How friendly are people in Japan? -

I m British and going to Japan on holiday. How friendly are the people towards tourists?

Very friendly and helpful to tourists, as long as you are not rude or vulgar towards them, and are respectful of their customs, traditions and culture. If you learn even a few basic phrases in Japanese they will respect you enormously.

As long as you re friendly and respectful of their culture, they re great. Just learn a few words of Japanese before you go, and try to share in their culture, and they ll love you.

Ok, if you are not friendly to Japanese people in Uk , they will not like you. and do not abuse their kindness and riendliness. Many ignorant foreigners misunderstand that they are treated as superior because Japanese are so kind. However most Japanese look down on Foreigners and treat gaijin like a baby, and do not see them as a human, just a moving object with no knowledge of Japanese

they re very helpful. they quite often go out of their way to help you.

I was in Japan twice. They are very friendly people. I would not worry about.

I ve been there once and they were super friendly. When i came back to US i couldn’t stand the place cause I was used to people being nice to me. =P Just as an example, waitresses and bartenders in Japan will be extremely nice to you and expect nothing in return. In America they treat you like **** and expect a tip, I don t know how Britain is but i think same principles apply.

On 2 separate occasions, my bf amp; I met really kind and helpful Japanese who went the extra mile to help us despite the language barrier. My bf almost could not board the last airport shuttle bus train back to his hotel, had it not been for the help of a kind lady who took her initiative to go around asking and help him find the alternative boarding place of the bus. As for me, I couldn t read Japanese and encountered a helpful lady who helped me locate my destination and buy my ticket.

From all of the stories I ve heard, there s a bizarre dichotomy going on. Their population tends to be more homogenous there than the UK or US, so expect to stand out. I ve heard many talk about how nice and polite people are to them, but also how some have felt unusually self conscious because it was glaringly obvious they were a foreigner without ever opening their mouths. There is also a darker side to all this, but one that is thankfully fading, and is much less apparent in the younger folk. There s a sort of accepted bigotry against foreigners, an almost presumption that Japanese are inherently superior. It s still not uncommon to find businesses that refuse to serve foreigners, even posting signs stating quot;Gaijin Not Allowedquot; in store windows. I think that this practice is now officially illegal, but you can still find reports of it s continuance. Again, this is a habit that is fading amongst the general population. For further stories along this line, a quick search for the word Gaijin (somewhat derogatory word for Westerners) should turn up several. Despite this, most of the stories I have heard have been positive. Be respectful of local traditions, and be open to new experiences, and you should be fine!

not as friendly as people make them out to be....it really depends on the person,as there are good and bad all over our world..but some people make them all out to be these little angels ..no way lol... customer care is amazing,but that`s just a face to get money from you ..but at least they treat you well while they get money from you..unlike other countries...but in daily life in Tokyo,people are always in a rush and in their own little world ..they will help you if you ask them(though some will look at you like they hate you) again depends on the person..but please dont come here thinking Japan is utopia,it really isn`t....

human rights violation, tibet issue, and don t get into trouble, or else you will wind up in jail. I head they torture prisoners over there!