From my friends working in the game industry in Kyoto, it doesn't surprise me that he had this kind of experience... But, yes, on my end, working in a small co

From my friends working in the game industry in Kyoto, it doesn't surprise me that he had this kind of experience... But, yes, on my end, working in a small company in Kyoto, it was not as extreme. There were of course a few parties, but not much more than in Europe or the US... One thing though, when I first started work there, the thing that chocked me is that nobody left work at 7pm (our official work time was 10am to 7pm). They just kept on working as if being the first one out was a bad thing (and indeed I've had comments from my coworkers to that effect later on when I started to make an habit of leaving on time). For the rest of his rant, I understand where he's coming from and I've sometimes had the same criticisms as him. But now that I don't live in Japan anymore, I miss it and want to eventually move there again... Go figure :-)