Japanese 　　　　　　　　　　

SantaTJ is coming again this year.

SantaTJ will come to a town near you.

Q. Who is SantaTJ? A. SantaTJ is from Seattle Washington (home of Ichiro)     SantaTJ has a bachelor of Santa-ology degree from the International University of Santa Claus. SantaTJ is real bearded and bodied  Santa who belongs to the greatest Santa association in the world, AORBS, the Amalgamated Order of Real Bearded Santas.He  belongs to the USA chapter with 800 people (as of August 2008), 　 　 ※also is an active member of the North West chapter (see group picture) 　　 　 　 Q. What are Santa's Christmas duty's? A. Santa does P.R. and personal visits to businesses and homes. 　　SantaTJ attends meetings in August with his fellow Santas 　　where he studies ethics and technics for becoming a better Santa 　　while exchanging santa stories with other Santas. 　　　 Q. What is SantaTJ doing in Japan? A. Well, since 1991 SantaTJ has worked from his home base of Tokyo(Hachioji and Machida) 　　Kanagawa(Sagamihara and Zama) area. He has appeared in parades and public relations on the 　different military bases, resorts, hospitals, nursing homes, and schools, also has been featured on Fuji TV.(typical seasons: he takes over 5,000 pictures) 　　　　　　　 　　　 Q. What is SantaTJ's appearance fee? A. ￥80,000 per day     This includes:     * 5 hours appearance (5% discount for repeat appearances)     * Santa's professional uniform and accessories     * Santa's assistant and translator     * Assistant photographer using customer's camera (limited)     * Travel fee (Hachioji, Sagamihara, and Machida only) 　NOT INCLUDED:     * Travel fee outside of Hachioji, Sagmihara, and Machida     * Polaroid films     * Santa's stage props (e.g. chair, fireplace, grandfather clock etc.)

photograph

message