So since it is the bounenkai and shinnenkai season in Japan

I thought what better way than to do a video about the Japanese nomikai culture

For those of you who don’t know already I worked in a Japanese company

and I attended many many many of these Japanese nomikais

So since Japanese companies take team work quite seriously

these nomikais are a great way for you and your colleagues to build a relationship

and makes working together much easier

Okay! So my first tip for you guys is be on time

Japanese people are very very punctual people

so if it is a work event you should be at least 5 minutes early

Second tip for you guys is try making your first drink, beer

because Japanese tend to cheers with beer

They even have a saying in Japanese which is “toriaezu biru”, which basically means let’s start off with beer

My third tip is pouring drinks for people

Its Japanese manner and it shows respect when you pour drinks for others

My fourth tip for you guys is when you kanpai with other people

try to make your glass lower than theirs to show respect

My fifth tip is try to talk and socialise with others

Even if you can’t speak much Japanese, just making the effort really does make a difference

and just when you think the nomikai has finished

Japanese have something called the “nijikai” which means the after party

and at these nijikais Karaoke is a very very popular place to go

my last tip for you is try learning a Japanese song that you can sing at Karaoke

The Japanese would be very surprised and very happy to see that you are trying to adapt to their culture

and just remember no matter how crazy and drunk you were the night before

never be late or skip work the next day

the "I got really drunk last night at the nomikai" will not be an acceptable excuse

I hope these tips helped you guys and comment down below if you can relate to some of these

and I will see you in my next video!