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Etiquette Guide to Japan: Know the Rules...that Make the Difference

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Etiquette Guide to Japan: Know the Rules...that Make the Difference

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Etiquette Guide to Japan offers an inside look at the social norms of the Japanese-when to bow, how to propose a toast, when to pay the bill, the careful art of gift-giving, how to deal with public transportation, dating, weddings, funerals, and last, but not least, how to say good-bye at the end of your stay. If you want to save yourself from possible embarrassment during your stay in Japan, you will find the Etiquette Guide to Japan to be a much-needed companion.

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Product Details

Author:	Boye Lafayette De Mente
Paperback:	128 pages
Publisher:	Tuttle Publishing
Publication Date:	2001-08
Language:	English
ISBN:	0804834172
Package Length:	7.9 inches
Package Width:	5.2 inches
Package Height:	0.4 inches
Package Weight:	0.3 pounds
Average Customer Rating:	based on 7 reviews

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Average Customer Review: 4.5

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4 of 5 found the following review helpful:

Be prepared before you go! Dec 21, 2007
My daughter was going to Japan to spend several weeks with her boyfriends family. I figured she needed some help in the subtle manners that would prepare her to be the best guest she could. It makes for great reading on a long flight! She felt that there were many bits of information that really helped her. Going to Japan with a local is extremely advantagous, but sometimes they forget the details. Lots of good info.

2 of 2 found the following review helpful:

excellent for students and businessman alike Dec 14, 2007
excellent advice for anybody that is going to Japan and doesn't want to offend their local hosts or friends.

24 of 25 found the following review helpful:

Better work on your bow! Aug 23, 2007
In Japan, as visiting foreigners keep discovering -- if they're paying proper attention -- "etiquette" means a great deal more than simply knowing which knife and fork to use. (Or, in this case, what not to do with your chopsticks.) Japan has been a deeply and subtly ritualized and mannered society for millennia, and even with the postwar easing of some rituals and the introduction and acceptance of certain Westernisms -- and even though the Japanese are generally tolerant of minor faux pas on the part on non-Japanese -- the foreign visitor still needs to be very aware of the expectations of those around him. However, this book is also an excellent source for the non-visitor who simply has an interest in Japanese society and culture. The author has been both a periodic resident and been otherwise closely involved with Japan for going on six decades, and he's also a very observant and thoughtful writer, which makes him an ideal guide for the westerner on all things Japanese. He not only tells you what to do, what not to do, and what you can get away with, he provides the historical background, the psychological rationalization, which not even some Japanese are really aware of. This will help you to extrapolate your behavior in other situations, and will assist you toward an understanding of why the Japanese are the way they are. Those shallow-thinkers who consider the Japanese simply "inscrutable," alien, and beyond American understanding should definitely read this book.

2 of 4 found the following review helpful:

Great Aug 13, 2007
I ordered this book for my grandaughter who was moving to Okinawa. She said that it really helped her have an understanding of the culture etc.

3 of 10 found the following review helpful:

Japan Travel guide Jun 29, 2007
While this book was interesting, it was not essential. When traveling to Japan it is important to study their etiquette, however most good travel books do as well.