Hofstede's Dimensions: An Analytical comparison between Japan & Indonesia

Fun fact about Indonesia, it's the largest country with muslim population in the world. So there is not much to talk about regarding to nightlife and partying in Indonesia, unless you are going to Bali which is known for touristic place and local/tourist ratio. Jakarta and most of the cities didn't have a lot of nightclub, even the most famous nightclub in Jakarta has just been closed due to its strict regulation. Not only that, drinking culture is also not common, its hard to find alcoholic drinks there, and even if you find it its going to be in a close place where not a lot of people can see (it's like somehow they try to hide it), compare to Japan where you can find alcoholic drinks in normal convenience store and easily buy it by pressing a button to show that you're 18yo/above. Even if you have the drinks, drinking it in public places is considered veeeery taboo and catches police attention, so i wouldn't recommend. 

Japan on the other hand, i think more alive in the night rather than on the day. Staying here for 4 months, can confirm that nightlife have been fun, not only because a lot of nightclub option and its drinking culture, but also due to significant difference to my country makes it more interesting. Not only that, international tourist that have the purpose of having fun also creates a good vibe around the city. Overall Japan has never been boring. 

Hofstede cultural dimensions model highlight how different culture makes impact international business interaction and how involving into society affects the value that the members hold.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Indonesia as my country

Hello everyone, wherever you are My name is Ali Hadi Musawa. First of all, let me tell you guys where im from. I came from Indonesia, of course everyone knows Bali. So, my ethnicity is actually mixed of Middle Eastern and also Asian, but since i life in Asians country, my identity and also manner is mostly Asians. Indonesia is one of the most populated country, actually the fourth, and the correlation between that and our culture is that we are so diversed. We have black, white, and brown people all in the same country, and they are all called Indonesians. Not only that, we as an Indonesian are social people, im not saying very social, but we like to spend times with other people, and also meeting even new people. What makes Indonesia a bit famous is that they are known for their hospitality with foreign people. We in Indonesia treat foreign people specially, we make sure that they have the best experience as possible, thats why its easy to get help as a foreign people in Indonesia. Ev...
Read more

Shopping Culture Around The World and Masculinity vs Femininity

Today we talk about the comparison between shopping culture in Japan and our countries. There is not much to say here because its almost the same. The only significant difference i see is that in Indonesia there is nothing like self checkout cashier (if that what you call it). I think its because of the trust issues we have to the society, actually i would say Indonesia is as a safe country like not too much gun and crazy case happening around, but there is still a lot of stealing happening around.   Another thing is about the topic of Masculinity and Femininity. According to Hofstede it is one of the key dimension of how a society approaches gender role and values. In the modern era that we live in right now, i believe most of the people believe in whats so called gender equality. The way in interpret it is how different genders have the same responsibilities, should be treated the same, and should act the same. I kinda disagree with this concept, because god (or whatever ent...
Read more

A Reflection on Education

Intercultural communication in my understanding is a way where people with the same culture communicate even without words and still have the same understanding. It happens because they life in same place with the same evolution of people behaviour around them, so it makes them act the same way. One of the example we can take from these concept is how japanese people do their study in school or university. After seeing the video, i realize that japanese and indonesian have a very different culture in these kind of things. Making a friend group to study together, sleeping in the library if they got tired (also seen as a sign of hardwork), and study almost the whole day, as indonesian i see this kind of method is "too far" if that make sense. In my country its true some of us study together, but its not happen that often, and if its happen then 80% of it is going to be just talking. Sleeping in the library will be the exact opposite, the librarian is going to wake us up and som...
Read more