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Dinner Guest Etiquette

I have been invited to dinner at the home of an older Japanese couple. Is there a customary gift to bring your hosts?

1998/2/9

by Sonya Meza, USA

Your call

In Japan it is proper to bring a gift when you are invited to dinner at someone's house. It doesn't have to be anything extravagent. Simply a bottle of wine, some cookies you made, just a little something. However, since you are in America, you should make your own call. There are cultural differences in the United States which most Japanese people in the U.S. are familiar with. Just do what you normally would do if you were going to a friend's house. Because I have been to Japan numerous times and lived in Japan, I bring gifts to my friends house if I go for dinner regardless of whether I am in Japan or the U.S.. I just feel it is universally proper.

1998/2/10

by RT, USA


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