The social taboos in Japan that a foreigner should know about

If you want to visit Japan someday, you should be careful about few things, Japanese are really confused when you do. Basically , Japanese are regarded very polite and shy. To know about Japanese character of average is helpful to stay there. When you meet someone who knows you and you knows him, you likely to kiss as greeting or shake hands. It seems to be natural for you, but in japan, this situation is weird for us. Normally, we say only "Hi, how are you?". Though, if you do that, Japanese will be upset. We don't have the culture which other countries have, besides we tend to make a little distance between ourself and others.

The other thing which you shouldn' do in Japan is ,that general Japanese are not be able to speak English not as well as Europeans do in fact. Foe example, if you start talking to Japanese in English, they would be upset and hesitate to speak. Because general Japanese don't know how to speak English. Because of educational system. Normally, We learn English total for 6 years in junior high school and high school. But we learn English only writing, there is no oppotunity to speak English. Japanese educational institution has been adopting wrong way of teaching. No longer, They don't so much as change a little about this system. As long as they keep this attitude, Japanese can't speak English.