why COUNTLESS TOKYO Maid Girls Work HARD EVEN In HEAVY Rain?

[@spikerztuber]

The maid girls that show up even in the bad weather are the hardest workers. It's their job, and they're very serious about it. God bless 'em! And thank you, JE, as always!

[@supertuesday600]

So what do they do? What's their job scope??

[@Fate862]

@@supertuesday600 Pretty much. They hold the signs for the cafe, hand out flyers, advertise, talk about and show you the location and take you there if you go. Alot of these shops can be tiny or out of the main busy streets or in an upper floor of a building so its hard to find or spot them. So that's why advertising on the street is important for these places to be found and to get customers. Or just to get customers in general as you have competition or people don't know about your little cafe. So they send out a maid to advertise and once the maid brings a customer in she is either going to do her job and be your maid there when your there or she'll have the other maids attend you while she goes back out to advertise.

[@rcanaagoon2887]

There is no sexual service in a typical maid cafe. It is just a café with young girls as waitresses, an extension of anime and idol culture. The most common business model is to have optional services such as photo shooting and karaoke.

[@justinfufun5483]

That's a bit of an innocent view. Get your drink spiked and they keep chargng large rounds of drinks on your account. You wake up 500 quid the poorer with a banging head. Mugs game. Or so they say.

[@jonahdewitt2158]

@@justinfufun5483 That is not a maid cafe.

[@heyking8583]

​@@justinfufun5483its akihabara not kabukicho

[@Omni0404]

@@jonahdewitt2158 "A tout is a tout!" *He says, as he smacks the Maidreamin Maid with his backpack and escapes to the subway*

[@Omni0404]

@@justinfufun5483 People joke about this but it's true! I went to a maid café once and woke up in a pair of bunny ears with cake frosting all over my mouth and ketchup stains on my finger. I shudder to imagine the horrors that befell me.

[@Mitokomen]

Great video as always JE. Watching them now makes me really miss being in Japan.

[@sethcarlow8363]

well this made my Monday night better.

[@outwest1014]

The only maid that I know of, who took her maid experience to Fame and Fortune is Miku Kobato. She create the Rock band, Band Maid and took it to international fame.

[@scurjaldan5349]

Po

[@exiaR2x78]

Sun flower Miku of @home maid cafe xD a lot of the maids go more into Jpop idol area of entertainment theres a whole subculture that doesnt really get much exposure in the west

[@outwest1014]

@@exiaR2x78 Are you refering to the Underground Jpop groups?

[@exiaR2x78]

@@outwest1014 Kind of its more the independent Jpop and idol groups. If your familiar with black diamond think of that with out the AV stars and lower budget

[@zackattack3867]

What I love about these videos is that they can be watched for the interest in the Japanese culture. Or they can be lsitened to while going to sleep, due to how peaceful they are. Especially the onces in the rain.

[@davie941]

very interesting walk again JE, well done and thank you 😊

[@davidwolstenholme4676]

Nice to see you back je

[@gaiusc-r6t]

As a person who doesn't really travel and do not live in a place similar to what we see... it feels almost unreal to watch you just walk in that environment

[@zecoya8298]

NPCs in sync 9:05

[@rongreen4231]

It seems few people stop to talk to them. It must be demoralizing to stand there for hours and no clients. ❤

[@akiensio425]

Many men will not have contact with the opposite sex in the form of a relationship in their entire lives. For some men this commercial business activity may slightly ease the mental suffering caused by the situation. It is also important to take care that Maid girls are not exploited in any way. In Japanese culture this works ... somewhere else it doesn't.

[@Canal414-d9j]

I read that Japanese workers don't care about over work,and i read about Japanese people living in a big inflation and birth crisis, meaby that lonely Man do not have enough chances to have a girlfriend 😢

[@niallk9336]

​@@Canal414-d9j Only the capitalists think there's a birth crisis. Capitalism depends on a pyramid scheme of ever-increasing populations. Japan is overpopulated. Of course people aren't having kids, where are they supposed to live? The last 2 generations have already experienced this firsthand. Foreigners think capsule hotels are cute and unique -- but consider what that says about the situation. Overpopulation drives land prices to insane levels. Japan is about the size of California with 5 times the population. And much of the interior is uninhabitable due to the Japanese Alps on Honshu, volcanoes in Kyushu, and extreme cold in Hokkaido (they get twice as much snow as Madison WI).

