I have a question for 日本人

[Breeze_1996]

Hi everyone.
I have a question from Japanese people in the forum. actually, I worked on a joint project with a Japanese professor for a year. I have to mention that I do not live in Japan now and all of our work and conversation have been done by email. when the project finished I wanted to send my hometown local sweets to the professor for thanks, but the professor said the price of international shipping is high and when you come to Japan I prefer to receive the sweets for you in person. I don't want to lose contact with my professor after work. Can I follow him on Twitter or Instagram? Or is this not common in Japan at all? I should mention his insta account is public.

 

[thomas]

Hi Breeze, welcome to the forum!

You don't need to worry about following someone's public social media account in Japan or elsewhere.

 

[Buntaro]

Breeze, it is okay to follow him on Twitter and Instagram. It is also okay to send the sweets. Do not ask him if it is okay to send the sweets, just do it. (Your professor is just being modest and giving a polite excuse.) Or you can send it surface mail instead of air mail.

 

[nice gaijin]

And if they like the sweets, bring them the next time you visit as omiyage for them