SatoKM
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I had watched this documentary as well. Not sure it depicts reality because I've never been to a host club, but I think hosts have a harder time than hostesses. Groups of well established businessmen frequently go to hostess clubs and the dynamics are different. Whereas these boys have to cater to women with emotional needs like girls who work as hostesses etc. also they have to drink more. Why would a decent looking socially adept woman walk into a host bar? She can just walk into any bar and be showered with attention. It must be emotionally draining after a certain point.
Japan in many ways is an emotional roller coaster for their own people. Sometimes I feel sorry about them. I feel lucky that although I am Japanese I have lived almost my entire life outside Japan. I worked for almost 2 years in Tokyo and I felt so stressed and lonely. Overthinking everything you do or say, how you say it and to who you say it. Not able to me myself (unique, cheerful, kind of loud sometimes...).
Go to hostess or host club is kind of "mental relieve" for many Japanese workers. I got many truly and honest confessions while my friends were drunk. I guess one of the few good things about alcohol is that you can of know people's true colors after they get drunk.
I got so many confessions from workmates, from my boss, from everybody! So sad, many Japanese are so mentally unstable, heartbroken and lonely. That's why those type of places are like the only way to release many daily problems.
I was forced to go many times with my boss and work colleagues to hostess clubs. At first, it was kind of amusing (from my western mentality point of view) how much money they spend in women serving drinks and make them company. Telling to everybody how great they are in EVERYTHING! from doing mental math calculations to their stories playing golf or tennis. Those hostess cheer my workmates, laughed at their bad jokes and told them how "attractive" they are. Then after several times going to hostess clubs, I started to feel sorry about my workmates. I realized that's not the kind of life I want. I quit my job, left Japan and started to work in other countries.
I love Japan for visiting as a tourist but not for work and living!