...Quick Money?

[Azrael]

My JET contract will come to an end tomorrow.

For those wondering, my new job (for the moment) will be, again, a Jr. high school ALT, this time in Hirakata-shi in Osaka. But seeing as how this job doesn't start until Sept, during the entire month of August I will be in-between jobs. I'll also be in-between money too, as moving and what not takes up a lot.

I'm looking for ways to supplement my bank account until I get paychecks again in late Sept. Has to be something I can do privately, where I meet the client and take money directly from them. Also, something I can do for only one month and drop come September.

Of course, I've already looked into private English lessons. I've signed up for one matching service, and I'm also planning on making adverts and posting them up near train stations or wherever. Does anyone know any other ideas/outlets? Or a good personals/Japanese ad services site? I'm pretty much up for anything, up to and including male day-whore.

[Urban~Ninja]

Male day-whore it is then, advertise sterotypical things about penis sizes and go go go go go!

You could sell stuff to those ever so many 2nd hand stores or buy and sell again, you know buy for cheap and make a profit....

[Azrael]

But see, where would I go to advertise being a day-whore? I'm pretty sure I can't take up an ad in the Daily Yomiuri. :P

I've already sold what I could. Which really didn't turn up much. The clothes were especially interesting. Most places didn't take them, because they weren't recognizeable name brands (gotta love Japan). The one place that did, I sold an entire gym bag of clothes for only 400 yen. Well, guess that's an extra lunch at least.

[Suneru]

Offer a one month TOEIC prep private lesson. Focus on one of the sections each lesson, 2 weeks for reading, 2 for listening.

Make up fliers and just plaster TOEIC all over it. Claim that if they take your lessons they'll get at least 50 points better on their next TOEIC. 50 points is the difference between getting and not getting a job for many people.

It really doesn't matter if you teach them anything or not. If you motivate them enough they will get the 50 points, but it doesn’t matter cause you’ll be gone anyways.

Get TOEIC worksheets off the net, there are tons for both sections.

I don’t know your area, but 4 to 5000 yen per lesson might be a good asking price. But maybe you can get more.

About 20000 people take TOEIC every month; you’ll find students really fast.

[Azrael]

^Sweet, this is good, thanks!

Still open to suggestions, if anyone else has any...

[bakagaijin]

Bartender.

Under the table cash.

[Pierrot le Fou]

Private lessons. Lots of private lessons.

[TommyA]

Do like me, and do webdesign. I have my Aeon paycheck coming once a month, and then I have web design checks coming in once the sites are complete. Easy money if you have the skills, time and can find clients. I suggest posting in Craigslist that you do design, and try to have a portfolio of some sort. Or just look in craigslist for anything you may be able to do yourself.

[erbiumfiber]

It's probably a little late to do something like this now, but if you had set up some sort of "English immersion camp" for kids that ran for a few days (get a few JETS together, get some space at a school or church). There's English immersion camps that really take the kids camping- hey a few tents and you're in business. Maybe next summer...

Or, if your apartment is big enough, English immersion kindergarten for 4 or 5 kids, 9:30-11:30 and then a one-hour lunch break and maybe an English cartoon video after lunch. Run for one week.

I doubt any of your junior high kids would want to go to an English immersion camp but you could try- hold it outdoors at some park. Find a few American or bilingual kids and some JETS...

OK, like I said, not too practical at this late date- TOEIC it is...

[Willuknight]

Ever considered being a Tour Guide Az?

Go to the airport/hotel and find some hapless tourists, and showem the cool stuff in japan in your pimping Azmobile (or train if you are azmobileless).

It would be cash in hand, probably wouldn't be that hard to find customers, and having lived in japan for so long, you'd be surprised about how much stuff you'd know, that the average tourist wouldn't.

[Azrael]

Bartender.

Under the table cash.
No skills. But I would be willing to learn. Where would I go to find such a job? Just walk into a local bar and ask if I could be of some use?

You know...maybe I could be a bouncer. That would be mad interesting. I'd be up for it if I could find a place in Kyoto/Osaka to do it.

