Japan Etiquette: Learn Japanese Manners with Simple Tip Sheets
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Japan Etiquette: Learn Japanese Manners with Simple Tip Sheets
Did you know that it is offensive to accept a gift with one hand in Japan?
Master the delicate art of Japanese manners...
...and be sure not to cause any unintended offence. Japanese society places huge value on its customs and rituals and it can be easy to slip up. Not anymore.
Through these information packed tip sheets, you’ll know learn every “do†and “don’t†that’s important at every moment of Japanese life, like:
Introductions
How and when to sit on the floor (most westerners get this wrong)
Rules regarding shoes and slippers
The ritual of gift giving
The bow
How to say polite sentences
Japanese superstition
The unique tip sheets provide you with condensed pages of links so you can get an overview of a section quickly and easily. If you want to know more, just tap on the tip to be brought to an expanded explanation of that tip.
Know also exactly how to handle the following situations, each of which carries it’s own set of important yet unwritten rules:
Eating and Drinking
Doing Business
Visiting a Japanese Home
Being on public transport
Visiting a shrine or temple
Visiting the Japanese public baths
Staying at a traditional Japanese hotel
Dating in Japan
When visiting a link from one of the super-concise tip sheets, the back button on your Kindle takes you right back to the tip sheet you were on. Use the go-to function for a quick way to access any of the tip sheets.
Here’s just a small selection of the things you’ll know:
Basic situationally appropriate Japanese sentences
Hand gestures specific to Japan
Reading basic Japanese signage
The delicate topic of business cards
respecting senior business people
The protocol for entering a home
The correct way to eat sushi and ramen
You won’t just learn rules without knowing why either. Roughly twenty percent of the book is dedicated to what differences from The West to expect while visiting Japan. You’ll also understand culturally exactly how these rules of etiquette developed over the centuries to gain a deeper understanding of the culture with the dedicated section on Japanese culture.
This book is a must for you if you:
are travelling to Japan
are doing business with the Japanese
and useful if you:
want to show respect to Japanese friends or peers
are just curious to know more about this fascinating culture
We have also included an emergency section on safety which includes numbers for emergency and translation services as well as phrases to use in a tricky situation.
The tip sheets make this eBook an ideal companion as you visit Japan. Just whip out your Kindle and refresh yourself before you visit a temple or public baths, for example. Don’t waste time sifting through wordy literature. Use this book to get the most comprehensive information experience in the most direct way possible.
Buy or borrow now and never make a Japanese faux-pas.