[@moonbreath1637]

That maid at 12:07 who stares and stops waving her pamphlet looks like she just saw a ghost

[@davida8530]

Perhaps another explanation for all the maids: this job is one of the very few that a low- or no-skilled young woman who just moved to Tokyo from the hinterlands can get. Thank you as always, JE

[@Japanexplorer1]

Good Point David ,Thank you Too :)

[@albertarthurparsnips5141]

No. They can also get jobs in one of literally tens of thousands of eateries, bakeries, cafes, pubs, etc. etc. that ( wisely ) ask nothing more of a young lady to be…just that.

[@ovechkin100]

I was in Japan a couple months ago. my brother and i didnt really take any of the flyers from any of the girls. but we started to feel bad since we just ignored thme all the time, so we decided to take one from one of the girls. It was well worth it because she was so adorable. her face lit up, and she started saying ARIGATO ARIGATO and waving to us as we left with the biggest smile on her face, haha.

[@TheSilverShadow17]

​@@xxxzzz5406Being nice doesn't hurt especially in these desperate times.

[@mikemarquezgadea3703]

Que gran video.. ❤

[@kymo82]

1:55 9:04 11:42 12:08 14:24 question but why do a lot of the girls hide their faces when they see a camera? Are they ashamed to be maids? I wonder if this job is commission based, if thats the case they are probably not the successful ones

[@russellpotter7294]

They can charge for a photo in the Maid Cafe if the customer wants a picture with their favourite maid. So the instruction may come from management.

[@kymo82]

@@russellpotter7294 Ah, that would make sense

[@2ExtremeReviews]

Also in some places there is a rule that you cannot take photos. I saw signs in Akihabara that said, no Photos. Some of the girls even wore them.

[@Mario-rl5fx]

@@2ExtremeReviews there is no law against taking photos, but the maids say no photos because they want you to pay for a photo with them

[@DiscountedClorox]

I think in general Japanese culture is against being filmed without permission

[@mariadelosangelesreyescerv1693]

Muy interesante ❤

[@rodolfovillicana7935]

I❤Tokyo japon I’m walking Tokyo 3 months ago ❤

[@truck6859]

Are there maid café 's with a mech cosplay theme? Like they have gundam-like parts integrated with their maid uniforms?

[@han1075]

Just trying to understand the maid cafe culture: Do most of the maids turn away from the camera due to the normal "no photographs" policy of the cafe, or is being a maid considered "shameful" in some way?

[@naro178]

Nope ! To know how this works have to visit Japan ! Nothing shameful its a entertainment culture

[@nobodynothing00000]

2 things you need to understand about Japanese culture. #1 "Chikan" is an actual thing that still goes on. #2 it's the land of legal prostitution. So for a two faced society that acts like they are perfect yeah it's shameful to put your second class citizen self on full display.

[@JoeyBlogs007]

Maid cafes are designed to provide a unique and entertaining dining experience in a themed environment, often featuring cute and playful interactions with the maid staff. However, these interactions are intended to be light-hearted and friendly, and any behavior that could be considered inappropriate or offensive is not tolerated.

[@DGgiant]

Been to Tokyo several times, the maids want to be paid for pics or videos taken of them.

[@ronaldhitchings1847]

I agree with the previous comments. Could there also be the possibility that some maids are hiding this employment from relatives, also?

[@davidwolstenholme4676]

That man walking dropped two items a cafe girl picked up one i assume he also picked up the other one.

