It is to your advantage to learn some Japanese words or phrases before you come here as not a lot of English is spoken.
Berlitz has new phrase books that cover a multitude of topics...I highly recommend them.
When ever you enter a shop, always bow when you greet someone, you will be considered very polite by doing this. Never place your chopsticks verticaly in a bowl of rice, that is considered a funeral rite!
If you always remember that you are a guest in any country and act accordingly, you'll be quite surprised how open the people will be.
Updated May 29, 2005
From Seattle’s Best to Starbuck, to the local coffee houses. Coffee is taking Japan by storm. Just as in many cities across the USA, Japan has wrapped up the newer generation with coffee houses and folk music.
Updated May 4, 2005
It is the custom in Japan to make some slurping noises while eating foods such as soupy noodles. It is also a sign of appreciation to the cook.
Written May 22, 2007
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It is the custom in Japan to make some slurping noises while eating foods such as soupy noodles. It is also a sign of appreciation to the cook.
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Q: Hi! I would like to go to Sasebo for 3 days and spend a night in Huis Ten Bosch. I searched for the these hotels homepage in...

A: Hotel E-mails: 1. https://www.okura.com/inquiries/reservation/index.html <-- only an online form, no e-mail 2. info@nikko-htb.co.jp...
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One of the yearly festivals, the Cherry Blossoms in the Sasebo can be a pretty neat sight to see. Japanese Kumo nabete iza mi ni yukan Furusato wa yuki to nomi koso Hana wa chirurame English...
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A small port town with just over 250,000 people along with the U.S. Navy. It is situated just two hours away from Nagasaki and an hour and a half away from the city of Fukuoka. About twenty minutes......
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This is a pretty boring place to live for the single guy. Beer is expensive, a lot of the people are rude and pushy, and the few bars that are in this town either won't let you in because you're not...
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Sasebo is a city located at the west side of Nagasaki-ken and is the 2nd largest city in Nagasaki-ken. Sasebo is a base of the United States Navy, as well as Japan's Japan Maritime Self Defence...
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The Korean girlfriend wanted to visit here while we were in Fukuoka. I said OK, not knowing what this place was... Imagine my surprise to see a mini-Dutch city in the middle of Japan?! Was strange,...
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