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THE BUTLER — Making the Butler a Choice for Daily Life
A butler, as an everyday choice.
THE BUTLER is a butler service that unites Japanese hospitality with the Western butler, backed by the manners and certification the All Japan Butler Association has carried for more than 130 years.
Not a butler confined to grand estates. A butler service that stands quietly beside your life and your business — that is THE BUTLER.
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A historic parent body and a real butler salon quietly assure the quality
What underpins the quality of THE BUTLER are two things: a parent body with a lineage of more than 130 years, and a butler salon that truly exists in Odaiba.
When you welcome a butler, the first concern is whether they can truly be trusted. THE BUTLER answers that quietly, through history, a real base, and a framework of confidentiality.
A lineage of 130 years
The parent body is the All Japan Butler Association, founded in 1890. Manners and ethics inherited for more than 130 years form the foundation of every butler.
The Odaiba butler salon
Unlike online-only businesses, THE BUTLER keeps a real butler salon in Odaiba, Tokyo. A base for training and hospitality secures quality in a tangible way.
Two-way NDA and anti-social checks
A two-way confidentiality agreement is signed among association, butler and client, with anti-social-forces checks on both sides — a framework that withstands strict scrutiny.
VALUE
Freeing you from logistics and chores, so you can focus on what matters
What a butler brings is not a substitute for hands, but the time and peace of mind to be freed from logistics and chores and focus on what truly matters.
What THE BUTLER delivers is not the outsourcing of housework itself. It is the very environment in which you can concentrate on your work, your family and your rest.
Time and peace of mind
By having a butler take on daily logistics and chores, time and peace of mind are created. That is the true value THE BUTLER delivers.
The heart of the home
A butler enters the innermost part of the household, quietly setting the foundations of daily life in order, aiming to become the heart of the home.
Invisible leadership
Sensing needs before they are spoken, moving as naturally as the air. It is an invisible leadership that sets the scene without standing in front.
PHILOSOPHY
Moving before it is spoken — an invisible hospitality
Anticipatory service is an invisible hospitality that senses what a client seeks before it is put into words, and moves as naturally as the air.
Truly comfortable hospitality is not acting after instruction, but being ready before anything is asked. THE BUTLER's butlers place that anticipation at the core of their service.
The art of sensing
From expression, gesture and the mood of a room, a butler reads what will be needed next. Setting things in order without waiting for words is where the craft begins.
Dignity that stays quietly close
Not luxury for show, but a mature dignity that dresses well and stays quietly at hand. The presence itself speaks of the standing of the home.
Uniting the English and the Japanese
The discipline and dignity of the English butler are layered with Japan's fine-grained courtesy. That fusion is the foundation of THE BUTLER's hospitality.
WHOFOR
Who is it, right now, that needs a butler?
Those who need a butler are people who, from busyness or special circumstances, wish to entrust the foundation of their daily life to someone they can rely on.
A butler is not only for a wealthy few. THE BUTLER stands beside people in many positions who wish to quietly hand over the burdens of life and business.
Busy executives and asset owners
For executives, investors and asset-owning households where time is precious. Entrust daily logistics and focus on your core work and your family.
Households needing special care
For dual-income households with infants or newborns, and homes with elderly family members who need special care, a butler attends with fine-grained care.
Corporate clients
For securities firms, luxury hotels and luxury brands, THE BUTLER supports VIP hospitality and event hosting through a butler's manners.
PLANS
From three hours to live-in — chosen and compared to suit your life
The forms of use are four plans you can choose to suit your life, from a three-hour spot to round-the-clock live-in support.
Free from the assumption that a butler means a monthly contract of millions of yen, THE BUTLER offers tiered forms of use so you can take the first step. Choose by your purpose and schedule.
Butler
An eight-hour dedicated service. Day-length guest reception and specialist support, delivered with a high standard of hospitality.
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Second Steward
A monthly plan of regular visits. A dedicated butler visits to support your daily foundation and business on a continuing basis.
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House Steward
A live-in form on a 24-hour, three-shift basis. Overseeing the whole household — THE BUTLER's highest level of support.
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Not dispatch, but the assurance that the association bears responsibility
The reason THE BUTLER is chosen lies in its structure: not worker dispatch, but the association bearing responsibility for quality and for any trouble.
Even for the same word butler, the mechanism behind it differs greatly by business. THE BUTLER makes the responsibility structure, with the association in between, its greatest strength.
Its own certification
THE BUTLER introduces butlers who have passed the Japan Butler Academy's own certification — Associate, Professional and Master. There is a warrant of quality.
A framework of confidentiality and trust
With two-way NDAs and anti-social-forces checks, THE BUTLER holds a compliance level that withstands the strict due diligence of securities firms.
A responsibility structure, not dispatch
Not worker dispatch, but an outsourcing and introduction-based operation led by the association. From quality control to trouble response, the association takes responsibility.
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The association that trains and certifies, and THE BUTLER that delivers
The relationship with the association is a division of roles: the parent body that trains and certifies butlers, and the service brand that delivers those butlers to clients.
Behind THE BUTLER stands the All Japan Butler Association, with more than 130 years of history. By sharing roles, the two form a structure in which you can welcome a butler with confidence.
The association is the parent body
The parent body that trains, certifies and runs seminars for butlers is the All Japan Butler Association. THE BUTLER delivers the butlers it trains and certifies.
A sharing of roles
The association trains and certifies; THE BUTLER arranges them to suit each occasion. This sharing keeps both training and service intact.
Each one backed by certification
Every butler you welcome is backed by the association's manners and certification. That is exactly why you can entrust with confidence.
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For service details and consultation, visit the THE BUTLER official site
Detailed guidance by plan and consultations are welcomed on THE BUTLER's official site. Please see how a butler can be used to suit your life and business.