[@rommelflores2618]

I went to a trip in Tokyo last month the peak of cherry blossoms and got an itinerary for a walk in Akihabara to buy some anime figures and PS Vita, saw these girls in a rainy day I wonder if they are sales ladies for the shops on front but now I know why they are just standing on the foot path, it must tough for them to do this job or tough times in getting a decent work?

[@bugra320]

It makes sense because people prefer indoor activities in rainy days

[@aj_aka_alan]

I really just don't get why this is a thing to do in Japan. I'd rather go to a big club where is it a big group.

[@patrickrobinson317]

The more I learn about Maid Cafes the CREEPIER they become. 😒 The entire Industry is DISGUSTING. 😒

[@TheSilverShadow17]

That's your personal opinion which I'm under no obligation to say anything against. If you feel that way then that's fine.

[@Mimiiseru]

Honestly true..but it is a different culture the way girls are exploited for male gaze is way more with maid cafes then butler cafes or host clubs

[@TheSilverShadow17]

@@Mimiiseru Not like we can do much about it especially when the majority of us viewers don't live in Japan

[@gizelbelcoot]

Be careful, like hostess bars it can be massive tourist trap when innocent unwary customers take beautiful maid bait, goto cafe and get massive tab. If cafe dont accept creditcard & you dont have cash, they call cops, you can goto jail. Btw, these girls get commission by maid shop owner on bringing customers in.

[@Fate862]

There is a difference between a hostess bar and maid cafe so not too hard to tell. Also yes there are a select few but this is hardly ever and issue or problem. Look and go over the menu and read. There is a reason why this mostly just works with hostess bars and not maid cafes as with hostess bars you can buy liquor, you can get the girl drinks, they have security, big prices, and so on. Maid cafes its abit more cut and dry what's what. As for the commission well they are bringing in customers they wouldn't have had on some of these I'm sure others just do it because they have none of few and just want to bring in business. I worked at a maid cafe. I got no commission and we just went out holding signs to get people to come as it was part of the job. It was in the west though but still the concept and way of doing things was modeled after the japanese ones that the owner went to japan and researched on. Commission isn't always thing just depends on the cafe as some are smaller, others are bigger and all of them are different.

[@gizelbelcoot]

@@Fate862 By and large both are run by Yakuza with high chances of scam. Personal experience, and of relatives/ friends. So i know and helping foreigners to be wary. Its better moral stance.

[@TheSilverShadow17]

Good point. With these extra precautions in mind I'll keep track of what ones to avoid whenever I visit Japan someday, which I don't know when that'll happen.

[@kerryvanskonsol792]

​​@@gizelbelcootwell Yakuza in Japan to become more decrease every years because culture changed

[@kerryvanskonsol792]

​@@gizelbelcootit's to become rare Yakuza do that

[@barryward6632]

These girls are almost everywhere in Tokyo (IKEKUBURO is a great example) - it has nothing to do with AKIHABARA!

[@djjackson24]

I would just need one to yell "ara ara senpai" and im going wherever she wants me to go lol jk

[@MrP0lar]

best maid at 3:15

[@kymo82]

She likes the camera. Nice

[@sethcarlow8363]

thank you.

[@619AGT]

Now that’s my kind of maid. Someone who’s not camera shy. ☺️

[@johnnyzhou9741]

she makes a reappearance at 10:55!

[@kymo82]

@@johnnyzhou9741 woah good eye

[@jeez0r]

You make it sound very rosey . what's your research like ?

[@moonbreath1637]

Sooo many maids! Surely not every girl can represent a different cafe

[@Mario-rl5fx]

There are so many cafes that there is a monthly book like a phonebook given out which lists all maid cafes in the area.There are multiple books for the different areas. And if the cafe is busy, there are no maids outside

[@MrStopsrust]

Theres no way i could exist in japan...so many beautiful women all over .. i would literally go crazy .. idk how any man survives this

[@albertarthurparsnips5141]

Because they are NOT everywhere. And by no means all, or even most, look like this. Use your grey matter. That’s why these girls are working on these jobs. For every one of them, there are fifty to a hundred or more who look little to nothing like this. Naturally.

