What is the proper etiquette when you receive “goodbye money” before leaving Japan?
drj0402 asked:
This may be best answered by a Japanese native or someone who is currently living in Japan.
This may be best answered by a Japanese native or someone who is currently living in Japan.
While living in Japan, before moving back for good or before going on a long trip somewhere else, sometimes friends and co-workers will give you what I have come to understand as “goodbye money.”
I have heard that it is proper etiquette to give back half of this amount to the giver.
How and when are you supposed to do this? Before you leave? While you are away? When you come back, if ever?
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