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appreciate the hospitality of the locals! The Japanese are known for their politeness, but here, as in smaller rural towns across the world, the people are genuinely welcoming, pleased to see a strange face (no, mine isn't so strange!), and are very helpful. I went into a kimono/handkerchief shop and ended up having the owner do a tea ceremony for me, and giving me silk prints and some small silk drawstring bags as gifts! Don't even try to give the Japanese as many gifts as they give you - they will always win! Just remembering the correct etiquette is enough.
This is me helping to teach an Aikido class to kids in the City Gym.
