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The Business of Ogasawara School of Etiquette

Ogasawara's etiquette classes

At Ogasawara's etiquette classes they teach sophisticated knowledge such as courtesies necessary for every adult, graceful movements, cultured wits, and thoughtful consideration towards others.

Ones who finishes the beginner's course will receive "shodenshou", the Primary Certificate, the intermediate course will receive "chuudenshou", the Intermediate Certificate, and the advanced course will receive "okudenshou" the Advanced Certificate. After completing the Advanced course, ones who wishes to make a profound study of etiquette, they are able to go on to be secondary masters and to masters .

Ogasawara School of Etiquette Curriculum (beginner's course)

Transition and basic movement of the etiquette---bows in sitting and standing position , how to use the chair.
Visits---courtesy at visits , upper seat and lower seat
Gift-giving---how to hand souvenirs, how to write addresses, how to treat edged tool gifts.
Hospitality---knowledge about hospitality, how to use "kaishi-gami" (sort of a wrapping paper).
Folds and Ties---history of folds, proper use of condolences and congratulation wrappings.
Life-time ceremonies---lifetime congratulatory events,festivals.
Cuisine---how to use chopsticks and rice bowls
Public Manners and International Manners---personal appearences,how to close and open doors.
Business Manners---language use, telephone correspondence, how to hand name cards.
Documents---courtesy in writing forms, structure of letters,seasonal greetings.
Happy Events---meanings of each ceremonial occasions, how to use a fan, etiquette at happy events.
Misfortunate events---etiquette at misfortunate events,clothing, how to write addresses on a present made in condolence (usually bill notes).

Education of Company Staff Members

Ogasawara School of etiquette is a systematized common sense and refinement of the samurai warrior as a courtesy of a warrior family. We can take glimpse of the original modern education for new company staff members in old manuscripts of the Ogasawara School such as: "Considerations about services when working for authorities" or "Considerations for the ones who are employed". Modern business etiquette tend to pursuit just "forms" but essentially, in etiquette or courtesies there is a "heart" of thoughtful consideration and sincerity in the profound part in those "forms". Ogasawara School will offer refinement and etiquette based upon the "heart" of courtesy to the modern "samurai" businessmen.

School Education of the Ogasawara

As the material culture flourished and the spiritual culture of the Japanese declined after the World War II, the Japanese has been loosing their "Japanese Soul". And today, there is a strong tendency to revalue this "Japanese Soul". In recent obligatory education, courtesy guidance is introduced instead of morality class in some schools. Through Ogasawara's education aiming the combination of one's "soul" and "form" , we will be happy to help how one could express his/her thoughtful consideration in a very natural way.

Ogasawara's Wedding

Recent Japanese weddings tend to be more or less the same and has become quite lavish with the change of times. It is best to think the real meaning of our wedding creating the very original and not the exact copy of next door's.

Ogasawara's wedding is not lavish nor luxurious but the bond between a bride and a bridegroom will surely deepen by understanding Ogasawara's primary ideal of "compassion".