What to prepare for traveling to Japan

1. Things to note when entering Japan: Personal belongings you carry with you only need to be declared verbally. Personal items carried by passengers will not be taxed if customs officials deem them reasonable in content and quantity. Duty-free items and their limits are: 500 grams of tobacco; 400 cigarettes or 100 cigars; 3 bottles of wine (760cc); two ounces of perfume. In addition to the above-mentioned duty-free items, the total actual price of the purchased goods does not exceed 200,000 yen, no need Pay taxes. 2. It is not convenient to exchange money in Japan. You must exchange money at a foreign currency exchange bank or other legal currency exchange office. Additionally, a passport must be presented. However, Japanese bank exchange operations are only conducted between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. In addition, banks are closed all day on Saturdays, Sundays and major holidays. So money can only be exchanged at the hotel, but it is slightly more expensive than bank exchange. 3. Pay attention to etiquette: 1) Don’t litter or spit (Japan is very clean) 2) Don’t run red lights 3) After shopping, the waiter will say thank you, you can respond, but at least smile and nod. Most Japanese believe in Shinto and Buddhism. They don't like purple and think it is a sad color. The most taboo color is green, which is considered unlucky. "Taking photos" of three people together is also taboo. They believe that being caught between two people is a bad omen. The Japanese are taboo about lotus flowers and believe that lotus flowers are used for funerals. Camellia, light yellow and white flowers are prohibited when visiting patients. Japanese people are reluctant to accept things or gifts with chrysanthemums or chrysanthemum patterns on them because it is a symbol of royalty. Japanese favorite patterns include pine, bamboo, plum, duck, turtle, etc. The Japanese have many language taboos, such as "bitterness" and "death", and even some homophonic words are also taboos. For example, the number "4" is pronounced like death, and "42" is pronounced like the verb to die, so hospitals generally do not set up rooms and beds for 4 and 42. Users are also banned from using "42" on their phones, as prisons generally do not have cell number 4. "13" is also a taboo number. Many hotels do not have "13" floors and "13" rooms, and Haneda Airport does not have a "13" apron. On festive occasions such as weddings, avoid saying unlucky and unlucky words such as go, return, leave, break, thin, cold, shallow, ruin, heavy, break again, break, etc. When a store opens and a new store is built, it is forbidden to say fireworks, closure, bankruptcy, tilt, loss, decline and fire-related language. During the conversation, do not talk about people's physical defects, do not say words such as big, short, fat, bald, pockmarked, blind, deaf, mute, etc. Instead, refer to disabled people as physically disabled, blind people whose eyes are not free, and deaf people who are not free ears. .