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October 20, 2020 - Japanese Culture

Secrets of Japanese Business Etiquette: Personal Habits

This is the fifth blog in our series of Secrets of Japanese Business Etiquette (How not to Faux Pas). In particular, it will discuss personal…
Japan city and people
October 20, 2020 - Japanese Culture

Secrets of Japanese Business Etiquette: Business Meetings

This blog is the fourth one in our series of Secrets of Japanese Business Etiquette (How not to Faux Pas). In particular, it will clear…
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October 20, 2020 - Japanese Culture

Secrets of Japanese Business Etiquette: Business attire

This blog is the third one in our series of Secrets of Japanese Business Etiquette (How not to Faux Pas). In particular, it will clear…
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October 20, 2020 - Japanese Culture

Secrets of Japanese Business Etiquette: Business Cards

This blog is the second one in our series of Secrets of Japanese Business Etiquette (How not to Faux Pas). In particular, it will clear…
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October 20, 2020 - Japanese Culture

Secrets of Japanese Business Etiquette: Greetings and Bowing

This blog is the first one in our series of Secrets of Japanese Business Etiquette (How not to Faux Pas). In particular, it will clear…
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December 28, 2019 - Japanese Culture

Secrets of Japanese Business Etiquette: Avoid insulting a Japanese

This is the final blog in our series of Secrets of Japanese Business Etiquette (How not to Faux Pas). It provides tips on how to…
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December 22, 2019 - Japanese Culture

The Art Of The Japanese Tea Ceremony

Traditional Japanese tea ceremonies use matcha (stone-ground powdered green tea). According to 8th century Zen Buddhist Eisai, matcha is the ultimate mental and medical remedy…
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December 20, 2019 - Japanese Culture

Japan’s Female Samurai Who Feared Nothing: Onna-Bugeisha

Samurai warriors are commonly (or always) associated with men. However, there were just as strong and fearsome female samurai: the Onna-bugeisha. Long before the Western…
Kumihimo - The Japanese Art Of Silk Braiding
March 16, 2019 - Japanese Culture

Kumihimo – The Japanese Art Of Silk Braiding

Kumihimo roughly translates into English as ‘braided cord’. The word represents, in a larger sense, one of the least known of the traditional arts and…
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March 16, 2019 - Japanese Culture

Japanese Gift Giving – Customs

Gift giving in Japan is deeply rooted in tradition with gifts giving. Japanese people do not limit it to social occasions, but put emphasis on…
June 2, 2018 - Japanese Culture

10 Fascinating Facts About The Samurai (And Female Samurai!)

Samurai are legendary warriors and perhaps the most well-known class of people in ancient Japan. They were noble fighters that fought evil (and each other)…
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August 7, 2017 - Japanese Culture

A Pole Who Teaches Japanese How To Make Knives

Some would say: Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs. But before you make any judgement, please understand why Patryk, born and raised in Poland, is…

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