Cultural Capital: Japan

Visits are generally arranged in advance and are very rarely spontaneous (Japan). When someone comes for a visit they must remove their shoes in the entry area of the home and place them together, pointing toward the outdoors; slippers are usually worn while inside (Japan). It is also customary to remove your coat prior to stepping into the entry area (Japan). Guests are usually modest and reserved when they are visiting and will be offered the most comfortable seat in the home (Japan). When offered a meal it is customary for the guest to hesitate slightly before accepting it and will then accept with gratitude (Japan). Guests do not usually offer compliments on household items, as this may embarrass the host (Japan). It is customary to bring fruit or cake to offer as a gift for the host which is given and accepted with both hands and a slight bow (Japan). It is considered rude for a host to open a gift from a visitor at the time it is given (Japan).

Cultural capital refers to a high cultural knowledge that redounds to the financial and social advantage of the owner (Hambrick, 2016). The upper class use cultural capital to maintain advantage by conducting themselves in a manner that makes them to be highly regarded and respected in the society, which ultimately makes them gain advantages and privileges over the other social groups. Cultural capital often helps the upper class to create an image and perception of being relatively better in terms of leadership abilities, financial stability, and intelligence, as compared to the other groups, hence making them gain an advantage over other social

In Japan, religion is not shared amongst a community or even discussed openly but is a private family affair. There is no one preaching or readings from sacred writings or religious prayers at schools because what they believe is based on a moral code. That if they live the way of passion and love that nothing shall hurt or harm them or their family. By how they live, Japanese social and cultural values are difficult to tell apart.

4) in our daily lives. In more prominent ways, Japanese culture can be noticed through cuisine and religion. “Buddhism” and “Shintoism” are the two significant religions of Japan, though in Hawaii more buddhist temples are seen rather than shinto shrines. Besides the majority of the Japanese population in Hawaii, buddhism is also practiced by a great amount of Hawaii locals. The only set back being, “The only temple activities that cater to non- Japanese…are taiko drumming and meditation.” (Borup

Japans history dates back almost 53,000 years and is filled with interesting and fascinating events. Most of Japans actions have left the major world powers in the world stunned. The base of this amazing country is astonishing just by itself. The base is a bunch of active and large under water volcanoes. Japans uniqueness from the rest of the world ranges from its culture to its very interesting history to the change in government every few hundred years and their trading dilemma with petroleum and their assortment of fish that they export. Japan as a country is so very appealing and kind compared to the rest of the world its no wonder that it’s geographically separate from the rest of the world.

“School”, an essay by Kyoto Mori, shows the differences between the American school system and the Japanese school system. Mori implies this by talking about what she has experienced by going to both types of schools. Throughout this essay Mori demonstrates the main differences that she has seen in both types of schooling. This suggest that there is more to these school systems than just one being more strict than the other. In section one of this article she reveals for the first time that in Japan you don’t have as many second chances as you do in America.

The second difference is tipping as in Canada tipping restaurants is assumed formal as according to trip advisor you should tip 15~20% of the meals price when consuming at a restaurant. In Japan there is no culture of tipping so you need to be careful of remembering this. In addition, tipping is also done for taxis, hotels, hairdressers and you should tip a minimum of 10% of the total price. The third difference is table manners as in modern day Japan traditional rules such as getting others to serve you and sitting on the floor while eating has faded out of the society causing Japanese people to eat more freely. On the other hand, particularly in Quabic (the east part of Canada) there are sophisticated rules from the time to assemble and the order of eating.

Japanese children in the city, whose parents also wear Western clothes, wear Western clothes as well. They wear what normal American children wear such as jeans, sweaters, etc.

I don't think it would be that hard to implement the differnces but it will be alot of work and learning new things. Japanese behavior is similar to American behaviors but it completely new to Americans, Japanese behavior is similar but carries different meanings. For example, Americans constantly use thier eyes, eyebrows and forehead to express feelings during conversations, while Japanese are taught not to show thier feelings this way, which makes Americans think of them as uninterested and untruthful. Americans smile with their mouth and eyes during conversations, while Japan widen thier mouths to form certian vowels, which may look like an insecure smile. Americans nod head to signifies agreement, where Japan it merely means attentiveness.

Pierre Bourdieu developed the concept of cultural capital in order to attempt to explain the differences in educational outcomes in France during the 1960’s. Cultural capital is theorised as the forms of knowledge, skill, education; any advantages a person has which, give them a higher status in society, including high expectations (Nick Stevenson, 1995.pp.46-48). This differentiates economic and social status from the class agenda which, is rigidly sustained through an exclusive cycle. Cultural capital itself can be used in analysis of the class system, and how the dominant aesthetic and ideology is sustained from generation to generation.

Japan lived in wood pit shelter they never kept moving they stayed in one spot. The spot that they chose would be able to hunt, fish and have good resources for gatherers. Literature was how people look japanese,

Japan is an island nation that is located across the Japanese Sea. Japan consists of the islands of Hokkaiodo, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu (Yamada & Kurashige, 2003). The landscape of Japan is seventy-one percent mountainous ("Population Demographics," 2007). Japan is a small country that is situated in the northern temperate zone. Japan experiences the four seasons similar to that of North America. Japan experiences typhoons which are a lot stronger than their sister hurricanes in the Atlantic (Yamada &

Cultural capital is the cultural aspects that give a person a higher status in society; this can be in the form of education, taste, knowledge, skills, etc. The cultural habits and dispositions inherited from family are an individual’s cultural capital; the education they receive and the culture they are brought up in provides them with cultural capital. Bourdieu maintained that cultural capital was an extremely important type of capital, and cultural capital was important capable of giving an individual a much higher status in society. Bourdieu argues that cultural capital exists in three forms; in its embodied state, which refers to the cultural capital that is inherited and developed over time, through socialisation and family upbringing. It is not transferable to others. Cultural capital also exists in its objectified state, which refers to material objects which are owned; cultural goods such as valuable heirlooms or works of art that provide cultural capital but can also be sold for economic profit. Cultural capital also exists in the form of institutionalized capital, which is defined as institutional recognition, which is often in the form of academic qualifications. This form of cultural capital also can be used for economic gain, as an individual with high institutionalized cultural capital is able to obtain better employment in the

Japan is a very homogenous country. Research from 2013 shows that foreigners make up 1.5% of the populace of Japan (Japan Times, 2013). While the number might have risen quite a bit now in 2015, the discrimination against

The nation of Japan, even more so than other countries, has a long, long history behind it. It's a country dating back as far as the B.C. Era, and that has experienced various powerful events that has shaped the country since its birth. As with other nations, an important part of their past lies in their religion. Before they were introduced to Buddhism and other outside religions, which had a large impact on their society, the Japanese followed something known as Shinto. As the one religion that can truly be called “Japanese,” it follows that its influences would still remain in the eyes of the people and only aided by a traditionally xenophobic view of the world.