To celebrate the local community that our restaurant has created (or at least trying to create), we thought it would be necessary to write a little something about how families typically operate in the Japanese culture.
This post will serve as an appropriate installment as we gear up for August 19th "Eatup" event. After all, that's the goal for these events - to bring our community together.
The Japanese family structure is often thought of as being very traditional - and it is. While many modern American families are making a shift toward a working democracy within their households - discussing issues and negotiating rules and punishments. Japanese families tend to stick to a more traditional dictatorship (for lack of a better word).
As with other cultures, Japanese children are expected to treat their parents with respect and gratitude, but also to make sure their actions are all for the sake of paying their parents back, in a way, for raising them and providing for them. The Japanese family is based on what’s known as a continuing family where roles of honor and respect remain the same for generations with particular family members that fill them changing as they get older.
With all this emphasis on respect and almost a class system within separate families, it is still important to recognize that family values are very important in Japanese culture. In fact, there is a Japanese idea that even if an extended family doesn’t live under one roof, they should still live close enough to bring over a hot bowl of soup. Members of a family take care of each other and are expected to put the well being of their family above anything else.
This idea flows out into a number of different aspects of the Japanese community including entertainment, friendships, and even businesses making customer service and satisfaction of the utmost importance.
Come be a part of our family on August 19th at our event. We'll share the love over a boat of sushi and sake!
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