I lived in Japan for a year, and that's what learned about this country and its inhabitants

The historian Basil Shchepkin, who has lived in Japan one year, tells how life works there. Site


In Japan, I visited more than once, and each of them - in a new age and quality. Therefore, it surprised each time something new. In 12 years, it struck that one planet with us has a completely different world, where high-speed trains and skyscrapers coexist with rice fields and mountain impassable thickets. In which sea beaches are empty, despite the summer heat, and in schools and museums are greeted at the entrance with shelves of the same size slippers. Even when Japan was studying my profession, place of surprise remained. Especially when it had a chance to spend a year in Japan and «to live in Japanese».
Upon arrival, the foreigner must register with the local administration. In Japan, there is no internal passports, all the "civil status" shall be entered in the "houses of the book" stored in the municipalities. Therefore, when applying for government services do not need to bring anything - all the information from the staff on hand. For a couple of hours in the administration of our family and have issued a book of houses, and health insurance, and benefits for children, and our three year old daughter even passed a medical examination

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The most striking manifestation of the Japanese etiquette




Japanese politeness - is the outward manifestation of the fundamental basis of society and human relationships:
The primacy of collective relations leads to the fact that the familiar to us bosom friendship - rare
Rest Japanese know how to love, you can find a partner for everyone
. Japanese food has little to do with what is presented as such abroad. Sushi Japanese like, but this dish belongs to the category of relatively expensive delicacies, but because the average Japanese regales them every few weeks. . < Basis of Japanese cuisine - rice and noodles
. Drink Japanese also love. No significant event in the life of the collective, be it the appearance of a new employee, or the completion of an important event, is held without cheer. As a rule, first ordered a table in the establishment where you can enjoy hot and cold snacks. Usually begins with a beer, then orders each what it wants - the rice wine (sake), shochu (liquor stronger) or cocktails based on whiskey. After the first feast visitors can go on a "second meeting" - a bar or karaoke, and the last point of the evening can be a restaurant, serving ramen - egg noodles in broth. It is believed that this dish absorbs fusel oil and eases hangover.

External displays of courtesy rather quickly taken over: begin to bow down when you need to, use the special polite vocabulary. And in the Japanese language and communication situations quite a few stamps - a certain phrase or action there is always provided the answer
Key to successful stay in Japan for foreigners to behave in Japanese with friends and colleagues, and remember that you - a foreigner, when you communicate with strangers

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