Q. How do you spend a
typical day in Tokyo?
A.People working in companies typically work from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm on weekdays. There are many cases where Saturdays, Sundays, and national holidays are days off, but some people in the service and real estate industries are off on weekdays and work on weekends. Long overtime hours used to be an issue, but in recent years many companies are emphasizing "life-work balance," remote work is rapidly becoming more popular, and more companies are introducing flextime and staggered work schedules, resulting in a decrease in overtime hours.
Mr. A （Malaysia, 27, IT, development engineer）
Mr. A
（Malaysia, 27, IT, development engineer）
A WEEKDAY
- AM
6:00 - Wake up
Watch the news on TV
-
Study Japanese while watching the news. I study a little bit every day.
- Drink black tea with breakfast
- AM
8:00 - Leave home
-
Walk about 10 minutes to my closest station.
- AM
9:00 - Interpret in a meeting for
customers
from America.
-
Maybe my English is better than my Japanese...
- AM
10:00 - Development work at my desk
- AM
11:00 - A lunch meeting about
a new service
with the
members of my project team
-
I often go to a ramen shop near my company that is well-known in Tokyo. The tsukemen (dipping noodles) is great!
- PM
2:00 - Development work at my desk
- PM
4:00 - Join a team debriefing
about the system
-
I still have a lot to learn and I have to improve my Japanese even more.
- PM
6:00 -
No overtime today. I'm going to a Chinese restaurant in Ikebukuro with my friend from Malaysia. I relax the most when I spend with friends from the same country as me.
- PM
11:00 - Arrive home
- AM
00:00 - Go to bed
SUNDAY
- AM
6:00 - Wake up
Study
(study marketing by
watching a video)
-
On my days off, I get up early and study.
I learn the most when I study by watching a video.
- AM
9:00 - Take the monorail to Odaiba
Buy clothes at the mall
- PM
12:00 - Eat lunch at an omurice
(Japanese omelet rice) restaurant
- PM
1:00 - Enjoy a street performance
and a show
- PM
3:00 - Go look at a display
of anime characters
-
I've loved Japanese anime since I was a kid and it's the reason why I wanted to visit Japan.
- Take pictures of the sunset
over Tokyo BayWatch a beautiful light show
on the buildings
- PM
6:00 - Dinner at an anime character
theme park
- PM
7:00 - Go home
Playing soccer game at home
- PM
10:00 - Go to bed
