Many visitors to Japan are generally impressed with the level of customer service, as Japanese people are generally polite to soto people, but it does not mean that their politeness and friendliness are sincere and they are genuinely trying to be your friend. Some of them may be truly interested in getting to know you but most of them are simply following the custom. So when Japanese people have a chance to interact with foreigners outside their work, they may feel lost for not knowing how to appropriately interact with them. Outside the work, this uchi/soto relationship is vague and it becomes even more confusing with foreigners. This is also why foreigners (soto) have a hard time being truly accepted into Japanese society and those who wish to become Japanese citizens (uchi) face many obstacles.
Posted on: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 13:53:55 +0000
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