
Decoding the Japanese Workplace: The Unwritten Rules of Business Culture
Master business etiquette, build immediate trust and accelerate your professional career in Japan with the NyuuLy community. Join this highly interactive, hands-on workshop to uncover the crucial, unwritten corporate practices that standard textbooks never teach you—all while making new connections over fresh pizza.
- Master the physical mechanics of exchanging business cards (meishi), including correct finger placement, card height and reciprocal bowing.
- Learn to instantly identify Kamiza (the seat of honor) and Shimoza (the lower seat) in meeting rooms, taxis and elevators to show natural respect to senior leadership.
- Discover how to gracefully manage after-work drinking culture (nomikai), including polite strategies to decline alcohol while building deep professional bonds with your manager.
- Put your new cross-cultural communication skills into practice right away during a friendly social hour with global professionals and peers.

About the Workshop
NyuuLy‘s practical business manners workshop is specifically designed for international professionals, expats and students looking to decode the social hierarchy of the Japanese office. Led by Japanese corporate etiquette expert Hiroko Kamiya and an experienced panel of international professionals, this intensive one-night event blends physical drills with practical insights to demystify complex workplace norms.
Step away from hard-to-follow lectures to practice real-world business scenarios, learn the hidden logic behind local corporate customs and wrap up the evening with a relaxed community mixer to expand your professional network in Tokyo.















