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576 Budget Travelers; Beginner's Guide to Japan; Ireland Today

Travel with Rick Steves

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You're the Closest Thing People Have to Got in Japan, Yes?

In Japan, manners are a kind of sacrament and people bow to everyone around them. Everything we're talking about it kind of weaves together. It's a fascinating brilliance of the society that can be exasperating, but at the same time inspirational. And i've noticed when i'm in japan, if i'm on a phone call, i stopped bowing to the garrison.

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