My Japanese friend invite me on lunch, he is married but no child, what I should give him gift.?

My Japanese friend invite me on lunch, he is married but no child, what I should give him gift. Related to Japanese tradition.
My Japanese friend invite me on lunch, he is married but no child, what I should give him gift.?
I live in Japan and the normal gift seems to be senbei crackers or some other type of Japanese snack that tastes terrible. I suggest you give him a present that isn't Japanese instead and aim for a nice bottle of french wine. If you give him a Japanese fan or Jimbei I should thin he will be far less then impressed seeing as it would be like giving an Englishman a bowler hat or a German a pair of lederhosen.
Reply:If he's Japanese from Japan and you're not that close to him, I'd recommend not to give him clothes, any bath products, plates or basically any material item that won't be consumed. I'm 3rd generation Japanese-american and from what I've learned from dealing with my relatives is that if you give them gifts like that, generally, they will either regift or think that you're saying something bad about their taste. I.e. "Oh, you have such horrible looking dishes so I'll give you some dishes" You could possibly get away with giving a material gift if you're very close to this person and know for sure that he will absolutely love it and use it.





Otherwise, snacks or other foodstuffs, especially a specialty of your area would be your safest bet. I'm from Hawaii and my aunt absolutely loved when I brought chocolate covered macadamia nuts and kona coffee as a gift for her. Some people in japan even give little things like a can of soda or a bottle of cooking oil but it is always customary to bring *something* when going to someone's house.





If he isn't from japan, you could pretty much go with anything that you think he would enjoy. Foreign Japanese aren't as sensitive as Japanese from Japan as long as you put a little effort in what you pick.
Reply:Is she/he male or female? Well you can give him wine, scarves, japanese figurines... look at this:





http://www.jun-gifts.com/
Reply:pathetic ppl patthetic. Gift anything, but thats what NOT IS JAPANESE. give something from ur culture, i m pretty sure s/he? will appreciate much more. ... WOW ppl above i m amazed. french wine is fine enough!
Reply:give him a golden watch **