Online Japan Travel Brochure – 5 Things To Look For

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A trip to Japan is the dream travel destination for countless people worldwide. It takes a certain type of person who wants to travel to Japan. Any given person’s interest in Japan usually comes about for one or more of the following three reasons

the person has long held an interest in Japan from a pop-cultural perspective, including topics such as modern Japanese cinema, fashion, video games, anime (animated cartoons), or manga (comics)
they have an interest in Japan from a traditional and linguistic perspective, including art, literature, religion and the language
they have business ties to Japan or want to develop them

Don’t Tip In Japan

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You should never tip in Japan, no matter what. Service is impeccable here, and servers will go out of their way to make sure you get the information or whatever it is you might need, but tips are never expected. That includes all services waiters, taxis, hair stylists, hotel maids, everyone. If you try to tip you will only cause confusion; someone will think you forgot your money and you will embarrass people.

In general, there isn’t a whole lot of tipping in Asia, though I think there are many more exceptions than in Japan (and probably Korea too). In India however, tipping is known as ‘baksheesh.’ It’s institutional in all walks of life and sometimes amounts to extortion! And it’s odd too, because while service is generally quite good throughout Asia, in Japan it is quite often impeccable. So if there is no tip, where does the motivation to provide good service come from And why is it that in the West, where service is sometimes poor, a tip is expected anyway