Comments on: How to Bow in Japan http://thisjapaneselife.org/2011/05/10/how-to-bow-in-japan/ A New England Expat in Japan. Thu, 03 Apr 2014 22:52:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: My Five Most Popular Posts of the Rabbit Year H.23 | This Japanese Life. | 生命を外面九天です http://thisjapaneselife.org/2011/05/10/how-to-bow-in-japan/#comment-989 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 13:51:54 +0000 http://thisjapaneselife.org/?p=528#comment-989 [...] 2. How to Bow (May 10, 2011) A post about the intricacies of bowing. [Read it] [...]

]]> By: On Roller Skating in Japan: Notes on One Year of Culture Shock | This Japanese Life. | 生命を外面九天です http://thisjapaneselife.org/2011/05/10/how-to-bow-in-japan/#comment-602 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:47:37 +0000 http://thisjapaneselife.org/?p=528#comment-602 [...] where they keep the cereal in grocery stores (the dessert aisle, it turns out). You don’t know when to bow, how to dodge bikes on the sidewalk, how to sign up for a mobile phone or access the [...]

]]> By: On Kappa | This Japanese Life. | 生命を外面九天です http://thisjapaneselife.org/2011/05/10/how-to-bow-in-japan/#comment-433 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 15:16:46 +0000 http://thisjapaneselife.org/?p=528#comment-433 [...] on But kappa are polite and friendly. They bow, they speak with respect and make pleasant conversation partners. They’re very interested in you, [...]

]]> By: David http://thisjapaneselife.org/2011/05/10/how-to-bow-in-japan/#comment-406 Tue, 17 May 2011 11:37:12 +0000 http://thisjapaneselife.org/?p=528#comment-406 That’s so funny post! Japan has the funniest things ever, even the movies! Sometimes i just can’t stay without thinking at japan and at the day i’ll arrive there. Would be the greatest trip that i’ve ever made. Thanks for making me laugh!

]]> By: owwls http://thisjapaneselife.org/2011/05/10/how-to-bow-in-japan/#comment-405 Tue, 17 May 2011 11:19:20 +0000 http://thisjapaneselife.org/?p=528#comment-405 That’s a good observation about the train stations, but then again, I find that no one ever seems to know where they’re going in train stations. Peripheral vision is a rare find on most Japanese streets!

]]> By: Richard http://thisjapaneselife.org/2011/05/10/how-to-bow-in-japan/#comment-402 Sat, 14 May 2011 05:11:00 +0000 http://thisjapaneselife.org/?p=528#comment-402 Funny post! I’ve been in Japan for a while, but I still don’t know exactly what angle I should be aiming for. But I hear that like keigo, it’s something that older people say that young Japanese people can’t do properly either, so it seems foreigners are not alone.

I have learned to keep my distance from people bowing their goodbyes in busy train stations, because when they do start moving they won’t be looking where they’re going.

]]> By: Blue Shoe http://thisjapaneselife.org/2011/05/10/how-to-bow-in-japan/#comment-401 Tue, 10 May 2011 23:04:11 +0000 http://thisjapaneselife.org/?p=528#comment-401 Nice. Good story about making that guy bow lower than you. =)

It’s funny, bowing is used so often here that it quickly becomes habit. I have a hard time not bowing when I go home.

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