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日本に観光に来た外国人の多くには、
お土産として漢字があしらわれたTシャツやセンスなどが人気を呼んでいますが、
日本から海外へとホームステイや語学留学などで現地の人へのお土産を持っていく際には、
形に残りいつでも飾って置ける日本人形が人気を呼んでいます。
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- Posted at 04 Sep 2010 at 21:38
Popular suveniors for oversea tourists to Japan are t-shirts with Japanese kanji prints on and Japanese fans as such. Japanese Dolls are more popular for Japanese people, who visit overseas as homestay or to study languages, as their gift to their host family. They hope that the doll can be displayed and become a part of memory of their visit.
★★★★☆ 4.5/2
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- Posted at 04 Sep 2010 at 22:41
To many of the foreigners in Japan who come for sight-seeing, T-shirts and decorations that have kanji characters on them are popular as souvenirs. But for Japanese going from Japan to overseas, or doing homestay and language study, Japanese dolls which always keep their shape and can be used for decoration any time are popular as presents to local people.
★★★★☆ 4.0/2
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- Posted at 04 Sep 2010 at 23:16
T-shirts and "sensu"(folding fan) with kanji-prints are popular among many foreigners visiting Japan for sightseeing. When going foreign countries for homestay or language studies, a Japanese doll, which can be displayed for a long time, is very popular.
★★★★★ 5.0/1
