Cross-cultural communication is really difficult.
Because, some cultural and verbal noises make it more difficult between Japanese and foreigners.
I had lived in Germany for one year about seven years ago.
When I was in Germany, many German asked me "Is your father a Samurai?" or "All the Japanese can play kung-fu can't they?" You know, it's very different from the actual Japanese. I couldn't believe what they asked me , because I didn't know that there are still so many people know little about Japan or Japanese in foreign countries. I learned that I shouldn't have contact with foreigners that they know about Japanese common knowledge.
When you do cross-cultural communication, you should know about your country first. And then, you can compare your country and foreign countries. If you do not know much about your country, you can't have subject to compare with.So it is important to know about your own country. Can you explain what Japanese really are?
