6. Flatter her sense of fashion: “Do you work in the apparel industry?”
You can stroke a Japanese woman’s ego by mistaking her for a fashion professional. “I almost want to scream ‘Yes!’ when someone thinks I’m stylish,” confessed a woman in her 20s. When you pay her a compliment, mention the most expensive item she’s wearing. You can say something like, “I think your bag in particular is really nice.”