Japanese Wedding and Funeral Customs

Japan is a country that emphasizes etiquette, and it is customary to send greeting cards to each other on New Year's holidays. Whenever there is a major holiday or an important choice, the Japanese people will go to the shrine to worship, and even when they have a child, they will go there to hold ceremonies for weddings and funerals. In addition to national holidays, there are also many traditional folk festivals in Japan that are rich in local flavor. For example, the Sapporo Snow Festival in Hokkaido, the Aoi Festival in Kyoto, the Gion Festival in Kyoto, the Times Festival in Kyoto, the Tanabata Festival in Sendai, the Kanko Lantern Festival in Akita, and so on. Many folk activities are influenced by Chinese folk activities, such as the Boys' Day on May 5, which was formed after the Dragon Boat Festival in China was brought to Japan.

Japan does not have the habit of kissing and hugging in front of people, because, Japanese people think that kissing in front of people is something embarrassing, and hugging to touch the body of others is considered rude behavior. Handshaking is generally not practiced except in the case of romantic relationships between men and women or on special occasions such as between Japanese and foreigners, campaigners and voters, and celebrities and FANS. In addition, it is considered rude for a host to let his or her guest pour his or her own wine when friends are drinking together; when smoking, one should ask for permission to do so as a sign of respect for those present; when friends want to see each other, they should take off their hats and bow, while women should give a big 90-degree salute again and again, instead of shaking hands; when taking a bath, one should wash one's body outside the bathtub before entering the bathtub; to enter a residence, one must take off one's shoes; and it is impolite to peek into the kitchen when visiting another person's home. .

The Japanese taboo "4" and "9". Because the pronunciation of "4" is the same as the Japanese word for "death", and "9" is the same as the word for "suffering". "9" means "bitter". Therefore, some ryokans do not have the numbers 4, 9, and 13 (a recent Western influence).

In addition, Japanese people are more euphemistic in their expression, even if they have a clear opinion and a different point of view, they do not express it outright, and often prefer to use "I'm afraid so", "I think so, you see" and other euphemistic wording. The first thing I'd like to do is to get a little bit more information about what I'm talking about.

Today, Japanese people still enjoy tatami and wearing kimonos, and the "New Year's Eve" is an event held at the end of each year by all sectors of the Japanese community to mark the end of the year and welcome the new year.

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