Interview with a Ginza Mama (2024)

A club is a drinking establishment where female employees, called hostesses, sit next to male customers and entertain them. Many establishments charge high prices and are often referred to as upscale clubs.

⭐Above the hostesses, there is a woman called “Mama” who is in charge of the management of the restaurant.
⭐Prices are not clearly stated. Also, the bill is very high.
Fees are based on free time, and there is no time limit.
⭐Each hostess has a customer and is in charge of seating that customer when he or she arrives at the restaurant, as well as managing the collection of accounts receivable.
⭐Once a hostess is assigned to a particular customer, she cannot be changed until she leaves the restaurant. Therefore, even if a customer comes to the restaurant while the hostess is absent (e.g., on vacation), the sales of that customer will be the sales of the hostess who is in charge of that customer.
⭐Hostesses are usually paid a percentage of the sales generated by the customers for whom they act as “handlers. However, inexperienced hostesses may be guaranteed a certain amount of pay for a certain period of time, regardless of sales, because of the small number of customers they “attend”.
⭐Most hostesses are in their 20s and 30s. However, hostesses who have a clientele of their own may be of any age.
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