Travel to Asia

Etiquette Guide to Japan: Know the Rules...that Make the Difference

Format: Paperback
Author: Boye Lafayette De Mente
ReleaseDate: August, 2001
Publisher: Charles E. Tuttle Co.
Rating:

Virtually essential
In spite of its brevity, it covers nearly all of the essentials and provides a weath of historical and cultural background for many of the customs. Virtually essential when travelling to Japan for business (or visiting relatives) and extremely helpful for the casual tourist. Even though this is the only one I have read so far, I would imagine that other books by De Mente are well worth reading.

the authors time tested phonetic system is great
a complete dictionary with all four systems: english, romaji, japanese, and the authers phonetic system. the authors time tested phonetic system is great and I think he should write a complete English-Japanese and Japanese-English dictionary using romaji and true Japanese characters.

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