I suggest posting in Craigslist that you do design, and try to have a portfolio of some sort. Or just look in craigslist for anything you may be able to do yourself.
Is there a Japanese version, or do you just use the English one?

I guess I'm kind of looking for a Japanese version of craigslist...I'm open to stuff other than just English teaching, and in some ways, that'd kind of be preferred.

[Masa the Masta]

Take what you've learned about your dating experiences and apply them in private seduction lessions. :) A lot of Japanese guys may sound like nice guy material. Shape them up into alpha males. Just take "mating rituals" and apply it into some sort of seminar. Lol.

[yakamashii]

Craigslist has listings for Tokyo and Osaka, but they're lacking compared to listings for American cities.

Do you play any musical instruments? If you play something easily portable, there are plenty of train stations all over the country. All you need is an upturned hat.

[Masa the Masta]

Craigslist has listings for Tokyo and Osaka, but they're lacking compared to listings for American cities.

Do you play any musical instruments? If you play something easily portable, there are plenty of train stations all over the country. All you need is an upturned hat.

Either that or you could dance with an upturned hat. :watson:

[GovernorOfCA]

You know...maybe I could be a bouncer. That would be mad interesting. I'd be up for it if I could find a place in Kyoto/Osaka to do it.


YES! Be a bouncer. It's an interesting job, you'll meet a lot of weird people, and you're supremely qualified, what with the Gaijin Smash and all. I can already taste the "I am a Japanese Bouncer" editorials.

[stsparky]

No skills. But I would be willing to learn. Where would I go to find such a job? Just walk into a local bar and ask if I could be of some use?
You know...maybe I could be a bouncer. That would be mad interesting. I'd be up for it if I could find a place in Kyoto/Osaka to do it. Is there a Japanese version, or do you just use the English one? I guess I'm kind of looking for a Japanese version of craigslist...I'm open to stuff other than just English teaching, and in some ways, that'd kind of be preferred. Ask at Sam & Dave's (http://www.japanvisitor.com/index.php?cID=383&pID=896)? There's this (http://www.seekjapan.jp/job_seekers.php?regionNo=3&industryNo=0):

A job of bilingual instructors (http://www.seekjapan.jp/job/126/A+job+of+bilingual+instructors)?
EFL Instructor (http://www.seekjapan.jp/job/125/EFL+Instructor)?
SAT & SUN TEACHERS WANTED (http://www.seekjapan.jp/job/122/SAT&SUN+TEACHERS+WANTED)?
Higashi Osaka ALT (http://www.seekjapan.jp/job/120/Higashi+Osaka+ALT)? Best of luck, Sparks

PS Maybe a month or two away; Am serious about getting those interested in working with me & my old boss on my onslaught of Japanese media busy - Here's his preliminary site (http://usbizdirect.com/). There will be a Japanese orientated site soon.

[erbiumfiber]

There's also the job of hustling people into bars and sleazy sex places. That could be even MORE amusing than being a bouncer. Although in Tokyo it appears that you must be Nigerian for that kind of work-I really don't know why.

And (seriously) there's also the crappy job of handing out tissues and such at train stations. I have seen ads for this work in Tokyo and some of them were aboout 2000 yen an hour (but you only got an hour and a half work in the morning rush). But it wouldn't take up too much time (no one will want a lesson at 8AM) and it might be a steady source of income for a few weeks.

[kilreli]

hey i saw an ad in the paper about a girl in some skimpy ass maid clothes who will clean your house for 100 bucks an hour. :D
sometimes the housewives need some help with housework when the man is away...if uh...you know what i mean.
anyways, i think the bouncer would work. your a big black american guy. thats pretty much qualifies you in japan. if anyone asks you if you owned guns in america, say, "no, cause i beat people to death with my fists, bitch."
you'll be working that very same night!
sorry, no good info from me :gloomy:

[Pierrot le Fou]

Check the bulletin board in Kyoto station's international center for some potential lessons, as well as posting up an add for yourself. For 3k/hour, you can make a decent living, potentially short term, and potentially do better if you state that you will assist with TOEIC prep as earlier suggested. State that you speak Japanese as well, and whatnot. Best o' luck.

