Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreign
This weeks Photo Challenge from the Daily Post is: Foreign
Being from Scandinavia and doing business with any North East Asian company will certainly make you notice some cultural differences. One of the moments I remember was the first time visiting a customer in Imabari, Shikoku Island, Japan. Here I was asked to take off my shoes and wear the office slippers. I guess this may happen from time to time in Japan, but this, the first time, was just “interesting” to me.
Just a few photos 
And very elegant they are too… 😀
October 27, 2012 at 7:50 am
Hehe 🙂
October 27, 2012 at 7:52 am
And dont stab the chopsticks into the rice….:D
October 27, 2012 at 7:53 am
Hahaha ! This anecdote is awesome. In France you only take your shoes off in houses of people who are obssessive about tidiness !
October 27, 2012 at 7:54 am
🙂
October 27, 2012 at 8:01 am
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Interesting! In my country, we don’t do it in the offices or any job-related place. But we do it in our homes and we expect our guests to wear our slippers too. I know that for the majority of the world it’s unusual, but I have also been to countries (like Turkey), where they do it to. I don’t know from which part of our history it comes from, but it sure is more higienical and it keeps our homes clean much longer. 🙂
October 27, 2012 at 12:18 pm
ewwwww! other people wore those slippers??? and worse…what if the slippers don’t match your chosen wardrobe that day! (I’m serious! I always match my shoes and handbags before leaving the house!) Can you bring your own work slippers?
October 27, 2012 at 2:58 pm
Hehe, I did think about your first concern, that I was not the first user of those. But the matching, no, never crossed my mind 🙂
October 28, 2012 at 7:48 am
Slippers? Awesome. I want to wear slippers at work. I think they match the floor quite nicely. Good shot and great interpretation of the theme.
October 27, 2012 at 5:00 pm
Hahah, yeah, slippers would be awesome to wear at work every day!
October 28, 2012 at 7:41 am
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I love the shot you shared… so cute! :lol; But even more so is that phenomenal shot in your banner… Where was that taken? It is amazing! 😉
October 28, 2012 at 7:47 am
Thanks! The banner photo is from the Eastern part of Hong Kong Island, looking in to the Western part of Hong Kong and Kowloon. Quite a skyline.
October 28, 2012 at 7:56 am
Quite…. GORGEOUS! 🙂
October 28, 2012 at 8:23 am
At least your feet fit! Mine don’t.
November 3, 2012 at 9:17 am
Hehe, that can be a problem!
November 3, 2012 at 9:20 am
Be aware!!!! May be it is just a trick…They make you feel like at home and “voila” you lower your defenses and they get the best of you!! 😉
November 10, 2012 at 2:59 pm
Hehe 🙂
November 10, 2012 at 3:07 pm
Amazing place, Japan …. was there quite a lot in the late 70th.
November 11, 2012 at 9:47 pm
I totally love Japan. Just wish I could go there more often.
November 12, 2012 at 6:27 am
I do too – but I haven’t been back … if I win the lottery I will go straight away.
November 12, 2012 at 9:29 am