I had got fired up about taking a holiday to Japan last year but for a number of reasons I have decided to wait a year or two until I actually consider going.
I have just viewed a number of YouTube clips from both Westerners living in Japan and Japanese people that was recently posted that I had felt was a lot different from the YouTube clips about Japan that I had viewed previously and were uploaded pre-pandemic. Compared to the newer ones, I feel now that the older YouTube clips were very positive, diplomatic and upbeat when touching on the cultural differences between Japanese people and foreigners. The impression I have gotten from the newer clips is that they are more honest and I think are more realistic.
The impression I have taken from the newer clips is that yes, I need to follow the social rules that are obvious like not queue jumping but also that I need to be a lot more quieter and be as non-threatening as possible. While non-threatening is probably not the best choice of words but while I am naturally quiet and to an extent laid-back, I have been told a few times that I can be, shall we say a bit forward with people when I get passionate about a subject so I can relate to the idea of how I can perceived by others in certain social situations. It could be that I'm reading too much into things or possibly that the YouTube English translations of the Youtube clips featuring Japanese people isn't nuanced where I am getting the wrong impression.
I was just wondering am I correct in saying that as somebody who could be visiting Japan in the near future that I need to find out more about the nuances of social etiquette so I am more comfortable with interacting with Japanese people?
I have just viewed a number of YouTube clips from both Westerners living in Japan and Japanese people that was recently posted that I had felt was a lot different from the YouTube clips about Japan that I had viewed previously and were uploaded pre-pandemic. Compared to the newer ones, I feel now that the older YouTube clips were very positive, diplomatic and upbeat when touching on the cultural differences between Japanese people and foreigners. The impression I have gotten from the newer clips is that they are more honest and I think are more realistic.
The impression I have taken from the newer clips is that yes, I need to follow the social rules that are obvious like not queue jumping but also that I need to be a lot more quieter and be as non-threatening as possible. While non-threatening is probably not the best choice of words but while I am naturally quiet and to an extent laid-back, I have been told a few times that I can be, shall we say a bit forward with people when I get passionate about a subject so I can relate to the idea of how I can perceived by others in certain social situations. It could be that I'm reading too much into things or possibly that the YouTube English translations of the Youtube clips featuring Japanese people isn't nuanced where I am getting the wrong impression.
I was just wondering am I correct in saying that as somebody who could be visiting Japan in the near future that I need to find out more about the nuances of social etiquette so I am more comfortable with interacting with Japanese people?