Your Visit to Japan

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Your Visit To JapanJerica Gomez


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Customary Greetings


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Saying Hello

How to Bow in Japan

The correct way to offer a bow in Japan is to bend at the waist, keep your back and neck straight,together, eyes downward, and have your arms straight at your sides. Women often bow with theirtogether or hands clasped in front at thigh level.

A quick, informal bow involves bending to around 15 degrees, while a more formal bow will bendegree angle. The deepest bow involves bending to a full 45 degrees while you look at your shoesthat you hold a bow, the more respect is shown.

Never Look in the eyes of your hostess as you bow, this is disrespectful.

How to Say Hello in Japanese

Konnichiwa-- pronounced kon-nee-chee-wah -- is a basic way to say hello in Japanese, however, heard in the afternoon. Konnichiwais used as a respectful-yet-generic way to say hello.


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Receiving Business Cards (meishi)

Japanese business cards -- known as meishi-- are treated with utmost resp

If conducting business, carry your cards in a nice case so that youcounterpart a frayed and butt-warmed card out of your wallet.

The quality and condition of your business card speaks much about hconduct yourself and business.

Steps

1. When receiving a business card, thank the other person and offer a quick bow.

2. Take the card with both hands

3. hold it by the top two corners; examine it closely with respect.

4. Avoid covering the person's name on the card with your fingers.

Note:If cards are exchanged while already seated, place the card atop your case until you leaAttention is even given to the order that cards are placed on the table. Put the highest rankyour case so that it is higher, with the subordinates' cards beside it on the table.

The worst thing that you can possibly do in Japanese business etiquette is to cram business card into a back pocket or wallet in front of them!
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Japanese National Holidays


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Menus

Many restaurants in Japan

display plastic or wax replicas of their

dishes in a window near their entrance.

Replicas:

Entice and inform patrons of therestaurant's menu.

Offer an accurate, visual description ofthe style and price of meals foundinside.


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Entering the Restaurant/Home

In some traditional Japanese restaurants (izakaya) it is customary for guests to remove their shoes.

In these restaurants, you will find a shoe storage (genkan) where you may storshoes upon entering.

Note: In some Izakayas, the shoe lockers located in the genkan have a metal key. If metal key is presenlocker is empty, grab the key and bring it to your table.


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Chopsticks

Ordering and Eating

After you are seated, eachdiner is usually served witha free glass of water or tea

Everyone will also receive

a wet towel (oshibori)which is used to clean yourhands before eating.

If chopsticks are notalready set, you can usuallyfind some in a box on thetable.


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Saying Goodbye

Again, bowing is customary for saying goodbye .

Sayonara (sa-YOH-nah-rah)

This is a formal way of saying goodbye

If you want to be really fancy

Kongo mo yoroshiku onegaitashimasu.

This means "from here on out, I wish us a good acquaintance."


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References

Culture Tips- Japan Tours. (2011, March 4). Retrieved February 20, 2014, from

http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2040.html

Japanese Manners & Cultural Norms | Inside Japan Tours. (n.d.). Retrieved Februar

2014, from http://www.insidejapantours.com/japanese-culture/social-conven

What are the different ways to say goodbye in Japanese?(2013, June 7). Retrieved Feb2014, from http://ruthcurley.hubpages.com/question/114732/what-are-the-

ways-to-say-goodbye-in-japanese

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