[secondpillow]

I assume there aren't too m any of you who live in japan. I assume there are even less who have jobs involving puppets.

Yet, does anyone know anything about puppet careers in tokyo? I hear that tokyo disney is a good gig, but if I'm going to move out there, I need backups.

[Mr. Apol]

i saw a guy doing marionette work outside a train station, but that was the work of the "please put spare change in my hat" sort.
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[secondpillow]

Yeah, it's "not be homeless" work that I'm looking for. Though, I wouldn't mind experimenting with homelessness.

[Mr. Apol]

i mean not to sound rude (really, i'm not) but are there many puppeteering jobs anywhere? i mean, that pay enough to support yourself on?
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[secondpillow]

Not many. I'm at a marionette theater right now that's a full-time thing, but skelethulu is talking about moving to tokyo, which is something I'd like to undertake. But, I'd still like to have a relatively entertaining job, and puppeteering is where it's at in that regard. Looking past what unappealing words "puppet" and "puppeteer" are.

[PianoMap]

Besides suggesting a joining a bunraku troupe or something I really don't know what to say.

EDIT - http://tourism.metro.tokyo.jp/english/topics/060907/4.html
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[secondpillow]

I'd be all about joining a bunraku troupe. I only wonder whether it would be harder for a gaijin to join, since the puppeteers are visible and it's a comparatively traditional form.

How about those people who dress up in squirrel costumes and such for commercials? Is it easy to get a job as one of those dudes?

[PianoMap]

Yeah it IS sort of a celebrated traditional Japanese thing over there so I don't expect foreigners are wanted in anything smelling of "art." You know I think you've got something there though with the commercial applications. Prepare to be taken advantage of, though. :(
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[secondpillow]

Taken advantage of? Are the squirrel slaves poorly paid?

[PianoMap]

Actually I really have no idea, hah. That shit with NOVA and etc. is just stuck in my head and has probably tainted my whole idea of finding a job and working for a company as a foreigner in Japan. Though I suppose the opposite could be true as well for a, uh, niche job market like puppetry. It could be a great deal! Just you, the hot, hot costumes, and widespread televised exposure!

I always say be prepared, though.
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[secondpillow]

Yeah, that's what it's all about.

Anyone else here have stories about being a foreigner and finding work in japan?

[Rud31]

yeah the foreigner market is kind of a hell hole right now due to Nova.
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[secondpillow]

I don't know what this nova news is. It's irrelevant, because I will not go to japan if teaching english is my only option.

[Rud31]

Well, any job that can be taken by a foreigner is pretty much take at the moment is the point.
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[secondpillow]

That's okay. These plans wouldn't come to fruition for another year or two.

[Toptube]

get a job teaching english to kindergarteners and have puppet time every day.

[SplashBeats]

why would you want to move to japan anyway

[Toto]

select button.

[icycalm]

Or you could just do what I did: rob a bank and then live off of that for the rest of your life.

[Mr. Apol]

hey Pikachu i know a guy that really did rob a bank
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[aderack]

You can always get a job as a file clerk.

Never know what you'll find behind the cabinets.

[Broco]

The traditional arts are on life support in Japan right now so I think there'd be more jobs at Disneyland and such anyway.