let's talk about why japanese think owners living in japan are rude so i wanted to cover what japanese consider rude that's not usually in your average blog or video probably fair to say that visiting japan as a tourist and living and working in japan is a completely different experience it's no longer just about visiting the coolest sites or eating the coolest food foreign residents become a part of the daily grind with all of the other japanese living here and what a lot of foreigners.
Don't realize is that there are a lot of unwritten rules here in japan to help maintain the society until maybe it's too late so i'm gonna share with you some of the more interesting unwritten rules that i personally came across to help anyone planning on living in japan to avoid being considered as that rude foreigner as always these are general rules nothing is absolute in this world everyone is different and some japanese will be more sensitive to these rules than others also i'm interested to know how these rules compare to your country anything stick out let me know in the comments and if you want me to do more of these type of blog let me know by hitting that like button.
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let's get into it and move on to the next spot number one working in japan so many foreigners coming and living in japan are here for work so let's start with that and this first issue is one of those things that bother a lot of japanese you may already know that japanese employees operate as a team especially an office environment where everyone is required to do their part but if you're working long enough with a company you're eventually going to want to take some time off eventually during holidays and long weekends to maximize your time what ends up happening is some foreigners don't consider their co-workers and take the time off as they please they come in with that mindset that no matter what they're taking the time off no matter what end of august i am taking one week off i deserve it but therein lies a problem in japanese culture it's important to consult with your co-workers beforehand and discuss ongoing and future projects to make sure your projects are covered before taking the time off essentially putting your co-workers and your company first the downside is that since a lot of companies run pretty lean it becomes ever more difficult to take the time off as it becomes a huge burden for your co-workers and is a large reason why many employees don't take the time off at all number two coming back from vacation now if you were able to get that time off without alienating yourself from your team it's now time to return the favor this comes in the form of omiyage a gift usually from a place you visited maybe a box of sweets or snacks to share with the team since many of them had to cover for you while you were gone this is a gesture to say thank you for handling my workload when i was gone and here's a little treat so you can experience a piece of my holiday for getting this as well as taking holiday as you please would be a double punch to your co-workers number three greeting your neighbors what many people don't know when moving into new place is that you're supposed to greet and give a gift to your neighbors to introduce yourself but it's probably fair to say that this is one of those older customs that even some younger.
Japanese families aren't following themselves this is more common in less densely populated areas especially homes where you often see neighbors and less common and densely populated areas like tokyo and large apartment buildings the idea behind it is for neighbors to get to know who you are and the gift itself doesn't need to be major usually a snack or towel worth about five to ten dollars number four visiting someone's home at some point you'll probably be invited to someone's home and you probably already know that when entering a japanese home you're supposed to take off your shoes but what many don't know is that there's a proper way to do it and when japanese don't do it themselves it kind of shows that they weren't raised correctly just after you take off your shoes you don't just leave it as is and walk in you're supposed to take off the shoes line it up and re-face it towards the door like this doesn't it look just so much cleaner this way anyway before i continue on i wanted to give a quick shout out to our sponsor for this video booksuit if you don't already know boxing provides a gourmet experience of japanese snacks delivered to your front door they work with traditional japanese factories some over 100 years old to provide you with unique snacks and each monthly box has its own unique theme so you don't get the same snacks every time first time users will get a seasons of japan box and after that they'll get a theme box like this one right when you open the box you get this nice booklet that takes you through each snack as well as information about japan you get 10 to 25 snacks in your box depending on the package you choose and they're handpicked from all over japan to deliver you unique and local japanese flavors so get 10 off your own authentic Japanese snack box from buksu and save up to 44 dollars using my code paulo 10 and link in the description that said let me share the next tip number five shopping for food so if you ever make your way to a supermarket you might want to know this one in japan it's considered bad manners to fill up the food and put it back especially in the meat section and produce section one no one wants bruised peaches or kiwis plus it makes the fruit unsellable and there's something about someone else pressing up on your meat.
The idea is is all that food is going into someone's mouth and by touching it it's like putting your fingers inside of their mouth like many of these unwritten rules it's something that you're taught when you're a kid so it's even rude to tell someone that you're being rude to their face so you probably won't even have any of your japanese friends tell it to your face but they may talk behind your back number six eating manners now there's so many eating matters and chopstick etiquette rules here in japan that i couldn't cover it all in this video but in fact i already created a video on that so if you're interested check out my video called how to eat japan but one thing that i didn't mention and that japanese i think is really gross and at some points i don't realize is licking your chopsticks is really really just kind of disgusting i don't think anyone goes out of their way to lick their chopsticks it usually happens when people aren't good with their chopsticks and they get food all over it and they think naturally the best way to get the food off of it is to lick it off but if you've gotten here you're kind of at a point of no return as there's no proper solution mana wise to remove the food off your chopsticks as japanese wouldn't have allowed food to remain on their chopsticks after the first bite as a last resort better than licking your chopsticks covertly wash off the chopsticks with your suit anyway that's a no-no in japan so best to probably avoid doing that number seven owning a dog now this one really surprised me when i found out especially coming from the us if you ever decide to own a dog in japan you're gonna have to take it out for walks it's probably already common sense that you need to clean up after your dog's poop but in japan you're also supposed to clean up their pee by washing it down with water afterwards is there any other country that has to do this number eight wedding gifts so if you've made some close friends in japan you'll probably get invited to a few japanese weddings if so you'll quickly find out that it's customary in japan to give the bride and groom money instead of an actual gift usually starting at about three hundred dollars the thing foreigner should be careful with is to give the money an odd increment so three hundred dollars five hundred dollars seven hundred dollars and so on but most importantly the money needs to be brand new chris bills picked up from the bank it's actually rude to give used folded or wrinkled bills as a wedding is a symbol of a new beginning I guess in this case money is at all the same number nine receiving gifts now.
If you ever receive a gift for something like a child birth a wedding or a special celebration you're obligated to give 30 to 50 percent back of the gifts worth in fact this custom is so ingrained in japan's culture that they even have returned gift booklets and now websites where the original gift giver can select a gift to get back to say the least if you get a gift don't forget to give one back personally i always thought it quite funny that in order to follow this custom you have to do research on how much the gift costs finally if you live in japan long enough it's quite unfortunate but you may be invited to a funeral so this one caught me really off guard yes wearing black attire is a must and the overall tire may be more strict than other countries but what struck me is that if you wear sunglasses at a japanese funeral it is extremely rude see in the us it's quite common to wear sunglasses to cover your eyes but in japan it's a definite no-no so there you go that's my list what did you think anything that was extreme anything that was fair let me know all in the comments again i can't stress enough that these are general rules not every single person in japan follows these rules but nonetheless it should serve as a guide to avoid being considered that rude foreigner if you're planning on living in japan.
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