Style of Japanese gifts

In Japan, gift has long become a regular habit, not need the occasion of holidays or other special days, which is just a simple way to people who express the feelings for each other. You can donate a gift of thanks to the host where you are located, or what little bit expressed affection and respect with people you have invited you to dinner, and also is the simple gift for those you love on a beautiful day. Giving gifts is a fun tradition and was the favorite in the culture of this country.

Many people from the West came to Japan are encountering difficulties in giving gifts to others, because it’s very different than the American’s as gifts. Although this is a friendly customs but if not careful you could end the taboo in the style of Japanese gift without knowing. That’s not good.

A special gift is not in its material value, which is in how you give your love to the recipient through the preparations and how you give to that person again. If said so then there will be many who will feel shy because ever donate go the expensive gifts that the recipient’s feel to it. But yes, the gift especially for needing more spiritual values, meaning between the recipient and the gift more than the numbers. Here are some simple rules you should grasp when gifts to anyone in Japan Just believes that if the follow, you surely will get back are the most sincere thanks.

Remember to put your gift carefully in a bag, though it may be wrapped wrapping paper or not

This will make the recipient feel that your interest and preparation before the gift, not reluctantly or force anything. But anyway you should also give a beautiful gift package, then more than just throw temporary into the Pocket.

The gift is private

This is very important. Gifts for anyone in front of other people are causing people to become embarrassing and lack natural. It is vulgar to that person if the denial does not receive your gift, you don’t what to be fun right?

To take the gift with both hands.

Do not give the Japanese the gift related to the number 4 and number 9

Number 4 sounds similar to the word “suicide”, who donated the gift has four things like is you are very productive for the person experiencing such disasters, also donated the gifts out to the number 9, then only bring bad luck to the recipients. So don’t bring the best donate what has 4 sections, 4 pieces of whatever they are in the same gift. For example, if anyone would like to donate the candy, then you should not donate 4 piece, that it is better to donate 3 or 5. The best option is to give gifts that are unrelated to the quantity to cause misunderstanding though accidentally or something. In addition, you can give gifts in pairs or double the alcohol, because the number 2 brings good luck.

Don’t donate the same gift for different people

By you know, positions in Japanese society very seriously. For example, if you donate a bottle of sake for a staff person, and also donated to his boss a bottle of wine that way, then he will see as being you offended, when the most recent location of him at par with his staff and have the feeling that you have absolutely no other employees ‘ deserve ‘ to be compared as such.