Kūki wo yomu(Read the Air)
The intangible cultural heritage of Japan, there is a custom of "Kūki o yomu". It's like, "read the air" of English. But Japanese is more read.
This culture has penetrated into every place of the day-to-day. Community, such as a company or school. Among friends.
what would you do?
・You finished the work that you should do today in a company. Of course, there is also work tomorrow.
・However, other employees of the company still work. It is the work that you can do.
Please choose it among two of the next.
A. Everyone to work (help)
B. Go back home
The Japanese chooses A. Why is it? The Japanese thinks. "How will they think if I go home?", "cooperate together, is over early"; "I will read air", and... "only I cannot back home".
I think that the person who chose B thought in this way. "My job is over. I go back to the house." So it's simple and usually.
Japanese is, oneself is not the center. It is happy that can go home with the person of the circumference. In other words it is reliable. In this case, the air flowing in this company is "I want to fit in everyone."
Japanese are always pressed by invisible air. But stay in the company today(always).
"The verity that everyone is think, it is all."
If it is possible to understand this fuc*in philosophy, you will become a Japanese!!