[@summerwinter89]

are they looked down upon?

[@OhGeeGanksta]

So are maid cafes one of the few places you’re supposed to tip in Japan then?

[@wattstax17]

No tips there. You can buy special services like an instant photo with the girl, them singing karaoke, playing card games,… Depending on the maid café. But you only pay for this and the food, not giving extra.

[@ZacharySound]

I noticed a lot of them covering their faces as you walked by. Wonder why.

[@j562gee0hdeewestsdegethemuLa]

Rain or snow pimp daddy say y gotta go

[@alexyo6286]

These maid girls on the street are not really legit. They are more like girls bar with maid costume Not really a maid cafe

[@proholic]

I came here for cars 😍, japanese car culture

[@jeffbangkok]

Good morning from the mango farm

[@emilrogengellschwaner3555]

A lot of them dont seem like they want to be filmed

[@JoeyBlogs007]

It's not exactly a high paying high social status job. No surprises there.

[@Fate862]

Japanese people are very private and shy people. They aren't very social people unless its their job of course. Otherwise its why they are quiet and reserved people and enjoy their privacy and space. I prefer it the way japan has their people hide or be shy and look away or cover their face like even some of the men passing by in the video did, as where in the west people get angry and aggressive about recording. Some were fine with being recorded, afew less shy people, more outgoing and willing to be seen. Also forgot they do take pictures with customers in the cafe for a small fee so there is that too.

[@CallardAndBowser]

Nobody is giving them the time of day. Seems like an unprofitable waste of time job.

[@TheSilverShadow17]

It's profitable but only for the shop owners who make the most money from it. Otherwise this is a normal sight in Japan.

[@МирасБактияров-и2п]

👍👍😉😉👌👌

[@OsmosisHD]

What kind of people will pay for something like this? I'm honestly curious. They put up a show, pretend to like you and that's it, but it will cost you money. I don't understand the appeal of such 'services'

[@jonahdewitt2158]

Even if a maid cafe is "fake," the maid will do her best to give you a fun time, and many of them genuinely enjoy entertaining their customers. Many people do a hard days work to come home to an empty apartment. Going into a maid cafe just to sit down and talk about the latest anime you watched with a cute girl who will listen and talk about it with you can be refreshing. Yes, talking with the cute girl at the maid cafe will never escalate into a real relationship. But many of these people feel they will never be able to achieve a real relationship anyway.

[@Fate862]

Its like going to Disneyworld or SuperMario world or anywhere fun. You see all these people in costumes like Mickey, Donald, Cinderella, Belle, Mario, Princess Peach and so on. Be it a kid or adult people have that child at heart and want a good time and to have fun and smile to get away from the stress. Its the same with maid cafes or butler cafes. You have a maid or butlers attend to you as their master in a fantasy where you are happily welcomed home, they bring you your order, draw on it, cast magic spells, and happily talk to you cutely nad joyfully. They perform songs and dance from an anime or idol group and play games with you. Your there to enjoy yourself just like any other place and feel special/catered to. People of all ages go to maid cafes men and women but you tend to see men there abit more because they are stressed from work and want to feel joyful. Not like going to a bar and wallow or de-stress in booze which of course people still do. For others the outlet is I want to feel happy. I'm a grown adult and I enjoy the thought of going to Supermario world for a nice time just as I am interested to go to a maid cafe for a nice time. I've worked at a maid cafe before and its always nice to see all the smiles I put on peoples faces. Its fun for both parties and this was in the USA. So people here in the west really want that too. I had kids all the way up to even an eldery couple sit at my table it was such a fun time even as the worker. Best job ever. Someday I want to go to a maid cafe in japan as a customer.

[@niallk9336]

Hate to break this to you buddy, but only men "love" unconditionally. Men are only ever loved unconditionally by dogs. Everything else is conditional. The #1 predictor for divorce in the US is a man losing his job. We're just talking about how many layers of obfuscation there are between the stone cold reality and the illusion that she likes _you_ Money, Work, and Marital Stability: Assessing Change in the Gendered Determinants of Divorce by Alexandra Killewald American Sociological Review 2016, Vol. 81

[@TheSilverShadow17]

Women are capable of love as well as showing unconditional affection. For example your parents like your mom and dad, and your family relatives. That said it's not always the case when abortion and neglect are a thing, and same with domestic abuse.

