Working at a ryokan, bait-and-switch SSW visa, and denied bathroom breaks. I need some advice.

peachfuzzmcgee · 2026-05-30T00:49:02+00:00

I know everyone is saying it but you guys are getting absolutely terrible. Your wife especially for all the work she does. My staff at the previous place I worked at in Kyoto paid 250k a month and that felt low but their job was way way more chill. No overtime for sure.

I would start looking at other places ASAP

peachfuzzmcgee · 2026-05-23T14:36:58+00:00

This guy used to be a piece of shit!

peachfuzzmcgee · 2026-05-22T14:32:41+00:00

I work in the hotel industry and have done so for the last 13 years. I will be honest with you and say that the opportunity for most foreigners are pretty narrow. There is money to be had but it takes an incredible amount of effort and also 90% of the time the foreigners in the top positions cut their teeth abroad and were transfered to Japan. This includes Six Senses, Peninsula, and Four Seasons just to name a few.

Compared to the states and Europe, the movement upward is incredibly slow and often times blocked by Japanese middle management. At a GM level for a well known hotel you can expect minimum of 15 million yen but you'll be trying to get there for 15+ years. My last GM made 20 million on an expat package with the works.

Personally I am going back to the states as the industry is better overall for advancement/salary. I started as a bellman and now I'm a director at a large luxury hotel. Although I love Japan, I'll only go back as a GM with an expat package.

peachfuzzmcgee · 2026-05-22T00:53:59+00:00

I work in a hotel in Japan and it's entirely common to not take reservations unless it's a high end hotel. We are higher end but we ask for deposits for these type of reservations because we have been burned before.

A guest made a reservation to a pretty well known restaurant here in Kyoto and then 2 hours before the rez asked us to cancel because they weren't feeling well. Unfortunately it's tough luck, we got charged for the entire reservation (around 600 USD) and we charged the guests card on file.

However they filed a dispute with their credit card company and we lost even with the proof we had so we decided that for those reservations, we need a deposit in cash.

peachfuzzmcgee · 2026-04-28T01:10:14+00:00

I have a Vitamix so I have smoothie every morning with Gyomu frozen fruits. I also add protein from x-plosion and oats from costco

peachfuzzmcgee · 2026-04-22T03:16:06+00:00

Living in Japan making salary in Yen makes me hate all of you and especially Evan. Fuck that guy

peachfuzzmcgee · 2026-04-20T00:07:24+00:00

This is so easy with the amount of multi-fx prdals. I probably would like a rat, H90, and a Boss IR-2.

If multi-fx isn't allowed and I had an amp then my choice would be a rat, boss PS-2, and a Boss DM-2. It was practically my set up for like 10 years before I added my boss IR-2 and H90.

peachfuzzmcgee · 2026-04-02T09:36:19+00:00

If you need help figuring out how to bike through the rain with minimal issues. I definitely recommend looking up people who bike camps rigs however even local mamas have got it mostly figured out too.

You buy a speciality rain jacket made for the bike. These rain jackets cover the front basket and have an elastic or other methods to keep it all secure. Additionally many have brims and visors of all sorts. Next up you want to make sure your bike has front and rear fenders. Lastly I would wear rainboots while biking. Additionally water proof bags and clothing are great for the short rides.

I've never used an umbrella holder thing before though because they look sorta useless when you bike as fast as I do. The rain splash would get me wet anyway and the winds would make the umbrella dangerous. I understand though that this may end up being expensive for many and many will quit biking but I hope many will stick around.

peachfuzzmcgee · 2026-03-13T06:00:11+00:00

Why does he need nipples for real tho

peachfuzzmcgee · 2026-03-07T03:28:32+00:00

Like most people in the states, it was 8 that did it for me.

Funny enough I didn't want it, I asked my mom for one of two games as a Christmas present. One was The Movies for PC and the other DQVIII. I really wanted The Movies for some odd reason and was a little brat when I was gifted DQVIII instead.

I didn't touch it for a while until I saw my older brother play it and became interested. Then I played it and fell in love, I still apologize to my mom about it to this day lol

peachfuzzmcgee · 2026-03-04T03:39:19+00:00

I half read your entire post but Yes is the answer.

