Name: Day in the Life of a Japanese Waitress
Uploaded: 2022-08-05T18:15:24.000Z
Duration: 16 min 55 s

This is a day in the life of a Japanese waitress.

今日はウェイトレスの1日に密着すっぞ

彼女はユキ、東京のド真ん中に住む２４歳 ちょうど起きるとこだ

Living in the heart of Tokyo and she's just waking up for work I guess she's still a little sleepy.

ユキはこの１Kアパートで一人暮らし

She lives on her own in this one K apartment meaning one room and kitchen.

キッチン付きワンルームで 都内でよく見る間取りだな

Not surprising in the middle of the city.

使い捨ての歯ブラシを使ってんのか 今までにないパターンだな

元々、ユキは福岡出身でアニメ好き

アニメイベントに参加するために 毎月最低１度は東京に通ってたんだ

She's originally from Fukuoka but because of her love for anime, she would visit Tokyo at least once a month to attend anime events.

大学卒業後に上京することにしたのは、 自然な決断だな

So it was only natural for her to move here after graduating university.

You have so many remote so what do you want?

なるほどな いつもなに観てんだ？

アニメ鑑賞しながら準備するみてーだ

I guess she's gonna watch some anime while she gets ready.

ユキは自ら認めるアニメオタク

「オタク」ってのは何かにすっげーハマってる人 って意味なんだけど

実はイメージが良くなかった時代があるんだ

Otaku meeting someone who's deeply obsessed in something once having a negative connotation of people so obsessed in their hobby that they were thought of as poorly dressed and stayed home all day.

オタ活に没頭し過ぎて、 服がダサいとか一日中引きこもりとかな

But now there are fitness, Otaku and even fashion Otaku in Japan.

でも今はフィットネスオタクもいるし ファッションオタクっつーのもいるんぞ

In fact, today, 45% of Japanese consider themselves Otaku.

実際、日本人の４５％が自分のことを 何かしらのオタクって思ってるらしい

So Yuki commutes to work by train along with the majority of Tokyo residents.

ユキは東京に住む人口の大半と同様、 日頃から電車通勤してっぞ

Her commute, fortunately is only about 15-20 minutes with no transfer as she was able to choose her apartment after getting her job.

職場には乗り換え無しで１５〜２０分くらいで到着

仕事が決まってから、通うのに便利な家を選んだんだ

The train should be coming soon and Yuki should be on it.

次の電車でユキがそろそろ到着するはずだ

彼女にとって２時で早い方なんか！

職場は新宿駅西口出口から徒歩４分

So her workplace is just a four minute walk from the Shinjuku station West exit, interestingly, Shinjuku station itself is the world's busiest railway station with over 3.6 million people passing through daily, which helps explain their constant flow of customers.

新宿駅は世界で一番利用者が多い駅で 1日に360万人以上が利用してんだぞ

レストランの客が絶えねーってのも納得だ

Yuki is a waitress at Pandora, a Teppanyaki restaurant, japanese style flat grill, which has been a local favorite since 1972 serving Kobe beef steaks and teppanyaki course meals.

So one of her first test in the morning is to check the restaurants, emails to ensure that all of the reservation requests she received overnight are registered in the system.

ユキはウェイトレスとして パンドラっつー鉄板焼き店で働いてる

After that she works in the shop social media.

鉄板は、日本式のフラットな鉄板グリルのことだな

1972年から地元民に愛されてる老舗レストランだ

神戸ビーフや鉄板焼きのコース料理を提供してるぞ

出勤したらまず、メールチェック！昨晩の予約リクエストが 全部システムに反映されてるか確認すっぞ

Taking customer reservations is also one of her daily responsibilities.

Now she moves on to our next morning task cleaning, starting with the restrooms in japan.

It's comments not to use cleaning companies for restaurants and businesses in general.

It's very much ingrained in japanese culture taught as early as elementary school, Japanese students learn to respect their surroundings by taking responsibility for different areas in the school each day, including the toilets.

予約の電話対応もユキの担当業務の一つだかんな

The customary wet towel offered before the meal.

It's not only used for customers to wipe their hands but also it's a sign of welcome bodies are regularly offered warm in the winter and chilled in the summer to create an even more welcoming environment.

日本では、飲食店や企業は清掃業者を入れずに 自分たちで掃除するの方が一般的

自分で清掃するってのは日本文化には根付いてて

Oh, I guess the restaurant received a delivery from the beverage vendor.

小学生の頃から、校内の担当場所を毎日綺麗にすることで 身の回りのものを大切に使うことを学ぶんだ

It's not necessarily her job to stock the items, but it's common in Japan for any of the workers to pick up small tasks like this when they see it's available.

So about half an hour before the restaurant opens, Yuki starts preparing the signs in Tokyo and other major cities in Japan where the restaurants are often hidden inside of buildings like pandora restaurants commonly advertise their menu with pictures on street level.

