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Kissing introduced to Japan by the west?

Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 13:53 -0700
by Blambot
Stan (or anyone else who might know...) a friend of mine mentioned that the act of kissing was a western custom, only introduced through western interaction with the east. Is this verifiable?

I've been tinkering with a script that involves feudal Japan and have a kiss at the end! Was wondering if I needed to take it out!

Thanks.

~Nate Piekos.

Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 16:32 -0700
by Stan Sakai
Kissing was a western custom introduced by the Portugese. I think I mentioned this in one of my story notes, though I'm not certain which issue or how indepth I got on the subject.

Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 18:20 -0700
by MikeM
Stan Sakai wrote:Kissing was a western custom introduced by the Portugese. I think I mentioned this in one of my story notes, though I'm not certain which issue or how indepth I got on the subject.
That is so cool, I never knew that.

I'm going to have to do some research on this being Portuguese myself and all.

MikeM

Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 18:23 -0700
by Colin Solan
Great so the next time I go to Japan I can just teach some ladies more "Western culture"

Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 6:01 -0700
by Blambot
Thanks, Stan!

~N

Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 17:19 -0700
by hakucho
I'm confused...I thought that kissing was a natural thing that people do :?