Corporate Client
法人客 · houjin-kyaku
Also known as: houjin-kyaku
A guest who comes on company business or expenses rather than for personal fun; a venue-side word for describing the clientele.
Hojin kyaku is how venues refer to guests who visit on company entertainment or expenses, as opposed to private guests. Most are business dinners where a client is being entertained, and the bill is settled against a receipt made out to the company. At high-end clubs and lounges in districts like Ginza or Kitashinchi, corporate guests can make up a large share of sales.
Travellers rarely use the word themselves, but if a venue description says it has many corporate guests, read that as a quieter atmosphere and a higher price band. If you need the receipt made out to a company, say so when you pay.
When you'll encounter this
You meet it in descriptions of high-end clubs and when you are asked whose name to put on the receipt.
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