Dim Sum newspaper published a new business thriving in Japan. It’s starting to take off. Exploring Japan’s rising trend of companion rentals.
I’m thinking of doing this in Vancouver.
Shoji Morimoto has what some would see as a dream job: He gets paid to do pretty much nothing.
The 38-year-old Tokyo resident charges ¥10,000 ($71) per booking to accompany clients and simply exist as a companion.
Earlier, a foreign YouTuber named Harry Jaggard, with a million followers, shared a video titled “I Rented a Japanese Girlfriend in Tokyo,” documenting his entire experience of the date. He initially waited outside Harajuku Station and was greeted by the stunning Japanese beauty Eri, with whom he explored Takeshita Street. Their first destination was a hedgehog café, followed by a sumptuous wagyu beef meal at a restaurant, and concluding with a visit to a baseball practice facility, thoroughly enjoying the date. Throughout the experience, his girlfriend engaged in lively conversations, attentively shielding him from rain and even navigating using maps. The YouTuber praised the experience as entertaining, despite the relatively high cost. Including the reservation and transportation expenses, he spent a total of approximately $400 (around HK$3,120), which he found more economical than maintaining an actual romantic relationship, generating laughter and agreement from numerous netizens.
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The only thing that I’m afraid of this job meeting serial-killers.
Come up with a crazy business idea.
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