The Japanese are often portrayed as workaholic people lacking individuality. One symbol of that stereo-typed figure would be EREBE－TA－GA－RU: Lift girls.
Those entering a large department store, for example, will usually be accorded a crisp greeting from a well- heeled young man or women, situated just inside the door for that very purpose. Lift attendants wearing [...]
Posted on February 9th, 2008 by admin
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Japan itself is wrapped too. It is well known for its economic power, high technology, motor vehicle industries, Manga and Anime all over the world; however, it is still wrapped with geographical, historical and political ‘packaging’ which is difficult to decode or even ‘unwrap’.
Japan is a small island country off the coast of the Eurasian [...]
Posted on February 8th, 2008 by admin
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Hello. I am going to introduce to you a book I like. I read and wrote an essay when I was studying Social Anthropology in London. It is a good book to understand Japanese culture. I will write 3 posts using the essay. Here, the first one starts.
WRAPPING CULTURE
POLITENESS, PRESENTATION AND POWER IN JAPAN [...]
Posted on February 7th, 2008 by admin
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Sometimes, perverted man came to Information Desk, only to have a conversation with girls in uniforms. Maybe we seem attractive to those who loves cosplay (costume-playing ). Well, it is no problem, because we know how to get rid of them.
Here is my first experience of those perverts. One day, a man in 30s came [...]
Posted on February 1st, 2008 by admin
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おはようございます！(Ohayogozaimasu)
いらっしゃいませ！(Irasshaimase)
Good morning!
Welcome to our store! (with high pitch voice)
My days start with this robot-like greeting at my department store. I call this ‘robot-like’ because I say this again and again bowing every time somebody goes past near me for 7 minutes. What is more, NOBODY greet back to me, mostly they don’t even look [...]
Posted on January 19th, 2008 by admin
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