7 things to avoid while in Japan
I heard these suggestions in a podcast on Japanese culture:
-Always take off your shoes in someone else's house
-Walk on left side, NOT the right side
-Don't call in sick to work. You might get fired. Japanese bosses expect to see you pushing yourself for the good of the company
-Eat together. Never start eating before your friends in a restaurant or at their house.
-Do not tell American jokes. Jokes in Japan have a different protocol. Try avoid to be flippant, because it is seen as a lack of respect.
-Most Japanese understand basic english, but don't assume that they understand any speed or colloquial speech
-Never stick your chopsticks in your rice so that they stand straight up (it stands for "death")
-When you eat Washoku (traditional japanese food), eat a little piece of each dish, do not eat each dish separately.
I got these tips from http://www.blogitjapan.com/. I'm not sure how accurate they are, but I'd love to discuss them with people. Sato Sensei, do you have any insight?
1 Comments:
This is interesting. Japanese prefer most of them, but, we wont mind if you dont follow them.
'Don't call in sick to work. You might get fired' depends on company or boss? But of course, you cannot be absent too much!
'don't assume that they understand any speed' is quite accurate. We can read or write well, but cannot speak or talk much.
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