Last weekend my housemate Rinko was invited to a wedding. She told me that it had been really nice, except for the church part. Her friend who got married had decided to get married Western, Christian style. Rinko had been to a wedding in a proper Catholic church before, so she could tell something about the sermon was not quite right.
Well, I knew the answer... Only about 1% of the Japanese population is Christian. Still, Western style Christian weddings have gained enormous popularity. With a small Christian population, obviously there are not that many jobs for Christian priests either, so demand by far surpasses supply.
How to overcome that? Well, you just hire random foreigners to do the job. Below is a job advert for fake clergymen as found on a popular job site for foreigners. As you can see the requirements are non-existent except for native level English and some sort of Japanese (although the sermon is done in English only) and you need to be a man. Great job opportunity, isn`t it? Making bucks pretending to be a priest, for anyone into cosplay that is a dream-come-true. Ok, it might look a little bit strange on your CV when you want to change career. Just wonder what the real Christian priests here say about that...
Rinko was quite surprised to see the job advert, but my other housemate Tomoko said it did not matter. They were not really knowledgable about Christian sermons anyway, so it just needed to be Western style with a Western priest - whether fake or not did not matter as the religious content was not relevant. Flexible they are! Too bad I am not eligible for the job as a woman...
Looking for a clergyman for wedding ceremony.
*work days : Saturday and Sunday(exceptionally, we’ll ask you to work on weekdays.)
You need to arrive at the hotel 1 hour before the ceremony begins.
You don’t need experience.
Work Type: Part Time
Salary: ¥7,000/Hour
English: Native level
Japanese: Conversational level
https://jobs.gaijinpot.com/index/view/job_id/30915
02 April 2009
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