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Originally Posted by chiuchimu
Sounds to me like you'll do just fine.
Since you understand the three tips I listed, I'll add one more: From a Japanese person/societies point of view, if it walks like a duck, talks like a duck and looks like a duck, then it is a duck.
The Japanese are not used to foreigners so they don't have a preset way to react. They of course are startled a bit at first, but, If you walk Japanese ,talk Japanese and look Japanese, then they'll treat you Japanese. I mean this with some abstraction. To look Japanese I mean by how you stand, cloth you wear, expression on face. Basically, if you try your best to fit in, people will be understanding and forget your a foreigner and treat you like a fellow Japanese. It takes time effort and planning, but to experience real Japanese life "in" the society is well worth it.
Good luck and best wishes!  |
People here think I am crazy, but I think I am more of an open-minded person then what people are used to here. I know how people in Japan are because I been around a few foreign exchange students from Japan before. I know what to say, and how to act around them.
Not to a T but enough, I am planning on learning more ways to act and stuff around people from Japan. I know this might be out of place in this paragraph, but I just have to get it out there. Not to brag or anything, I've had 3 friends that were from Japan, and one of them worked at a local game store here that is now closed. He taught me that, if I want to get to Japan and make friends. I'm going to have to learn more about Japan then it's pop-culture.
He said that, " People like that don't last that long, they only stay in Japan for about a week and then leave because it's more of a culture shock then they're used to."
This hit home for me, and for many years I've been trying to learn as much as I can about Japan as possible. I have learned one thing from my experience learning about another ones culture.
No matter what culture your learning about, americans don't like this sort of thing. They want you to be wrapped up and obsessed about your own country, because they think they're better than everything else. I have been called every name in the book. Even though, I tell them I have done my research and I don't say I know everything about Japan.
americans want you to act like this
1. You can learn about the culture, but you HAVE to be racist towards the country and the people. Oh, and you CANNOT move there because, " EW TEH GRATEST CONTRY EVAR!!!1111"
2. Don't even bother, be as closed-minded and racist as possible EW AER TEH CENTR FO TEH UNIVRESE!!!!1111
I know a lot of things, but I don't know EVERYTHING at the same time I am willing to learn more about the country I plan on living in soon.
So, that's my 2 cents on the subject