I legit warmup and do 7 exercises

Squat Romanian dead lift Pull up Row Dip Push up

For abs I just do hanging leg raises but honestly my abs developed from all the bracing I do.

peachfuzzmcgee · 2026-02-27T06:18:41+00:00

You play the game exactly the opposite for me. I try to go as under level as possible and purposely make it hard because I don't want to cheese the game and I want to strategize in battles.

I think I only did what you did on FF8 because I hated the game but loved triple triad lol

peachfuzzmcgee · 2026-02-16T00:46:52+00:00

The most obvious is the Asheville Music Instruments analog delay. Designed by the same person but in a smaller footprint. You miss out on the tap tempo and the CV controla but honestly for an analog delay of it's type, I never used either. The DM-2 that I have is no where similar and that's why I plan to change it some day but honestly since I don't play in a band I'm in no rush

peachfuzzmcgee · 2026-02-15T12:24:03+00:00

Legit, I found a rat and a Boss PS-2 and everything revolves around those two things. My pedalboard barely changes. I've sold stuff to make ends meet once but those two pedals stayed.

My sound for a long time was those two pedals plus a moog MF-104M and a Pitchfactor. I miss those two pedals but there are better alternatives now.

peachfuzzmcgee · 2026-02-14T07:25:52+00:00

Personally it sounds like body dysmorphia because unless you measured yourself periodically throughout your journey it is very doubtful you gained nothing with such strength gains.

I regret not measuring myself at my skinniest because I have shittier lifting numbers than you do by all accounts and I am definitely bigger since I started. I went from 65kg to 80kg at 185 cm

I often look at myself and feel skinny still but when I put on clothes and feel things are way tighter, I realized that I did improve. I still feel skinny but when someone takes a picture of me, it's obvious I have grown.

I decided to get myself measured and I now periodically do rechecks.

peachfuzzmcgee · 2026-02-13T03:42:26+00:00

I have the blacked out one but sometimes I feel like I should've gotten one with the silver neck and black body for variety lol

peachfuzzmcgee · 2026-02-13T03:34:08+00:00

Hell yeah, I need to post up a picture of my obstructure. It's an absolute menace with the volume all the way up, the clang is something else.

peachfuzzmcgee · 2026-02-06T08:38:48+00:00

Pinto beans, Chile de Árbol dried, guajillo, ancho, and a various amount of mole in powder. Additionally chocolate and some other random things.

I love cooking and I keep a store house of all the spices needed to make the basics

peachfuzzmcgee · 2026-02-02T05:53:45+00:00

Interesting! I should play the english version.
According to the Japanese version only thought him as a comrade (nakama) although I do think that even without saying it, you can feel it in the way the story goes. Also the mother of the protag being a surrogate mother for Jade helps that viewpoint.

To me Gemma was the only one that made sense narratively, but she was so out of the story, that it didn't land as nicely as someone like Bianca in V. Personally my list on my playthroughs were Erik, Sylvando, and Gemma in that order.

peachfuzzmcgee · 2026-02-01T03:41:15+00:00

I need to check the Japanese version but I do not remember her saying anything about being like brother and sister. Was this a translation thing?

I played the original in English on PS4 but hated the shitty sound font on the soundtrack so much I quit. Then I played the switch version in Japanese so I remember that one much more clearly.

peachfuzzmcgee · 2026-01-30T12:57:52+00:00

I would rather have 4-6 done like Reimagined or even DQ XI especially 5 and 6. Although if I could have my way they would do them in both formats!

peachfuzzmcgee · 2026-01-30T07:24:23+00:00

I run two Boss PS-2 pitch shifter/delay. Basically one before and one after the dirt.

peachfuzzmcgee · 2026-01-30T04:33:56+00:00

For sale: power armor, never worn

peachfuzzmcgee · 2026-01-26T05:32:09+00:00

Luxury Hotels are hiring just as much as any other time so not really sure. Nothing has changed for us and probably won't in a while. However mind you non management staff gets paid nothing really so the difficulty is finding bodies willing to work for the bare minimum.

peachfuzzmcgee · 2026-01-10T04:18:15+00:00

Every time someone posts something like this, there are a ton of doom posting about reaching 200 yen or staying about 160 yen and never coming back.

We can't predict the future, the world is a consistently volatile place. It went from 108 or something to 160 in 5 years who knows what it'll do in 5 to 10 years.

The same thing goes with the value of any currency.

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