Maido
A Gaijin's Guide to Japanese Gestures and Culture
$33.63
- Paperback
136 pages
- Release Date
28 November 2016
Summary
Maido (my-dough, not to be confused with that childhood favourite, Play-Doh) describes the most common Japanese gestures and defines their meanings and the cultural contexts that surround them.
Japanese gestures are a world of their own, much the way the language and country are. In the Kansai region of Japan, people often use the term Maido as a greeting in business and sales, and as a send-off to a business’s best customers as if to say, “come again” or “thank you.” In this case, Ma…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780764352676 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0764352679 |
| Author: | Christy Colón Hasegawa |
| Publisher: | Schiffer Publishing Ltd |
| Imprint: | Schiffer Publishing Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 136 |
| Release Date: | 28 November 2016 |
| Weight: | 413g |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm |
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Christy Colón Hasegawa
Raised in Japan on a US military base, Christy Colón Hasegawa was fascinated and at times entertained how the gestures her American father used didn’t always translate to her Japanese side of the family. She is a producer for advertising agency Sid Lee and lives in the Netherlands.
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