[TommyA]

No skills. But I would be willing to learn. Where would I go to find such a job? Just walk into a local bar and ask if I could be of some use?

You know...maybe I could be a bouncer. That would be mad interesting. I'd be up for it if I could find a place in Kyoto/Osaka to do it.


Is there a Japanese version, or do you just use the English one?

I guess I'm kind of looking for a Japanese version of craigslist...I'm open to stuff other than just English teaching, and in some ways, that'd kind of be preferred.

Well craiglist has a few sections for Japan, I think Tokyo, and Osaka. Just chose the area nearest you, or hell, check both for people LOOKING for online type work, where you don't need to actually physically meet anyone if you are doing webdesign. Post in the area closest to you, if you are looking for some local jobs you can clock in and out of.

[Pierrot le Fou]

Chances are you won't be able to get an arubaito because of the change in visa status (or a visa addendum) it would require, not to mention the fact that it'd only be for a month. If you'd be willing to wait tables or somesuch even after you started your job, or be willing to shaft whoever hires you, then go and apply to any job, you generally get paid for training time anyway.

[Azrael]

^Yeah, it HAS to be something where I can meet someone privately, do something for them, and then take their money. My visa status is currently "in transistion". So, anything where an actual contract is involved is right out.

Also, anything that I can just drop when September comes. This is a one-month shot only.

So I figure with those conditions, I'm going to have to whore myself out in some kind of way. High odds on becoming an English whore.

There's also the job of hustling people into bars and sleazy sex places. That could be even MORE amusing than being a bouncer. Although in Tokyo it appears that you must be Nigerian for that kind of work-I really don't know why.
Abso. Fucking. Lutely. Not. I fuckin' hate those guys. Last time I was in Tokyo, they were harder to get rid of than cockroaches. This one chased me and my friend for two blocks...we'd never even given him the time of day. He finally gives up, pissed off at us! I damn near punched him. Oh, I so wanted to. Nobody would have objected, not a soul.

[Pierrot le Fou]

Sperm donation. Or, y'know, just break into a sperm bank and assure that all cases of artificial insemmination over the next decade will be cute halfu babies with curly hair.

[japanat]

Tomorrow morning, open up your yellow pages and call every translation house in the book. Go to the library and get Nagoya, Tokyo, Fukuoka numbers, too. They often have rush jobs coming thru that they need done yesterday, and pay anywhere from 1-2K/page for proofing to much more for straight translation. My wife and I translated a medical study consent form, and made about 4K/page. I transcribed an ecovideo (English to English) for 20K.

Call your town hall, too. If they have sister cities, they made need some quick help.

[Azrael]

Oh c'mon. Getting dozens of women pregnant without any of the fun one usually has beforehand? That's kind of like getting hungover on non-alcoholic beer.

[Masa the Masta]

Yeah, but at least you don't get blue balls.

[Plekto]

Heh.

On a more serious note, you could do what I do. It's not glamorous, but it makes money and they are usually very flexible with the hours due to the 300%+ turnover rate per year as an industry(it's evil work - eye and hand problems are common). But for a couple of months, it might just be what you need.

[TommyA]

And you do...? What?

[Urban~Ninja]

Another random suggestion, body guard? bouncer? for night clubs. They might pay you shit but money is money.

[Masa the Masta]

lol..someone didn't read the first page.

[Urban~Ninja]

lol..someone didn't read the first page.

I actually dont know how to read, im assuming you said something about my reading skills.

[Masa the Masta]

You know...maybe I could be a bouncer. That would be mad interesting. I'd be up for it if I could find a place in Kyoto/Osaka to do it.

@ Urban Ninja: Well, too bad you can't read. :( I tried to help.

[SlickWilly440]

How about asking the people on this message board for donations, American Currency sure does gets a good exchange rate! (I sure don't have any donation money lying around, but I am pretty sure many of you loyal members do).

[blank slate]

And you do...? What?Probably a programmer. My guess since he talks about eye and hand problems.

[bakagaijin]

No skills. But I would be willing to learn. Where would I go to find such a job? Just walk into a local bar and ask if I could be of some use?



