Meet the Shachō　(社長)

Yesterday we (us Gaijin posse) were asked to meet the president. The Japanese word for President sounds like “Shachō” it probably comes from the word “Honcho” because this guy owns this place. I got the feeling that there’s not a yen spent or a minute that passes that this guy doesn’t know about. He was very nice to us, but it was clear that this guy was all business.

For those who don’t know, Hokusei Gakuen University share’s it’s facilities with Hokusei Gakuen Junior College. They’re different schools, but both Hokusei University and Hokusei Junior College are private colleges. I get the since here, also, that Sapporo is kinda like California (educationally) where public schools are cheap and private schools are expensive. So to wrap it up, this guy is pretty much in charge of one of the more prestigious colleges here in Sapporo. I should feel honored I was allowed 15 minutes in his presence.

The visit wasn’t long, he introduced himself and welcomed us to Hokusei (all in Japanese) and then asked us to introduce ourselves (all 25+ of us) then we took a group photo and that’s was it.

Japanese business men are all business down to exact minute, yen, and meter, it makes you want to gag sometimes.　He had a nice office though.

~J out

P.S.

*A note about colleges here in Japan; the hardest part of Japanese education is getting into a college. Not just prestigious colleges but any college. You see, to get into a college you have to take a battery of exams worse then any SAT. If you get a good score then you’re in and *could * just slack off. If you have any college education on your resume then you can get work here.

I don’t know if anyone else thought this, but I thought this guy look remarkablly simular to this guy… Maybe all happy asian men look the same to me…

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