Or someone very well acquainted with the etiquette and social norms of Japanese culture?
My son has started playing with a Japanese boy from an ex-pat family at school. They mostly play minecraft online together, so it's not been in person.
The father came up and introduced himself when the two boys were at a birthday party together, and had his son ask me where we lived, saying they wanted to come over. I was surprised they were inviting themselves over, but was welcoming and friendly and said that of course we would love to have them over. They speak so little English that I am sure it is going to be a strain, but I certainly have every intention of being welcoming.
I always thought that Japanese culture was generally such that they did not entertain acquaintances at their house (and that was reserved for closer friends), and in general the culture seems so reserved that I would not have thought that people invite themselves over to other people's houses. So I'm trying to understand what he's thinking.
Perhaps he has read that in the west, people go to people's houses much more than in Japan (and particularly with school children), and he is pleased that his son and my son are starting to be friends and he wants to move things along and he's having a go at what he thinks is the western way. But I have wondered if there is some other Japanese angle to this that I am not getting. Is anyone very knowledgeable about Japanese culture who might share some thoughts?
My son has started playing with a Japanese boy from an ex-pat family at school. They mostly play minecraft online together, so it's not been in person.
The father came up and introduced himself when the two boys were at a birthday party together, and had his son ask me where we lived, saying they wanted to come over. I was surprised they were inviting themselves over, but was welcoming and friendly and said that of course we would love to have them over. They speak so little English that I am sure it is going to be a strain, but I certainly have every intention of being welcoming.
I always thought that Japanese culture was generally such that they did not entertain acquaintances at their house (and that was reserved for closer friends), and in general the culture seems so reserved that I would not have thought that people invite themselves over to other people's houses. So I'm trying to understand what he's thinking.
Perhaps he has read that in the west, people go to people's houses much more than in Japan (and particularly with school children), and he is pleased that his son and my son are starting to be friends and he wants to move things along and he's having a go at what he thinks is the western way. But I have wondered if there is some other Japanese angle to this that I am not getting. Is anyone very knowledgeable about Japanese culture who might share some thoughts?
Is there anyone Japanese here...?
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