draft idea

People are often unfamiliar of the cultural eating manners and etiquette when they travel to Japan. New Zealanders are used to the westernized forms of manners and etiquette used in Japanese style fast food places and restaurants in New Zealand.

The lack of knowledge becomes an obstacle for New Zealand travelers to Japan (OE, JET program, exchange), as they are unaware the eating taboos seen as rude in Japanese culture. As a result travelers fit into stereotypical associations and feel socially excluded. 

Eating etiquette and manners are part of the core values of Japan. Knowledge in this helps to gain a better cultural understanding. Therefore bridging the gap in knowledge of manners and etiquette would create a smoother transition into Japanese culture and improve their experience while abroad.


 “Culture is more often a source of conflict than of synergy. Cultural differences are a nuisance at best and often a disaster." 

"As far as culture is concerned, a special notice should be taken into account here: the same person can belong to several different cultures depending on their birthplace, nationality, ethnicity, family status, gender, age, language, education, physical condition, sexual orientation, religion, profession, place of work and its corporate culture. However, culture is the “lens” through which you view the world. It is central to what you see, how you make sense of what you see, and how you express yourself. Cultures – both national and organizational – differ along many dimensions. Among them, four are the most important: Directness (get to the point versus imply the messages); Hierarchy (follow orders versus engage in debate); Consensus (dissent is accepted versus unanimity is needed); and Individualism (individual winners versus team effectiveness)." 

http://www.acta.sapientia.ro/acta-philo/C3-2/Philo32-4.pdf




food may predict cross-cultural problems, of far more relevance are the differences in underlying core values of cultures."

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Found some food made into flags which may not relate. But is an interesting idea.

Images made from food

Artist/Architect Hong Yi plays with her food for 30 days

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/04/artist-hong-yi-plays-with-her-food/

A Chinese artist illustrated a series of food charts. They are hand drawn. 

http://www.thechinabox.info/hand-drawn-24-solar-term-food-chart-goes-viral.html

Traditional feel

Other inspiration

photography with illustration

Adrain Hogan

http://www.adrianhogan.com/

A video posted by Adrian Hogan (@adehogan) on Aug 28, 2015 at 1:17am PDT

Visiting my friend Dave who's in town for the launch of @gorillacoffee in Tokyo. I endorse these cups! (The coffee is great too! :p ) #イラストレーション #gorillacoffee #gorillacoffeeikebukuro #ikebukuro #panoramacup #coffeeart

A video posted by Adrian Hogan (@adehogan) on Mar 25, 2016 at 9:10pm PDT

Grace lee

http://www.graceleeillustrator.com/

Horizontal Compositions

Infographic

Fine dining etiquette in kitchen objects

https://www.finedininglovers.com/blog/curious-bites/fine-dining-etiquette-pictures/

Pop up book

Instructions on plates

Real people into Infographics

Peter Ørntoft 

"The project deals with data from a list of the social related interests of the Danish people. The list is the result of an opinion poll from a major consultancy company in Denmark. I have used the context of specific opinion polls within each interest to shape and design diagrams. By doing so the receiver understands more layers of information about the data."

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2011/02/infographics-in-context/

Inspiring Menu & Restaurant Brandings