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What social etiquette should we pay attention to in Japan? What are the social taboos of Japanese

In recent years, China and Japan's economic and trade activities, whether national, local, government, or private enterprises, are more active. So, what business culture etiquette should pay attention to when going to Japan? What problems should be paid attention to when doing business with Japanese?

What business culture etiquette and taboo should be paid attention to when going to Japan

Japanese business etiquette and taboo

Japanese people usually bow to each other. People who are more familiar with each other bow to two or three seconds is appropriate, if you meet friends, waist bending time is slightly longer. When you meet people with higher social status and elders, you have to wait for the other person to raise his head, sometimes even bow several times. They also shake hands on social occasions. Japan's rural etiquette is also more, women in sending relatives and friends to say goodbye, generally give more kneeling (that is, kneeling). Men's farewell ceremony is clog ceremony (that is, holding clogs to shake in the air). The etiquette for the Japanese people to meet each other is to first put their hands together, then slowly raise them to the forehead, palm out, male patting beard, female patting upper lip, and then shake hands with each other.

General etiquette

You should take off your shoes before entering a Japanese house, but you don't have to take off your shoes if you are a western style house.

Appellation and greeting

The usual etiquette is to bow deeply without shaking hands. Be prepared to exchange business cards.

Never call Japanese by name. Only family members and very close friends are named.

When addressing the other party 'Mr. so and so', add the word 'San' after his surname.

Appointment and punctuality

Whether it's a business or social appointment, you should arrive on time.

Hospitality and gifts

Japanese businessmen often invite their business partners to a banquet, which is almost always set in a Japanese hotel or nightclub. It is very rich and often lasts for several hours.

It is rare to entertain guests in a private home.

If you really want to visit a Japanese family, take off your hat, gloves and shoes as soon as you step in. It's customary to bring a box of cakes or candy to the hostess instead of flowers.

If a Japanese gives you a gift, thank him, but wait until he insists on giving. When you receive a gift, use both hands

The Japanese like to be given presents.

Gifts should be wrapped in soft colored paper instead of ring knots. They especially like brandy and frozen steak. Paired gifts are considered a sign of good luck, so a chain button on the cuff of a shirt and paired pens and pencils are particularly popular. Don't give four pieces of anything, because the pronunciation of 'four' in Japanese is the same as that of 'death'.

Most of the Japanese believe in Shinto (the inherent religion in Japan, that is, worshiping the emperor's ancestor, the great God Tianzhao) and Mahayana Buddhism, and have the religious view of "not eating at noon". They don't like purple, think purple is sad tone; most taboo green, think green is ominous color. The Japanese taboo number '4', mainly because the pronunciation of '4' and 'death' is similar, which is very unlucky; they especially taboo '9' when giving gifts, and they will mistakenly think that you regard the host as a robber. Also taboo three people together 'group photo'. They thought it was a sign of misfortune that they were caught between the left and the right.

The Japanese have many taboos to sending flowers

Don't give or decorate lotus; don't use camellia, cyclamen, light yellow and white flowers when visiting patients. Because when camellia flower withers, the whole flower head falls to the ground, which is not auspicious; Cyclamen flower is pronounced in Japanese as "xiku Ramen", and "Xi" is similar to the pronunciation of "death" in Japanese; light yellow and white flowers are flowers that the Japanese traditional concept does not like. They are wary of chrysanthemums or things decorated with flower patterns, because it is the symbol of the royal family, and generally dare not and can not accept such gifts or gifts.

Japanese taboo on decoration

There are fox and badger patterns of things very disgusting, that Fox 'greed' and 'cunning', badger 'cunning'. They also hate cats with gold and silver eyes. I think it's frustrating to see a cat like this. They are taboo to touch other people's bodies and think it is impolite. They are taboo to reuse the container that has been filled with things; to put hot water in the washing water; to cut nails at night; to dry washed things at night; and to face north when sleeping or lying down (it is said that the head of a corpse faces north). Japanese people generally don't want to ask the price of things bought by their friends, because it's impolite. Similarly, it's impolite for you to evaluate the cheapness of things bought by your friends. Because the Japanese do not want to let the other side think that their economic strength is low, they will only buy cheap goods and so on.

There are many taboos for Japanese to use chopsticks

They are not allowed to stick chopsticks directly into the rice, which means offering sacrifices to the dead; they are not allowed to lick chopsticks with their tongue; they are not allowed to wear or insert food with chopsticks, which should not be the proper behavior on the table; they should not use chopsticks to pick and eat from dishes, which is regarded as a bad habit, and people regard it as a lack of etiquette; they should not use chopsticks to move one dish without eating and another, I think this kind of picky behavior will make people laugh; I don't put chopsticks on the dishes, I think it will remind people of unfortunate things; I don't use chopsticks instead of toothpicks to pick my teeth, I think it's not hygienic and disgusting; I don't turn chopsticks, I lick the rice grains on the chopsticks, I think it's a bad problem, it's not promising; I don't use chopsticks to look for food on the table, I think it's not healthy This lack of education; avoid using the same pair of chopsticks to let everyone pick food in turn, thinking that this will make people think of the scene of passing on the bones of the dead in the Buddhist cremation ceremony.

There are also many taboos in Japanese diet.

It is taboo to serve too much rice and not to fill a bowl with one spoon; one bowl is enough for guests to eat, and the second bowl should be more symbolic, because they think it is a symbol of no chance to eat only one bowl; it is also taboo to arrange their clothes or touch and arrange their hair with their hands during the meal, because it is unhygienic and impolite. Japanese generally don't eat fat meat and pig viscera; some people don't eat mutton and duck.

eating habits

Japanese cuisine includes Japanese cuisine, Chinese cuisine from China and Western cuisine from Europe.

Japan's special geographical environment determines their unique eating habits. The biggest feature of 'Japanese cuisine' is that it takes fish, shrimp, shellfish and other seafood as the main ingredients for cooking. It can be eaten hot, cold, raw or cooked. Their staple food is rice, and other main grains are wheat, barley, millet, corn, buckwheat, glutinous rice, soybean, adzuki bean, sweet potato, etc. Some of these main grains are made into steamed rice and boiled rice; porridge, congee, fried rice, bean paste rice ball, brown seeds, etc.; some are made into rice flour dough, New Year cake, bread, scones, noodles, steamed bread and so on. They always like to eat red bean rice on New Year's birthday to show good luck. They like soy sauce and soy sauce soup very much, because it contains a lot of protein and iron, and is easy to digest, suitable for the elderly, the weak and the disabled. It is also one of the indispensable recipes in Japanese families.