Finding performance venues?

[Daniel Wishes]

Hi,
I am a performer who lives in Canada and I have a Japanese partner who lives in Tochigi . I'm planning to go to Japan for three months at the end of January. I am looking for any opportunities I can find to perform in Japan; cabarets, festivals, independent theatres, bars, schools daycares etc. Anything.
We would really appreciate it, if anyone could give us suggestions on places in Japan where we could perform..
thank you.

 

[Glenski]

If you get money for such things, you are considered working, and that would not be legal without a work visa (entertainer visa). Have you thought of that?

If your Japanese "partner" is your spouse, you can do it with a spousal visa. Not sure of your meaning of "partner".

 

[Daniel Wishes]

Yes the plan is to get an entertainer's working visa.

 

[Glenski]

Do you know the guidelines to do that?
Immigration Procedures Guidebook

 

[Daniel Wishes]

Yeah, I do. Why do you just assume that I don't know what I'm doing? That's very condescending. I'm asking about performance venues here.

And what is with the link to immigration procedures? I'm not immigrating.

 

[Glenski]

Daniel,
I've been on these forums for over 15 years. Too many people ask questions like yours withOUT having done their homework. That's why I ask. My questions were not meant to sound condescending. Please understand that. I mean, you didn't even mention visas in your initial query. You might be surprised to know that many people feel like they can just come here and play in a band anywhere, for example, and not even think of a work visa.

As for the link to immigration guidelines, if you plan to work here, and you understand that you need a work visa, then that site is one of the most important ones you will need because it explains what is needed for obtaining a work visa. Specifically, here:
Immigration Services Agency of Japan
This is the site where most people seem to go for such information:
VISA
...but it has woefully been pared down with far less information than people need, so I rarely post it anymore and give the other one instead.

And, yes, in a sense, you are immigrating here, even if only for 3 months. People can't just drop in for a week, a month, or 3 months and just start working (or immediately get a work visa). Getting the visa takes time (2-8 weeks).

Frankly, and you may not know this, but you are darned lucky that there is a work visa for that short period of time. It began only a year ago (July, 2012, to be exact).
To all foreign nationals residing in Japan Beginning on Monday, July 9, 2012, Start of a new residency management system!

 

[Daniel Wishes]

I mean, you didn't even mention visas in your initial query.

Because I didn't come here to ask for visa advice!

Look, I understand that you are trying to be helpful and I appreciate that. But giving an unsolicited lecture on visa and immigration policy and ignoring the question I came here to ask is not helpful.

But to ease your mind, yes I have reviewed the information on those websites already. I understand what is required to obtain a visa. I have no intention of just cluelessly showing up at the border without any documentation. This is not my first rodeo.

 

[Glenski]

Fine. How was I (or anyone) to know how much you had looked stuff up? Try to see things from my perspective.
Good luck in your venture.