食事前に提供する濡れタオルだ

手を拭くために出すんだけど いらっしゃいませ、って意味もある

So it looks like he's gonna be cleaning for just a little bit.

おしぼりは、冬は温けーのが 夏は冷てーのが出されることが多いな

So let's do what we do and explore this place.

客がホッとする環境を作るおもてなしの心だな

飲料業者の配達が届いたみてーだ

配達物をストックするのは誰の担当ってわけでもねーけど

小さな業務は気づいた人がやって助け合うんだな

So that sign behind me is really important.

It actually tells you where the beef is coming from and it even has the serial number.

開店３０分前、外の看板を準備すっぞ

Oh the chef is doing stash ingredient prep for the day and while she cleans the drain right away, got to appreciate that cleanliness and now she does for the garlic, which is a key and green and many Teppanyaki dishes.

東京とか都市部の地域では パンドラみてーに店が建物内に隠れてることが多い

だから、気づいてもらえるように 絵のついた看板とかを建物前に出すことが多い

ユキはしばらく掃除するみてぇだから オラ達は店の探検に行こーぜ

おもしれー誰かとミート(肉)出来っかも知れねぇ！

So what's important when working as the manager?

出来上がりが待ちきれねーな！

They even have a private smoking area here.

牛肉産地やシリアルナンバーが書かれてるんだ

シェフが材料の下処理をしてっぞ

So I was actually looking at this tank behind me like oh I guess they don't have any fish.

作業をしながら流しも掃除もしていく だからスッゲー綺麗なんだな！

In fact just right here they have bobby, oh, blades of steel, that's a real deal 16th century samurai armor worn by one of the top generals made a sitting in the open.

ニンニクの下処理作業に移ったみてーだ

The restaurant actually has two separate restaurants, one on the second floor and the other on the fourth and the workers share the load between the two.

鉄板焼き料理はニンニクを結構使うんだ

Today, Yuki is working mainly on the fourth floor.

The Kobe beef specialty Teppanyaki restaurant but will sometimes help on the second floor as needed.

A typical Japanese Teppanyaki restaurant, The chef cooks the food over a flat stainless steel grill right in front of customers.

So it's Yuki job as a waitress to see the clients take orders, serve drinks and sides while also keeping the table clean.

ひょっとしてマネージャーか？

The food looks phenomenal sizzling on the tip on interestingly, it's often completely confused with hibachi, which in japan is simply a circular heating container designed to hold burning charcoal and teppanyaki itself in japan is not known to be a flashy dinner performance but a way to cook food such as steak.

Okonomiyaki and teppanyaki wow, it's before noon and the seats are already filled up.

マネージャーとして大切なことってなんだ？

Okay, so we are in the kitchen and you can see right here this is the miso soup and those are the ingredients that when you put the miso soup and it's all ready to go.

In fact, it's typical in a japanese restaurant for the rice and miso to be served at the same time as the main dish.

So it's her responsibility to keep a keen eye on each table to ensure that the food is served on time by the way.

他の客を邪魔しなくていいようになってる

Do you have any days off and what do you do when you're like, what do you go alone?

魚がいねーなぁって水槽を見てたんだけどさ

よく見たらアワビがいるじゃねーか

入り口に１６世紀の武将、前田利家の甲冑があんぞ！！

Oh I guess this salaryman is here for a quick lunch in the city, especially in crowded business districts with many japanese salaryman.

実はパンドラには２店舗ある ２階と４階にな

It's common for restaurants during lunch time to also prioritize a speedy and quick service, understanding that many office workers have short lunch breaks.

この２店舗の業務を同じスタッフ間で振り分けてる

So the restaurant staff need to be extra diligent when preparing and serving food.

今日、ユキは４階の担当 神戸牛専門の鉄板料理を出してる方だな

So I think Yugi is gonna be a little bit busy serving all the customers.

必要とあらば２階のヘルプに入るみてーだけどな

So let's go down to the second floor and see what's going on.

典型的な日本の鉄板焼きの店では お客の目の前でシェフが鉄板で調理するから

Oh the chefs making their lunchtime humbug.

ユキの仕事は、席に案内して注文を取って ドリンクとかサイドメニューを出すこと

もちろん、いいタイミングで皿下げたり テーブルを綺麗にしたりもすっぞ

鉄板でジュージュー言ってる肉がマジでうまそう

So Japanese humbug is quite a bit different compared to the Western Hamburger for one.

そうだ、海外では鉄板をHIBACHIと勘違いされることが多い

The meat patty is served with a side of rice instead of between two buns.

でも日本でいう「火鉢」は、炭が入った 丸っこい暖房器具で、鉄板とは別もんだ

Also, the patty itself is made to be juicier in ingredients like onion, Panko egg and flour are often used, creating a different flavor and texture profile.

それに、日本でいう鉄板焼きは必ずしも ド派手なパフォーマンスの食事じゃなくて

あくまで調理方法の一つなんだ ステーキとかお好み焼き、もんじゃ焼きを作るためのな

まだ正午前だってのに、既に満席だぞ

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