That's one way. Also, check in the Kansai Flea Market. No experience shouldn't be a problem.

[Vincent "Mikado" Logan]

Um... why don't you just ask for some money? Seriously, who's not gonna give you money? Hell, I'll give you $5. No joke. If we all give you $5, you'll have a pretty decent amount. You've given us entertainment for the past couple years, and you've given us great things like Kancho, and Gaijin Smash. Give me a way that I can give you $5, and I will give you $5. Hell, make it $10, I don't even care. If we all do it... we may just solve your problem yet.

[Plekto]

Actually, it's data forensics and quality control.

Lawyers need documents created from client's hard drives - so basically everything is processed and spat out. Then you get to make sure it came out fine and massage the data and tiffs and them zip up the files and send them out. 90% of the cases are big companies suing each other.

High turnover and you really need to know how to read English well, since most legal documents, even in Japan, have English in them on one side of the lawsuit or another(or the have to use English-native programs to process it, since there aren't many in Japanese - ie English version of Excel with Japanese translation so that it plugs into the SQL database properly). It's a niche field that employs a fair number of English speakers and pays about what the basic teaching aide jobs do.(not great but pays the bills)

I mentioned it about a month ago when someone else asked about work. My response was that there are a few jobs in Japan that tend to require English - and legal document processing is one of them. I suspect working for the phone company or someplace simmilar on tech support might also be another avenue. (have to locate a company/agency that has the typical "press XX for English" menus of course) I call the cable company here in Los Angeles and they give me five choices right off - plus have several others just in case those don't work.

Japan is probably not as progressive, but I'm sure it exists. (maybe travel agencies or at the airport - people who can translate/are bilingual like Az can usually find a job using that skill if all else fails.

[Urban~Ninja]

You could always become a professional Pachinko player and live off that, ive heard rumors that some pro's make enough to support their family very well, and that usually they have enough time to do whatever they please aswell.

[PopCulturePooka]

Um... why don't you just ask for some money? Seriously, who's not gonna give you money? Hell, I'll give you $5. No joke. If we all give you $5, you'll have a pretty decent amount. You've given us entertainment for the past couple years, and you've given us great things like Kancho, and Gaijin Smash. Give me a way that I can give you $5, and I will give you $5. Hell, make it $10, I don't even care. If we all do it... we may just solve your problem yet.
He's already done the 'donate money to me' paypal money-grub twice before.

[kilreli]

one of my host family fathers has been a pachinko master since higschool. they puta mortgage(sp? or am i just stupid?) down on their house through pochinko. he has quit though. he said now its all about the little computers in the machines than about actual skill. i gotta trust him on that.

[Pierrot le Fou]

one of my host family fathers has been a pachinko master since higschool. they puta mortgage(sp? or am i just stupid?) down on their house through pochinko. he has quit though. he said now its all about the little computers in the machines than about actual skill. i gotta trust him on that.
That is absolutely golden.

Putting a mortgage on your house due to pachinko means you owe so much money you have to take a loan out using your house as equity to pay it off. If you mean he paid off his mortgage, it means he paid off the loan taken with his house as equity, which is impressive. The way you said it makes it seem like he lost several hundred thousand dollars.

[Vincent "Mikado" Logan]

He's already done the 'donate money to me' paypal money-grub twice before.

No no, I don't mean any of that "donate money" crap. I'm talking ASKING for money. Y'know, straight up going to somebody and saying, "Listen bitch, you're gonna give me some money. Alright? You see this? You wanna see this I got here?" and then showing them a nine, or something like that. I'm not suggesting gang violence, but a strong message takes a certain image, y'know? This isn't the Red Cross. Azrael needs help.

-Shrugs.- I'm willing, I don't know if you guys are, but I am.

[PopCulturePooka]

Wouldn't give a dime to be honest.

I did the near broke in Japan thing for two months and a move and survived.

[Willuknight]

If Az is interested, i think being a bouncer would be an awesome idea for him

1) It'd probably be easy to find a job, because i'm sure a lot of clubs would like an american bouncer - the whole americans are tough, cool and strange thing.

