What to get for my Japanese host families?
Posted by bethanymisty@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 11 comments
I’m going back to Japan and I’ll stay with a few host families who love British culture. I already brought them tea sets in cute British themed tins last time, and postcards from my town. Any idea for what I get them this time that is British themed, around £5-£10? I’ll have about 4 or 5 host families so it can’t be anything too big lol. Thank you!
Lox_Ox@reddit
Do you have anything that's local to your hometown/area? e.g. a specific food that you could take across for them to try.
Master-Trick2850@reddit
They apparently love cup and saucer sets
bethanymisty@reddit (OP)
Oh this is a really interesting answer, thank you! I don’t know if I’d be able to bring them a set each cause of luggage constraints so it might only be possible to bring each host family one saucer and one cup, do you think that’d be weird? 😂
Lox_Ox@reddit
I personally think that would be fine but I'm not particularly 'normal'. I just wanted to add that they love Wedgwood pottery/ceramics and it is really expensive in Japan but in the UK you can get Wedgwood cheap second hand online.
mrggy@reddit
Go with something edible. If you stayed with host families, I assume you're familiar with Japanese omiyage? It's alway food. I think any sort of biscuits would be good. Bonus points if it's in a nice tin. Bonus points if it's something like jaffa cakes that you can't get (easily) in Japan
Mickleborough@reddit
Fortnum & Mason biscuits, for the really nice packaging. Plus it’s a recognised quality brand.
SnooDonuts6494@reddit
Anything with Union Jacks† on. Hats, scarves, socks, knickers, T-shirts, bags, whatever.
^(†Yes, yes, I know, don't get pedantic about it.)
SituationMundane5452@reddit
When I go to china to visit my wife’s family I take snacks, shortbread etc for the female adults. Maybe a local brewed bottle of beer for the male adults.
The children I give them money, last time I gave them a £20 note each, they don’t spend it, they just like to study it and look at the pictures
n0tmyusual@reddit
Anything in a nice tin, bonus points if the tin has Big Ben / a London bus on it (etc). Think tea, short bread biscuits, jams, loose leaf tea.
If you can find these with Paddington Bear branding, even better!
If they're middle aged, things related to the Beatles or Rolling Stones will also likely go down well.
Icy_Mixture1482@reddit
All easily buyable over there in nice supermarkets.
I’d look for stuff you can only get in the UK.
Things like traditional penny sweets maybe, marmite (if they can stomach it), toffees, fudges maybe. I bought some dolly mix last time I was over in the UK. Gets trickier to find stuff that isn’t easily purchased over here!
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