Japanese Business card

 Unfortunately, I don’t know much about business card culture in Cambodia or Vietnam since I’ve never been to either ( very sad, but I hope to go one day). However, what I have observed from watching my parents ( they own a restaurant for reference) is that they mainly just talk to people rather than give business cards. From what I have noticed, Japanese business cards seem to be very simple, formal, and straightforward. Which I think is very fitting for them as they are known as a kind, yet reserved and polite group of people.  Whereas in America business cards have a lot of emphasis on being unique with a goal of showing off their personality to the viewer through their card. This reflects American society well in my opinion; as most Americans value individualism. Usually in America, no two business cards look the same (at least that is what I observed on Google. I think this is especially noticeable in small business accounts. ). While making my business card I noticed most Japanese cards and student examples went the minimalist route and I tried to follow suit. For me, I ran into the issue of over-designing my card. I wanted to add fun patterns and fancy fonts but it felt like I was overdoing it. I was even debating whether or not I should put my artwork on there like the other student examples had but… it just looked wrong on mine for some reason. I also had a hard time getting my computer to write in Japanese. I kept getting the Hiragana keyboard instead of the Katakana one, which was a bit frustrating at first but I was able to figure it out with the help of Google! All in all, I like my Japanese business card, it's short and sweet and the colors are cute.