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Tokyo Marathon 2026 start point: worth the early wake?
Staff gigs like that are usually dispatch through Keiyaku社, maybe 12,000 to 18,000 yen, so it's beer money not rent money.
keiyaku dispatch usually skims 20 percent off the top too so ur take-home lands nearer 10k
Agree, closer to 9k after tax
Pacers get about 15,000 yen for the day.
Shinjuku dispatch agencies take a cut too.
Fifteen thousand sounds about right for race day, though the unpaid briefing the night before eats into it.
That 15k is before tax and the mandatory briefing, so take-home lands closer to 10k.
Plus the 8 percent withholding on the day rate, so 10k is optimistic once you count the briefing.
the briefing night is unpaid too
yeah 10k is realistic once you factor in the briefing and the early start. also they dont cover your train fare if you're coming from outside the loop, so depending where you live you can knock off another few hundred yen
Daybreak Cafe still worth it in 2026?
weekday mornings r the move now, sat queue starts around 7:40 & the layout killed the old corner table i used to camp at
still opens 7 on sat, got there at 7:10 last month and had my pick of seats. coffee's held up, the layout just made the window counter tighter so it feels busier than it is. go before 8 & ur fine
yeah 7:40 is when it flips, before that ur good
the window counter thing is real but the back room by the washroom stayed quiet when i went at 7:15
Agree on the 7:10 window, though I'd grab the back room by the washroom since the window counter gets cramped once the sun hits.
7:10's the sweet spot, pastries go by 9
Coffee quality hasn't slipped but the pastry case got smaller and the seating is more first-come chaos now.