About this item
This guide to common courtesy, acceptable behavior, and manners is essential for any visitor to Japan. Japanese are unfailingly polite and will never tell you if you've crossed the line. But by knowing how to act in every situation you'll gain the respect of your hosts and in the end get even better service and enjoyment during your travels. Covered here are all the essentials - like travel, greetings, dining - plus subtle niceties like tone of voice, body language, cell phone usage, city vs. country styles, and attire (and what to do about your tattoos!) . The author, a 25-year resident of Japan and tourist adviser who lives on the fabled Inland Sea, knows just what foreign visitors need and delivers it in a smart, compact, and delightfully illustrated package for quick use and reference.
About the Author
Amy Chavez has been a columnist with The Japan Times since 1997 and Editor of Books on Asia since May 2018. Her articles have been published in newspapers and magazines around the world including Japan, the UK, US, Canada, Taiwan, Indonesia and New Zealand. She lives on Shiraishi Island, a small island of just 500 people in Japan's Seto Inland Sea (Setouchi) where she and her husband run the Moooo! Bar (world's first bar for cows!) on the beach in the summertime.Books on Asia: www.booksonasia.netAmy on Asia: www.amyonasia.com Her Amazon Influencer page: https://www.amazon.com/shop/JapanLiteJoin her in a discussion of Japanese etiquette on Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Amy-Chavez/177802342261206
