I want to give my boyfriend's mother in Japan a nice gift from America, what would be a good gift? Some house item, or fashion accessory or nice gourmet gift.... something classy and particularly American. Can you think of anything? I wanna spend $30-70.
2007-03-08 14:01:05 · 12 answers · asked by chigaimasu 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
The bathrobe idea is a good one. If you want to add to that, I would say a set or two of thick towels -- Japanese towels are thin rags, absolutely horrible for drying yourself. You just cant get the same quality thick towels in Japan that you can in the US -- if you can, they are very expensive. In other words, even a cheaper set of towels from Target will appear to be an expensive gift because of what similar items cost in Japan, so its a win-win situation. I have given towels as gifts for years, and it has usually worked very well -- practical, and a gift that keeps giving...
2007-03-11 06:33:16 · answer #1 · answered by Christian K 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
definite. jointly as the jap economic equipment is extra physically powerful than ours, they're incredibly simular in residing standards. an american greenback is approximately one hundred yen on time-honored. by technique of my calculations on the instant 50$ is approximately 5050 yen. A McD hamburger is approximately a hundred and sixty yen. So for a 10 3 hundred and sixty 5 days previous 5050 yen is a first rate present. a great single mattress lodge room is approximately 10,000 yen for one evening. So with 50 dollars switched over to jap money your ten 3 hundred and sixty 5 days previous could have the means to get a attractiveness variety teddy bear,or a iteration game boy progressed game (in spite of the actuality that it may be in jap and illegible for somebody non-fluent in jap),or a race motor vehicle music from a wal-mart equivilent, or approximately 2 great lego projects, or approximately 13 booster packs of Yo-Gi-Oh! determining to purchase and merchandising game enjoying cards.
2016-09-30 10:15:30 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The American Flag!!!
2007-03-08 14:18:46 · answer #3 · answered by abcw 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nuts are very expensive and are an exotic treat over there. They seem to enjoy pine nuts a good deal.
Their techno gizmos and fasion matches or exceeds our own so just avoid these genres all together.
Novelty items might be a treat for her.
2007-03-08 14:09:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had a Japanese roommate when I was in college and she was so excited to get perfumes and department store cosmetics. It is so much more expensive in Japan.
2007-03-08 14:10:51 · answer #5 · answered by carinyosa99 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
a nice bathrobe...in all the better Japanese Hotels...like the Okura..five star...they have a Happi Coat...its a white bathrobe..its cool and lots of people buy these when they leave..but a real good bathrobe always looks good on anyone
2007-03-08 14:05:51 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would say buy yarn and crochet her an afghan but, if you cannot do that then send her some seeds or bulbs of strictly American type of flowers or roses or something maybe.
2007-03-08 14:07:21 · answer #7 · answered by Midge 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think you can still buy tapes of Tokyo Rose in some of the stores. Don't you think this would be nice?
2007-03-08 14:07:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
how about nice framed picture of a whale or a dolphin to remind them of the ones they or murdering and eating.
Japs is what I call them, they boiled white women to see how easy is was to pull of their limbs during the war my father said.and your FRIENDS with them?You have to excuse me I am just this way.sure give her a nice gift .she cant help what her country men do. can she.a picture of your home town maybe.so she can see where her son & you live.
2007-03-08 14:19:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
anybody else would want Levi's but mom,wow maybe a crystal vase.
2007-03-08 14:07:49 · answer #10 · answered by lil pit cat 71 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