violet08@lemmy.today to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agoWhat’s your favorite city or region?lemmy.todayexternal-linkmessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up145arrow-down1external-linkWhat’s your favorite city or region?lemmy.todayviolet08@lemmy.today to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square35fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBig_Boss_77@fedinsfw.applinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoThat’s good news… I’d love to not be the stereotypical “ugly American”
minus-squareCrackhappy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoMuch more important than learning the language is learning the culture of politeness. I highly recommend looking up non-clickbaity youtube videos that talk about how to behave in Japan for your first trip. The cultural differences are pretty strong.
minus-squareBig_Boss_77@fedinsfw.applinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoThat makes sense, we’ve started studying it just a bit along with basic language lessons. Thanks for the advice though!
That’s good news… I’d love to not be the stereotypical “ugly American”
Much more important than learning the language is learning the culture of politeness. I highly recommend looking up non-clickbaity youtube videos that talk about how to behave in Japan for your first trip. The cultural differences are pretty strong.
That makes sense, we’ve started studying it just a bit along with basic language lessons. Thanks for the advice though!