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Busking in Japan
If you do not live in Japan, or even if you do live in Japan, it is a hard place to busk. Yokohama is the best place that I can suggest, 10 years ago I worked there,the only real pitch there is in Japan, next to the hard Rock Cafe...I suppose it is still "the pitch". It was not very open to outsiders when I was there, and they try to make sure that you are hours away come the next day. I have lived in Japan 14 years, it is not at all what it was like when I first came here. In the city that I live in, there are permits and a schedule that you are on, they tell you where you are to perform, and when...and the spot sucks ( I don't do that). Police and Yakuza are not people you want problems with as has been mentioned. And not having a gaijin card could get you deported, you can only have one of those if you are living in Japan and your visa is all taken care of ( we are to carry one at all times, and police can ask you for it at anytime...and if all you have is a passport with a tourist visa and you are busking, that is trouble). Here is a link about Yokohama and street performing. Your best bet though is to be accepted to the festival in Shizuoka, and the word for street performing in Japanese is " Daidogai" I hope this will help anyone in their internet searching.http://daidogei.jp/en
If you do not live in Japan, or even if you do live in Japan, it is a hard place to busk. Yokohama is the best place that I can suggest, 10 years ago I worked there,the only real pitch there is in Japan, next to the hard Rock Cafe...I suppose it is still "the pitch". It was not very open to outsiders when I was there, and they try to make sure that you are hours away come the next day. I have lived in Japan 14 years, it is not at all what it was like when I first came here. In the city that I live in, there are permits and a schedule that you are on, they tell you where you are to perform, and when...and the spot sucks ( I don't do that). Police and Yakuza are not people you want problems with as has been mentioned. And not having a gaijin card could get you deported, you can only have one of those if you are living in Japan and your visa is all taken care of ( we are to carry one at all times, and police can ask you for it at anytime...and if all you have is a passport with a tourist visa and you are busking, that is trouble). Here is a link about Yokohama and street performing. Your best bet though is to be accepted to the festival in Shizuoka, and the word for street performing in Japanese is " Daidogai" I hope this will help anyone in their internet searching.http://daidogei.jp/en
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