2) No dealing with knifes or massive guys that are stronger then you, like in US, here it'd be short japanese guys you outweigh 2:1

3) A Club probably wouldn't have that much problem with paying in cash

4) Japanese Bouncer - just think of all the awesome stories you'd have to tell. If being a school teacher can provide that much amusement, i'm sure that your tales of japanese nightlife will be enough to finally kill me of laughter!

[Kitsune]

If you know anything about PC's there's always this:

BiOS (http://www.biosjp.com/)

Casual positions:
BiOS is looking for people who are interested in working on an hourly basis doing project work. The project work involves moving computers, installing OS's on computers, connecting and disconnecting computers. This work usually happens after 6pm on weekdays and on weekends. The role is ideally suited for bilingual students in the IT industry who are currently studying, unemployed or just looking to pick up some extra money. People with knowledge of PC's (HD, RAM, CPU, NT, 2000, XP) who would like more hands-on experience are welcome to send their resume to jobs@biosjp.com.

Have no idea if they any good though, I just found.

[SlickWilly440]

one of my host family fathers has been a pachinko master since higschool. they puta mortgage(sp? or am i just stupid?) down on their house through pochinko. he has quit though. he said now its all about the little computers in the machines than about actual skill. i gotta trust him on that.


So are you saying that Pachinko Machines nowadays are rigged?

[mikem]

So are you saying that Pachinko Machines nowadays are rigged?

They are rigged to the limits of the law. Have you not noticed that all new pachinko games incorporate purely random vegas-style slots in them now?

How did you think they were paying for all of those brand new buildings all the time?

The whole point of gambling is rigging things, in the mathematical sense, in the favor of the house. This is an ancient and time honored tradition!

[Willuknight]

If you know anything about PC's there's always this:

BiOS (http://www.biosjp.com/)

Casual positions:
BiOS is looking for people who are interested in working on an hourly basis doing project work. The project work involves moving computers, installing OS's on computers, connecting and disconnecting computers. This work usually happens after 6pm on weekdays and on weekends. The role is ideally suited for bilingual students in the IT industry who are currently studying, unemployed or just looking to pick up some extra money. People with knowledge of PC's (HD, RAM, CPU, NT, 2000, XP) who would like more hands-on experience are welcome to send their resume to jobs@biosjp.com.

Have no idea if they any good though, I just found.


oh dude, thats like the perfect job for me, why the hell do they never have those types of jobs where i live :bang:

[Plekto]

Perfect job for me... now to finish learning Japanese... ;)

[kilreli]

That is absolutely golden.

Putting a mortgage on your house due to pachinko means you owe so much money you have to take a loan out using your house as equity to pay it off. If you mean he paid off his mortgage, it means he paid off the loan taken with his house as equity, which is impressive. The way you said it makes it seem like he lost several hundred thousand dollars.
...yeah i meant it the other way. sorry about that. :frypan:
he paid off his mortgage through pachinko...:boggled:

So are you saying that Pachinko Machines nowadays are rigged?
:Rofl:
yes, pretty much. as my host father said, "now it doesnt take any skill, its purely luck"
im no pachinko expert(sorry), but from the way that pachinko is pretty much run by the yukuza(as far as i know), i cant say that i think its 100% honest. besides, when you get your pachinko balls, you cant even exchange them at a place. for example, there is a pachinko place near my house. about 2 streets away is a place where you take the balls. you put them in a droor and slide them to the other side, then when the guy on the other side slides it back, theres money in it. i think there are ways that you can also get things like chocolate and stuff. maybe thats what you can get at the store. my dad has his own story about having to go down a dark hall, where at the end was one hanging light and the droor to put the balls into. it was his first time and he said he was nervous out of his mind. its a shady business, thats for sure.

[japanat]

You take your balls (the pachinko ones) to the well-lighted counter inside and exchange them for gifts, chocolate, cigs, etc. Then you take your gift out to the little window in a dark alley behind the parlor and "sell" them back to the parlor. This is how they get around the anti-gambling laws. There's no law saying you can't play for prizes, and no law saying you can't sell said prizes, either.

[Kitsune]

Perfect job for me... now to finish learning Japanese... ;)

Same here..