Aim

Our current aim? (Work in progress): feel free to add or change things!
-Enrich anyone's experience of a meal in the Japanese tradition, to raise Kiwi awareness and interest on the occasions when we might be invited to share meals in other cultures.

-Give the audience some idea of the great range of tradition, significance and social sophistication which is essential in the actions performed during the simplest dinner eaten with others.

-New Zealand is a bi-cultural nation, how do we make Kiwi more aware of other culture surroundings through our attitude towards food rituals.



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-Educate New Zealanders on unfamiliar traditional Japanese eating etiquette. In order to shift the perception of what cultural eating is. This will make the food experience more authentic and genuine when sharing meals with other cultures. (To sustain cultural connections between Japan and New Zealand.)


-Encourage the audience to understand why a great range of tradition is important in how people act in casual or formal dinner occasions.

-New Zealand becoming an increasingly bi-cultural nation. How do we make Kiwis more aware of other cultures within our surroundings through our attitude towards food rituals.



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Eating without embarrassing your self in other countries. Providing eating etiquette knowledge on Japan before heading there, to avoid misunderstandings. Reducing the cultural shock.

-There is a leniency towards cultural customs here for people with a lack of knowledge of foreign etiquette. Only if the person were to travel to Japan, that they would discover the actual customs and be expected to follow them.

-Mostly good for building relationships with people. Maybe for business or if you're a traveler.

-For if we want to implement traditional approaches -> We should probably go with a guide for a specific audience such as business people or travelers. People who will use the manners and customs when they go to Japan.

-If we want to bring in traditional factors we would have to research more into contemporary eating etiquette. How would we incorporate this into everyday life?