Skills

Question 1

Conversations

Answer 1

• Connect topics
• Leave no gaps of silence
• Always have patrons engaged and included
• Be able to attend to multiple patrons at once
• Get to know patrons, remember nicknames/interests/personalities
• Upkeep and conceal the secretive lives of geimaiko/taikomochi

Question 2

Attentive to (multiple) Guests

Answer 2

• Able to handle multiple guests at a time
• Make sure all are included and engaged
• Ask group questions and don’t focus solely on one patron for too long
• Keep cups full

Question 3

Ordering Food

Answer 3

• “Orders # food, # food, # food”
• If only 1, number not needed
• Make sure to order chopsticks if you haven’t already
• Shoyu is optional

Question 4

Presenting Food

Answer 4

• 90% of foods have a description when in your inventory
• Can be seen by hovering over it in your hotbar
• Can use these to describe the foods or drinks you’re serving if you are unsure of the contents
• Aim for 2+ details per description

Question 5

Presenting Food in a Reservation

Answer 5

• Clap, attention kudasai
• Thank for attention
• Introduce the course depending on what it is (1st, 2nd, final, etc.)
• Say food name
• List short description
• Next item, so on
• Remind them to say “Itadakimasu” (Let’s eat) before eating

Question 6

Tourist Gameplay

Answer 6

• Members who are not yet patrons
• Can attend an event if accompanied by an existing patron, VIP, or Card Holder
• Not able to enter an event area without being accompanied
• Educate them about Gion on their first experience
• Can become a patron by attending an event and spending 2+ hours in-game

Question 7

VIP Perks

Answer 7

• Purchased game pass beneath game page for R$215
• Access to a radio fan, light-emitting umbrella, VIP Taxi, and an exclusive VIP/Patron channel in the communications server

Question 8

Card Holder Perks

Answer 8

• Owns Hanameishi name card of geisha they have personally bonded with
• Donates and shows appreciation
• If the cost is over R$215, they get access to all vip perks
• Radio fan, light-emitting umbrella, Taxi, and an Exclusive VIP/Patron channel in communications server
• Additonal perks include ability to host a sudden w/ the person whose card you own, summon them in game, Card Holder role, and exclusive Hanameishi channel with them

Question 9

Kaiseki Dinners

Answer 9

• Same meal mass-produced to serve 10+ patrons at an event
• Food brought in trays used by Chaya attendants (traditionally just all in inventory)
• Can consist of multiple courses
  Intended to have multiple dishes per course

Question 10

Kaiseki Dinners (Contents)

Answer 10

• Main dish (Center)
• 3 Sides (right side and top center)
• 2 Desserts (Left side)
• Placed close around each other, circular

Question 11

Humor, Compassion & Drinking

Answer 11

• Keep conversations lively
• Show compassion with patrons, show interest
• Make jokes, make conversations fun

Question 12

Keeping Cups Full

Answer 12

• Patrons are given a drink at the start, Sake or another drink of choice
• Teapot can transform back and forth into a sake holder
• Have hospitality (includes replenishing drinks)
• Never do without asking, forceful
• Ask “May I refill your cup, kudasai?”
• Not recommended during performances, don’t divert their attention! Same for food presenting
• Acceptable during games for those watching to refill cups

Question 13

Room Set Up (Have)

Answer 13

• Appropriate number of seats
• Small area for dancing or other performances (stage)
• Seat for dictated musician
• Nothing from saveables, no household items

Question 14

Room Set Up (Rules)

Answer 14

• Avoid plushies and doll houses
• Not too much decoration, minimize clutter,
• Each setup should be unique
• Platforms not recommended for stage areas
  
  • 4.5 platform specifically for tea ceremonies
• If Tokonoma, alcove for displaying art, decorate it
  
  • Kakejiku (hanging scroll)
  • Plant
  • Statue
  • Prized Object
• Don’t place objects where they don’t belong
  
  • Ex; sake cups in the Tokonoma
• Traditional, minimalistic, realistic

Question 15

Tea Making Steps (Gion Chanoyu)

Answer 15

• Double-click red cloth until folded into rectangle in air
• Click red cloth then matcha base
• Click red cloth til in air then matcha spoon
• Double click everything in matcha bowl until empty and in the center
• Double click ladle
• Click the red cloth then the lid of the pot
• Click the ladle then the pot
• Click the ladle then the bowl
• Click the whisk then the bowl 3x (or until it starts to whisk)
• Click bowl then the big bowl to dump water
• Click white cloth then bowl to wipe out
• Double click white cloth
• Double click matcha base
• Click matcha spoon then matcha base x2
• Double click matcha base
• Click matcha lid then base
• Click ladle then pot
• Click ladle then bowl
• Click whisk then bowl
• Double click bowl
• Finished