Salarymen are what white-collar businessmen are known as in Japan, and they work hard and party harder. That’s not just a figure of speech – check out this massive gallery of salarymen passed the fuck out drunk on the subway, street, in a bush, in their food, and basically wherever the fuck they ended up after one too many (or many too many). I have never been to Japan, but Sean has told me many times about how much people drink, and here’s some evidence of dudes who clearly needed to let loose. The funniest part about this is that these guys are left alone by everyone else around them. Their briefcase could be a few feet away, strewn on the floor, and no one will take it or rifle through it. They aren’t fucked with, beat up, spit on, kicked, robbed or basically any other thing you’d imagine would happen to them in pretty much any North American city. They also aren’t helped up or put somewhere safe; they are pretty much left to rot where they dropped. There’s something hilarious about seeing men in the uniform of civility sprawled out like an alcoholic teenager – does this hurt their respectability or careers in the same way it would here? I assume it doesn’t, or you wouldn’t see so many of them. Check out the phenomenon of drunk salarymen below!
Damon Opacak
May 11, 2016 at 2:43 am
Jason Gust like the guy that fell over paro in front of our Airbnb. Classic Japanese business man
Jason Gust
May 11, 2016 at 2:44 am
Haha “you alright man” *runs off from gaijin
Kristina Martin
May 10, 2016 at 9:02 pm
Kayla Vranjes 😂😂😂
Kayla Vranjes
May 10, 2016 at 10:35 pm
Holly Go Lightly
May 10, 2016 at 8:54 pm
Lachlan Vercoe your mates?
Lachlan Vercoe
May 10, 2016 at 9:09 pm
All my mates.
Shawn Addison
May 10, 2016 at 6:08 pm
Jonathan Sanders
Jonathan Sanders
May 10, 2016 at 6:43 pm
More than just seen them, I’ve drank with them. They’re no joke.
Slow Mangler
May 10, 2016 at 6:01 pm
Nick Pappagiorgio
Nick Newgent
May 10, 2016 at 2:14 pm
Lol maybe this is why you’re dad hated working for that japanese bank Lauren Harju. Cant hang.
Pedro Santos
May 10, 2016 at 12:41 pm
Sam Carvalho
Reed Knappe
May 10, 2016 at 11:17 am
懐かしい。。。
Sam Read
May 10, 2016 at 10:08 am
blackout korea
Josh Gaston
May 10, 2016 at 9:34 am
Same thing happens in Korea. http://www.blackoutkorea.com/?m=1
Domenic Cocomazzo
May 10, 2016 at 9:15 am
Nick Liston
Scott Thomas
May 10, 2016 at 8:14 am
if you have never found yourself in similar situations, you have never true partied
Ben Moore
May 10, 2016 at 10:07 am
I remember you passed out sitting on the trash can at Rick’s house
Scott Thomas
May 10, 2016 at 10:07 am
yup and puked too
Patrik Einarsson
May 10, 2016 at 7:54 am
They’re just homeless gentlemen with some style.
Taylor Hüggard
May 10, 2016 at 7:26 am
Joel Parnell Joachim Condor
Joel Parnell
May 10, 2016 at 2:55 pm
Saw heaps of these legends while I was in Japan. Cunts party way hard.
Zach Hanzalik
May 10, 2016 at 7:04 am
Will Katsambis
Jon Gray
May 10, 2016 at 6:18 am
Antonio Bennazar
Sean Pennhauer
May 10, 2016 at 4:59 am
Sarah Schwarz 😀
Sarah Schwarz
May 10, 2016 at 5:01 am
oooh shiiiit 😀 hahahaha! der typ in der unterhose…bester!
Dan Wendt
May 10, 2016 at 4:50 am
Nathan – has this ever happened to you? ha ha
Akihiro Tahira
May 10, 2016 at 4:18 am
Come here and see that✈️✈️✈️
Jean Carlo Lenzi
May 10, 2016 at 3:52 am
Everyday feels like monday…
Christopher Jozef
May 10, 2016 at 3:38 am
Jia Gardiner
Jia Gardiner
May 10, 2016 at 4:38 am
Perhaps it was the karaoke drinks list 😂
Christopher Jozef
May 10, 2016 at 9:17 pm
Calllusion?
Stephanie Koithan
May 10, 2016 at 3:26 am
Not just Japan. Korea too
Pat Rodgers
May 10, 2016 at 3:17 am
Wagies gotta wage
Mold Crow
May 10, 2016 at 3:09 am
oh. man, the dude in his underpants and one shoe haha
Ben E
May 10, 2016 at 2:46 am
Elfie Tan we were talking about this the other day 🙂
Konrad Hartmann
May 10, 2016 at 2:13 am
They also work many hours and sleep (when not passed out) little, don’t they?
Bryan Phippen
May 10, 2016 at 2:53 am
They do work many hours, but a lot of this is because of Japanese work culture. You are expected to participate in nomikai’s (drinking parties) as a way to bond with your coworkers. After the official party, there is the afterparty or nijikai, where groups split off and go to bars, karaoke, etc. And then, maybe another after party with one or two friends, and that’s how you end up passed out on the sidewalk.
Konrad Hartmann
May 10, 2016 at 8:15 am
Man, I don’t even like going out to lunch with coworkers. So would it be shameful in Japan if you skipped it and went home to your family?
Joe Goddard
May 10, 2016 at 2:13 am
Dave Matt Arkady
Dave Br
May 10, 2016 at 3:13 am
Dave Br
May 10, 2016 at 3:13 am
been there
Sam Lemm
May 10, 2016 at 1:56 am
Clae Harrison hahaha
Clae Harrison
May 10, 2016 at 3:03 am
Classic
James Dinsdale
May 10, 2016 at 1:56 am
The only joy in their otherwise bleak existence
Livius Hopkirk
May 10, 2016 at 1:54 am
Jerónimo Klemme
Jerónimo Klemme
May 10, 2016 at 2:12 am
Real como la vida misma xD
Sascha Hartung
May 10, 2016 at 1:34 am
Mario Wißmann
Emer Crothers
May 10, 2016 at 1:23 am
As long is we’re in Japan it’s all good lol he can do that and I’ll be at my ikebana class!
Tomas Kratka
May 10, 2016 at 1:22 am
gotta love ’em
https://www.facebook.com/I.Love.Salaryman.In.Tokyo/?fref=ts
Lukáš Hason
May 10, 2016 at 1:46 am
I saw pictures like these in London more than once 😀
Michael Smyth
May 10, 2016 at 1:17 am
Matt Crothers Emer Crothers this could be your future!
Rob Newland
May 10, 2016 at 1:13 am
Heroes, all of them. Godspeed you drunken legends.
Mike Wilcox
May 10, 2016 at 1:28 pm
Godspeed You! Drunk Emperor(s)
Rob Newland
May 10, 2016 at 1:29 pm
Exactly
Maciej Piróg
May 10, 2016 at 1:06 am
domo arigato mr. roboto 😉