About Japan's bowing culture
While the world has many different cultures with unique characteristics, Japan's cultural custom of bowing is of particularly deep interest.
Bowing is a Japanese etiquette, and is used in many situations, like expressing gratitude, as an apology, or as a greeting.
In Japan, to bow is an extremely important way of showing respect to another person.
The angle and timing of the bow reflects the varying relationships and state of affairs with others.
For example, in a business situation, a deep bow indicates respect
On the other hand, for an everyday greeting a light bow is typical.
A bow is not just a simple way of showing manners, it is also an important method in building up a trustful relationship with another.
For Japanese people, it's not just about the words you use, but it is also your gestures and attitude that is important for conveying feelings.
For example, to be able to express a feeling of gratitude, while bowing it is best to say 'thank you'.
In this way, within Japanese culture, action and words are closely connected and the posture you use when giving respect to someone is of emphasis.
Even though there are many kinds of cultures in the world, there are no countries or areas that have similarly related values of having a method to show respect to another like Japan's bowing culture.
Perhaps if we can fully understand such cultures, international communication should become smoother.
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