It's important to be polite in every culture, but in Japan this does get taken to an extreme. Often Japanese people politely speak English without even checking if you can speak Japanese, and often they politely assume you don't even know the basics. That can be frustrating and there're plenty of stories of foreign learners losing their cool and insisting noisily that they should be spoken to in Japanese. But of course there are more respectful ways to get your Japanese conversation practice going, and that's why we made this shirt. ************************************************ This shirt says, "How About We Speak Japanese?". It's not an order or a passive-aggressive nudge- it's just a polite suggestion that can be taken at face value. This is particularly helpful if there are not that many Japanese people in your area, so you want the few that you encounter to notice that you can communicate with them in their own Japanese language.

• You should wear this shirt if you have been hoping that Japanese people will strike up conversation with you in Japanese so that you can get some real-world Japanese conversation language practice
• American Apparel t-shirt made of 100 percent fine ring-spun combed cotton, this lightweight fine jersey is exceptionally smooth and tight-knit
• You should wear this shirt if you're eager to meet a Japanese partner to help improve your understanding and knowledge about Japanese culture, whether that's anime and manga, or Japanese history and society.
• T-shirts are fitted, for a looser fit please order a size larger than typical.

You should wear this shirt if you have been hoping that Japanese people will strike up conversation with you in Japanese so that you can get some real-world Japanese conversation language practiceSarangShirts