shortage of teachers. And doing freelance work on the side would be next to impossible.

I'm willing to bet you'd be dying to leave Japan and return to the US within a week or two.

Answer 2

I know it may sound interesting, but don't do it. Think of this: if you are not legally allowed to work, then what kind of boss would hire you illegally? Answer: a boss who breaks the law. A boss who takes advantage of young, ignorant, and helpless young women. You would have no legal recourse if he withheld your salary, paid you less than the legal wage, worked you too many hours, etc!! Just ask any migrant worker. . . .

If you are going to work as an English teacher then you will be seen as a role model for young people and children. Maybe we in American don't take this seriously enough, but in Japan they take it quite seriously. If you work in the mizu shoubai then forget teaching kids.

And yes, I KNOW that all hostesses do is pour drinks and chat men up. It doesn't matter. Japan is much more conservative than you think!

And here's my third point, which holds true in any country. Once you get below a certain stratum of society, you are vulnerable to lowlife that wouldn't dare harm anyone above that stratum. This is what happened to Lucie. It was NOT an isolated occurrence. The only reason it came to light was because she was a foreigner and her parents hounded the British Embassy (and rightly so). There were rumors that this same man had raped other hostesses, and that other women had gone missing as well. Why were these crimes not reported or investigated? Answer: because the people in that world live below the radar.

This job does not just involve fraternizing with "dirty old men." It also involves fraternizing w men who are pathologically dangerous, violent, and probably younger, wealthier, and better-looking than the old dudes. You may not know which ones they are until it's too late. Ask anyone who's worked in a bar, as a stripper, etc--they'll probably have a tale or two of a crazy stalker, of a situation that got out of hand or almost got out of hand. What if that happened to you? You run to the police, try to explain, you can't speak Japanese, you're there working illegally. . . do you not see how you can be trapped?

So my final point--if you want to flirt, you don't have to do it for a living!! Every English teacher goes to end-of-the-year parties, goodbye parties, and so on. Everybody drinks, everybody says silly stuff, and the men, old and young, will say things to you that they'd never say during working hours. I have been in this situation many times--it's a blast, it doesn't mean anything, and it's hilarious! The men will say everything from, Would you come to my house and give me a private lesson? I'm about to take a bath, will you scrub my back? And so on.

Answer 3

18

Answer 4

Your best bet is to get an English degree before you go. I know it sounds cool partying all the time. But try to think of it realistically. I knew a girl that worked as a hostess in Taiwan she was from Macao. She made a deal with a rich bar owner. When she started work he said to talk and drink with customers. About a week later he started to pressure her to sleep with customers after he loaned her about 20.000 US Dollars. She had no choice he had her passport. In Japan it would be worse. Do you think these old guys are Japanese Language teachers? Or they will help you? If they do what is the cost you will have to pay? I have been working overseas for almost Twenty years. Nothing is free. Wait until you are 21 and go to Amsterdam then at least you could choose who you sleep with. Good luck.

Regards,  

Answer 5

Even with family or spouse visa you can' t work in night business if under 20y.o. you are  in most place in Japan.(exceptionally limited areas are under 18y.o.) Without one of those visa or residential visa or permanent visa, foreigners can't work as hostess or companion in night business legally.

Drinking and smoking are admitted after 20 y.o. in Japan.

Illegal business if you would concern instead the age doesn't matter to do this kind of business on everywhere in the world as usual. Don't waste your important yourself easily.

Answer 6

I would like to ask you to think of a different line of work.  Please read this article about Lucie Blackman.

Also, you will be surrounded by dirty old men.  You are 16 and you have a world of opportunities in front of you.  Please think of another line of work.

Lucie Blackman (1 September 1978 – 1 July 2000) was an English woman who worked as a hostess in Roppongi, Tokyo. Blackman had previously worked as a flight attendant for British Airways but had come to Japan to see the world. At the time of her disappearance she had been working as a hostess at Casablanca, a night club in Roppongi.[8] She was 21 years old at the time of her body's recovery.

On January 10, 2001, Blackman's dismembered body was found, buried in a shallow grave under a bathtub in a seaside cave at Miura, Kanagawa, about 30 miles south of Tokyo, just a few hundred meters from the suspect's Obara's apartment.[13] The body had been cut into eight pieces. Her head had been shaved and encased in concrete. The discovery of the body was too late to determine the cause of the death.