Tired in Japan
This week has been full of Japanese formalities and cultural nuances that remind me of how little I understand of the country. To some extent I have given up trying to comprehend why some things in Japan work as they do. This is because I don’t live in Japan anymore and in order to really understand many of the issues I’ve noticed in the corporate environment and in business relationships would require a much deeper understanding of Japan and the language then my one year living in the country could provide. Forget about personal relationships. I still can’t understand personal relationships in America; I don’t have time to try to understand them in Japan!
I am supposed to be flying back to Sweden and then to Finland next week but depending on how I feel, I might cancel that trip and just go home.
June 2nd, 2005 at 7:05 pm
Make sure you visit Helsinki b/f you leave Finland.
September 15th, 2005 at 7:35 am
i thought the more i would know japan the more i’ll love it, its opposite.
September 15th, 2005 at 10:00 am
You have to absorb japan in moderation.