Recently, I got a chance to talk with Hawaiian friends, and I got a interesting information which is part of the Hawaiian communication style is similar to Japanese one. So, I want to share this similarities, but I want you to remind this is a tendency and not everyone’s case.
This is my friends’ story.
8 people were going to eat out, and they were choosing the restaurant. 7 people said good for restaurant A, but 1 person said “No. I want to go restaurant B”. Then, they decide to go restaurant B. The interesting point is that the 7 people were Hawaii people, and the 1 was white.
If this was Japanese, at first we don’t say “No” when everyone else agreed even if it’s not good choice for own self. Also, if there is a person who say “No”, I would follow the person, because I don’t want to break the harmony.
some similarities
- like to do with group ( like to be in a group)
- read air (understand the atmosphere or mind his/her feeling )
- don’t say “No” directly until we get close
