In Japan , being denote to as anossanis not a compliment . The terminus is a rude direction to say " uncle , " and it typically wreak to mind the stereotypical image of a messy , out - of - form in-between - aged human being who like to telllong storiesand crack corny jokes . But one 50 - year - old style advisor from Tokyo is trying to forestall the negatively charged connotations attached to the Bible with a TaskRabbit - esque service staffed by old men , according toBusiness Insider .
Takanobu Nishimoto set up his business , Ossan Rental , in 2012 . Through his site , clients can rent an ossan for 1000 yen ( $ 8.82 ) an hr to perform a wide range of services , whether it ’s help prompt , serve as a date to a wedding , or just being someone to vent to for an good afternoon . The idea is that a ripe human beings ’s life sentence experience makes him utile in a variety of situations , but Nishimoto believes that the service benefits the ossan as well , helping him gain confidence and give him a reason to spruce up up his show .
In the caller ’s former days , Nishimoto himself was the only ossan available to rip , but today , customers have close to 80 uncles to prefer from . Everyone on the site is personally screen by Nishimoto , both for safety reasons and to guarantee their personality is a adept paroxysm for the companionship . ( Long - wind up verbalizer usually do n’t make it past the software process . ) He also charges each ossan an 88.89 hankering a calendar month membership fee and requires them to signalize a one - year contract .
When he establish the help , Nishimoto have a bun in the oven to get most of his business from young men bet for living advice . Instead , most of his client today are women in their 20s to 50s . He receives roughly 900 reservations a month , with the most democratic ossan in the database receiving 50 to 60 rental requests .
The patronage example has become so pop that it has already spawn copycats in Japan . ( There are international variations on the theme , too — Brooklynites can " rent a mom " for $ 40 an minute . ) If you ’re in Japan and want to pull from the original , visitossanrental.thebase.into find an ossan for hire .
[ h / tBusiness Insider ]