[@rihards496]

This is heavy rain? It's a mere drizzle.

[@YouTube.Vanced]

Hopefully They Get Better Jobs

[@aihsanasl]

Turks chatting in a Turkish restaurant :D

[@JonathanMerlinSymmank]

19:55 Hololive!

[@xeniyachan4514]

Why do some girls hide their face? If they have so much pride in the culture.

[@zillsburyy1]

they scatter like roaches when they see the camera

[@darkeye1244]

Why maid work so hard at Akihabara? Bet you don't watch Akihabara maid war.💀

[@abdulhalim5575]

Warg indonesia kena jiuga kamera 👍

[@x22766x]

why dont you help them by giving them odd jobs?

[@summerwinter89]

'odd jobs' lol

[@mikeferstar]

They are afraid of being taking by camera. It seems for her that they are doing something embarassing or eligal.

[@lucerodj11]

very familiar place 😅

[@Moochizuki]

Why none of then wants to be filmed? Like it's a shamefull thing they're doing

[@nadewalker9804]

well.. still way batter than tachinbo. that's the saddest thing i've seen in japan.

[@adityagaming3174]

Is he taking about prostitution?

[@russellpotter7294]

There are several types of Maid Cafes and most will cater for the family business. They sometimes put on musical shows for the customers to join in. Many Maids will use the experience to help them in the entertainment world or just to bolster their finances. Or they are just a way to get people into bars. There are plenty of places for more adult entertainment.

[@adityagaming3174]

@@russellpotter7294 like where are places for entertainment?

[@JoeyBlogs007]

Maid cafes are designed to provide a unique and entertaining dining experience in a themed environment, often featuring cute and playful interactions with the maid staff. However, these interactions are intended to be light-hearted and friendly, and any behaviour that could be considered inappropriate or offensive is not tolerated.

[@namenotfound8747]

​@@adityagaming3174 For the type of fun you are looking for, ask the maids or guys that sometimes are with the maids, that speak some English about what you're looking for, within a couple of hours they point you the right direction. Me and some friends went to a fancy massage parlor in Azabu, Minato in Tokyo. Jokingly but seriously my friend asked the staff in the front about 5 women if they knew of place where you can get "other" types of massages. I was very embarrassed because it was a very expensive and fancy place that would give any place a run for it's money and they all felt embarrassed, we left. While waiting outside a girl working there came out and told us where to go. Typically those places aren't the places with girls promoting the club, out in the street like these actual maid cafes workers you see on these videos. But from my understanding when you're referred, they might something like "Tell them that Akari told about this place." (They get a cut) if they think you're too dumb they might tell to take a picture of the sign they carry and their "name" . Might not be there real name. You get asked once you get there, usually by Yakuza with an attitude. They lead you to some doors, up and down a building, that's totally normal. And that's it. My friend did the same thing in Hiroshima and it was similar.

[@fanaticist]

I have a feeling they get "tips" far beyond their hourly wage.

[@JoeyBlogs007]

Feelings of a disturbed mind.

[@xrazzr1]

quit watching pron dude, its destroying your mind

[@youngcho1150]

다친보 들인가?

[@cremersalex]

Is Japan getting overweight?

[@davidwolstenholme4676]

Sadly we live in a world whereby some people are overweight,a prostitute,homeless,and so on and these people dont choose to be so,circumstances forced them to be in such a position.But there are many cruel unsympathetic people in the world

[@stevejarred6484]

So, what are these "maids" willing to do to show that "they want to work hard" for their "customers"? Can these "maids" also provide conclusive evidence that they don't carry STD's for the health and safety of everyone? These are dark modern times, you know...!

[@musgrave6886]

such a sad reality.