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gift for host family? *opinions wanted/needed* -
02-24-2008, 06:33 AM
So I'm travelling to Japan this summer and for 3 days I'll be staying with a host family. Since I'll be intruded on them and their home, I need to get them a gift. But I can't think of anything. Any suggestions on what a nice Japanese family might want from an American? I was thinking that since I live in California maybe I could give them a minitature Golden Gate Bridge but I don't know if that would be lame or what... Help please!!
 as small as a world and as large as alone ~+MeMbEr Of ThE VaMpIrE cLaN+~ 
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02-24-2008, 06:43 AM
well i think that what ever you give them they will like it since you spent your money on a gift for them and it is a a thing that they dont see often (the bridge)
Co-Founder and proud Member of the Miyavi Stalking Society I own Cat from deathstars!! 
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02-24-2008, 06:54 AM
Yeah I know... I just wanna make sure it's good. I mean I know they'll appreciate it but i want to give them something they'll remember. I don't want to give them something they'll just throw away or sell in a garage sale, you know?
as small as a world and as large as alone ~+MeMbEr Of ThE VaMpIrE cLaN+~
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02-24-2008, 07:01 AM
yeah i understand but i dont know about a great gift try to get someting that they can use around the house often or something like that
Co-Founder and proud Member of the Miyavi Stalking Society I own Cat from deathstars!!
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02-24-2008, 07:28 AM
Some kind of food or drink is always good. I'm in northern CA, so I took a bunch of different flavored California almonds when I went. If you're in the bay area, isn't Ghiradelli Chocolate based there? Or maybe a bag of fortune cookies... they were invented in San Francisco. Or maybe some Napa valley wine...
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02-24-2008, 09:03 AM
Very nice flowers or plant.
Very few people know that in Japan, flowers and plants are very nice and great gifts. They can be costly, but if you go to a nice place and get it arranged beautifully, or arrange them your self, it is a very nice gesture. A nice bottle of sake is always a nice gesture also. heres a personal Ty to all who voted and participated http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ER8CsVuTNY http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=housetek please check out the videos and subscribe!   feel free to pm/aim/msn me for any Q's on Japan
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02-24-2008, 09:04 AM
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02-24-2008, 03:03 PM
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I heared from a Japanese that Food is always nice and for Girls a nicelooking Hankerchief. Other than that i think a Towel (maybe some Print saying California) seems to be a typicall Japanese present and you cant go wrong there. I would maybe pick some snacks, get a Towel and some Postcards and maybe something really Touristic (like this Bridge you mentioned). But im also curios what i should bring over from Germany/switzerland (swiss knife is not good i heared, because you shouldn´t bring knifes at all). Firebird
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02-24-2008, 09:39 PM
When I went to Japan with school (not whole school, only 20-30 people), we were suggested to give gifts unique to Australia, or just something Australian that they most likely won't find common in Japan. So I (my mum) bought all these random things like little glass figurines of Australian animals, toy boomerangs for the kids, koala purses for the girls and some other random stuff that I wouldn't really want.
Frankly, I think any kind of gift is fine, as long as it looks like you put a little thought in it (all that counts). If I assume that they think the same as me, the gifts they give you will most likely end up in some corner of a room. Can't agree with giving them a bottle of sake though, it's something they can just go down the road (or wherever) to buy, doesn't really go well with the experience of hosting a foreigner kinda thing if you know what I mean. That, and they'd probably be giving you a bottle of sake to take back to the family (I received 2 bottles from 3 different families). And thats what I think.
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