Meet The World :: Japan Japanese Culture Cultural Essays

Meet The WorldHave you stayed in some other countries or met the mass who have unalike cultures from yours? Yes, I have. I stayed in England for a year, and I have been living in the U.S for s flat months. I went to two diametric English schools when I was in England. All students were of course from outside of England. more or less of them were from Europe which is Spain, Italy and so on. Others were from the Far East like Korea, Thailand and Japan. I even met a few people who be sons of millionaires from East Asia such as Saudi Arabia and Jordan. When I was in Chicago, I met people who were from Korea, China and Mexico. As you know, I met English and American people as well. I excessively made friends who were from other countries like Argentina, Brazil and all over the world. In addition, I experienced and learned lots of things from their cultures. Some cultures are exclusively different from my culture. They sometimes made me surprised, and I realize that I forget never get accustomed to them. On the other hand, the other cultures are very important for everyone to understand. To meet many people and to experience different cultures is how my life and my way of valueing have gr eradicately changed. I think you might feel like traveling other countriesFirst of all, what I felt when I met people was they were very casual when communicating with other people. Their actions seemed to lazy to me though. For example, I saw them in my class in the U.S. Students eat snacks, drink juice, and put their legs on the desk during the class They go out of a classroom without asking the teacher. It was my first culture shock. In Japan, we have to esteem teachers, so we must not drink, eat, or put legs on desks. We do not learn such things. In contrast, we have already know good manners. My second example is, people especially Europeans hug, kiss cheeks and tremble hands. When I first went to England, I was a high school student. I was so nervous when I had to hug and kiss men scarcely I got used to doing that soon. Besides, I noticed that most of Europeans kiss twice to each cheek, but Swiss people kiss three times. To tingle hands became a custom among the young Japanese.