Okay, so I’m going to talk about a about a unique experience of cultural difference that I’ve ever experienced in Japan. So, two years ago when I was traveling in Japan, I met a lot of people there and most of them were locals. Japan is well known for having a good manner among the people. And after Japan’s locals greet one another, or even when encountered tourists from different countries, they always show their respect to them. not only by gritting, not only by saying grit, but also by bowing their head down to show their respect. It was an incredible experience in my life because in my own country Indonesia, the people here are so rude and can’t even harrass every people they met. In fact that there’s always robbery, street fighting, or even at the simplest level of action such as skipping the line or throwing a garbage not in the right place and what I did when I was greeted is by greeting them back and eventually as the clock ticking I start I started to greet every people I met there. When I’m about to use the public toilet, I grid the keeper and say thanks afterward.
Band 6+: Describe a time you experienced a cultural difference in a positive way. You should say: - Where you were - What the cultural difference was - How you responded to it And explain why it was a positive experience.
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Okay, so I'm going to talk about a unique experience of cultural difference that I've ever experienced in Japan. Two years ago, when I was traveling in Japan, I met a lot of people there, and most of them were locals. Japan is well known for having good manners among the people. After Japan's locals greet one another, or even when they encounter tourists from different countries, they always show their respect to them, not only by greeting, but also by bowing their heads to show their respect. It was an incredible experience in my life because in my own country, Indonesia, the people here can be rude and often harass everyone they meet. In fact, there is often robbery, street fighting, or even at the simplest level of action, such as skipping the line or throwing garbage in the wrong place. When I was greeted, I greeted them back, and eventually, as time went on, I started to greet everyone I met there. When I was about to use the public toilet, I greeted the keeper and said thanks afterward.
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