Is playing golf your business? －ゴルフは仕事？

Hello. Tokyo is in the rainy season.
This week, our teacher Ozaki-sensei wrote about Japanese businessmen's custom.

We have a lot of business Japanese lesson in Tokyo area.

Anyway, enjoy this week article!

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Is playing golf your business?

Japanese businessmen often go with their business partners and play golf their weekends.

In particular, the people who is in charge of the Sales play golf quite often. I also had to go more than ten times especially in spring and autumn.

Companies pay the money as "an entertainment expense", but I had to count playing golf as a holiday.

When I went, I understood it was somewhere between work and play.  

For the person that likes golf, it is fun, but is painful when it is not so.

As for me, I enjoyed golf very much. The beer was delicious after golf.

The reason why there is such a custom in Japan is because golf is very popular and age is no barrier to play.

Japanese businessmen make friends by playing golf and can make good relations to be able to talk about things smoothly.

 

What do you think of this custom in Japan?

Do you have such a custom in your country?

 

 

ゴルフは仕事か？

日本のビジネスマンは土曜日、日曜日に取引先(とりひきさき）とゴルフに行くことがあります。

特に、営業（えいぎょう）担当の部署（ぶしょ）の人間はよくあります。私も毎年、春・秋に１０回以上行きました。お金は「接待費」（せったいひ）で会社が払います。でも、その日は休日としてカウントする事が多いです。これは、仕事と遊びの中間（ちゅうかん）です。

ゴルフが好きな人は楽しいですが、そうでない場合は苦痛ですね。

私の場合はゴルフが好きでしたので、喜んで行きました。ゴルフの後のビールはとても美味しかったです。

なぜこのような習慣があるかというと、日本では、ゴルフはとても一般的なスポーツでもあり、年齢もあまり関係ありません。ゴルフを通じて、親密になり、円滑に話し合える関係を作る事が出来ます。

あなたはこの習慣どう思いますか？　あなたの国でもこのような習慣がありますか？