I didnt find Shenmue that boring... maybe because I'm the type of person that likes to wander around in games, look at the scenery, and talk to everyone. In RPGs I spend like a hour in a town because I talk to every villager and go in every house.
And yea, the jobs in shenmue 2 were boring as hell, which is why I turned to gambling. My mostly played games were "Roll on top" and "Big & Small". I earned $8,000, no problem by betting in big & small. I just resetted the game when I was down by a lot.
You should really finish the game because the 4th disc is basically nothing but fighting(well, if you played the DC version, Xbox version only has 1 disc).
But yea, I also wish they had more jobs and a larger arcade (even though the 3rd floor fighting was fun ^_^). HOpefully in shenmue 3 they'll keep the gambling.
And those screens aren't from shenmue 3 but beta pics of Shenmue II. But obviously these are from locations later on in the game. It looks like further in bailu village...