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How to prepare for your trip to Japan

Preparing for our trip to Japan

Our first trip to Japan was a long time coming and many hours were spent planning: How to prepare for your trip to Japan? Research and more research.

Right from the start our aim was to travel independently whenever possible. It didn’t take long to realise we could plan this trip and develop our own itinerary.

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What is Japanese etiquette

Japanese etiquette is shown by friendliness to strangers

Consideration of others is central to the Japanese way of life

When I did the wrong thing in front of many people, I discovered one aspect of Japanese etiquette. No-one wishes to cause you embarrassment, even if it means pretending you are not there!

We had been in Japan about 2 weeks and everything had gone smoothly. It was our first overseas trip so were surprised nothing had gone wrong: no problems with the transport, communicating with people or finding our way from place to place.

And then, disaster!

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