1. How do you greet members of your family? (mother, father, older brother, younger brother, grandparents, etc.)
I just say good morning to my family.


2. How do you greet people that are important in society?
I bow to them politey and say hello to them with smile.


3. Do you greet people from the opposite sex in a different way?
No, I do not. I do not think I have different ways between man and woman but I hug with my girl's friends sometime but I do not hug with people from opposite sex in Japan.


4. Do you hug anyone? If yes, who and when. If no, why not?
Yes, I do. When I meet friends who had not met for long time, I hug with them or I hug with foreigners.

World religion
・How do you greet people in your life?
When i meet new people i bow or just say hello to the people. I never kissed or hugged with new people in Japan. I rarely touch the people for the greeting.

・Is it different for different people? How so and why?
Yes it is. I think it is very different from the countries and religion. When I went to England I met many new people from other countries and I felt big diffrence from Japan. I was kissed cheeks when i met spanish people. I never done that so I was very surprised. There are many different feelings by the diggerences of the greetings.

・Do you touch people when you talk to them? Why? Or Why not?
Yes, I do but it depends on the people. I do not touch people who do not know well but I touch good friends. Sometime, touching make people uncomfortable or make feel bad so I have to pay attention to do that.

Buddhism and My life




・i say "itadakimasu" before i eat meals. We have to appreciate lots of things and people because we can live thanks for lots of lives like animals, fish, plants. To say "itadakimasu" is very important way to appreciate lots of things.





・It is not daily life but when someone die, people gather at the person's house or the meeting place before the funeral and they drink and talk about memories of the person. The family wake up till the funeral and they have to keep burning incenses.




・There is a buddhist altar(bustudan) in my grandmother's house. She sits front of it and chants a Buddhist sutra every morning and evening for hotokesama and my grandfather and she gives the rice or some food for the hotokesama. When i go to her house i always sit front of it and worship.



・My grand motehr has the time to appreciates to hotokesama everyday becouse she can live. She told me that it is very important time so when i go to her house i appreciate everyday and say thank you to hotokesama.





・We have obon in summer. We go to graves to worship our ancestors in obon.