The Japanese are obsessed with food, but you will rarely see fat men and women on the streets of Tokyo. Japanese women are the slimmer women in the world, they know nothing about obesity, at thirty they look eighteen, and at forty they look twenty-five.

And it's not just feelings. This is statistical data. However, these data do not apply to Japanese living in other countries. So it’s not a matter of genetics, but of the way of life itself, most which constitutes nutrition.

So what is the secret of Japanese cuisine?

1. Japanese cuisine is based on fish, soy, rice, fruits and vegetables.
In Japan, per capita consumption of fish is twice as much as, for example, in America, and consumption of soy products is ten times more. The Japanese eat mountains of rice and are obsessed with vegetables. The Japanese also love algae - sea plants with valuable nutritional properties.

Do not think that the nutritious and simple Japanese diet is monotonous and comes down to a limited set of products. In fact, the Japanese manage to create a huge variety of dishes. As a study conducted among two hundred elderly Japanese women shows, they consume more than fifty different foods weekly, while only thirty are typical for the European diet.

The Japanese serve food to the table in small portions in beautiful miniature dishes. The Japanese believe that food should be eaten twice, the first time with the eyes. “Hara hati bumne,” which means “eat until you’re 80 percent full.”

It is customary to chew food slowly, savoring every bite; food is served on plates, cups and bowls, which, compared to their Western counterparts, are fit for an inch. This is what significantly reduces portion sizes and enhances the aesthetic appeal of food.

2. Japanese dishes are distinguished by their lightness.
The Japanese only lightly process their food. Instead of frying and baking, Japanese women most often resort to such types of food processing as steaming, grilling, sautéing, boiling or quickly frying foods over medium heat. The advantage of these methods is that more nutrients are retained. Japanese women use seasonings very carefully. Instead of dishes richly flavored with thick sour cream or butter sauces or generously sprinkled with spices, in Japanese kitchens you are more likely to find only a hint of seasoning. The whole point of Japanese cuisine is to highlight the natural beauty, color and taste of food. There is one more fundamental difference: instead of animal fat, butter or heavy vegetable oils Japanese women cook it with a small amount of rapeseed oil or dashi. Dashi (broth of fish and sea vegetables).

3. The Japanese eat rice instead of bread at every meal.
In general, Japan eats much less bread than the West, and rice is still the mainstay national cuisine. The Japanese eat a medium portion of rice with almost any dish. Such regular consumption of rice replaces for the Japanese chips and bisli, rolls and White bread, which we constantly consume, sometimes several times a day.

4. Japanese women know what an invigorating breakfast is.
Japanese women don't eat pancakes in the morning. You won't see mountains of scrambled eggs and ham on their tables. They do not eat buns with butter, or sandwiches with sausage, or sweet cereals. A typical Japanese breakfast consists of green tea, a cup of steamed rice, miso soup with tofu and onions, small pieces of nori seaweed, and maybe an omelette or a piece of smoked salmon. Japanese breakfast is completely different from its typical Western counterpart. Instead of croissants, sandwiches and a bowl of cereal that shakes you up and makes you sleepy, a Japanese breakfast will keep you full of energy and nutrients for a long time.

5. Japanese women are crazy about desserts... in their own way.
Japanese women absolutely love chocolate. They love sweets, ice cream, baked goods, rice crackers and bean cakes. However, unlike the West, they eat desserts much less often and (you guessed it) in small quantities. A typical Japanese cake is three times smaller than its Western counterpart.

6. The Japanese drink a lot of green tea.
From dawn to dusk, green tea flows like water in Japanese homes and restaurants. The Japanese, of course, love both coffee and black tea, but they are simply obsessed with green tea. Japanese green tea is mild in taste, with a pronounced aroma. It's kind of the opposite of coffee. It invigorates the soul, refreshes the oral cavity and is beneficial for the body. Green tea never served with sugar or cream unless it is part of a dessert, such as green tea ice cream.

7. The Japanese move actively during the day.
On Tokyo's narrow streets and sidewalks, you'll see businessmen pedaling bicycles and women running courier errands or shopping. And everything that happens in Tokyo is typical for the country as a whole.
In a typical train station in Japan, you will see rows of parked bicycles belonging to passengers.

Is it difficult to create a Tokyo kitchen for yourself?
Believe it or not, you probably already have some of it. Chances are you have many of the essentials for Tokyo cuisine in your kitchen. There are not many differences between the equipment of Western and Japanese kitchens. Almost all devices are very similar or identical. You probably already have most of the household appliances; you can get new products in supermarkets or with a few clicks on the keys. In principle, Western dishes will work perfectly for Japanese home cooking, Appliances and products, provided that they are of high quality. Main– so that the knife is sharp and cuts well, and the frying pan conducts heat quickly and evenly.

Products and seasonings are easy to find in nearby stores. Nowadays, a growing number of health food supermarkets and gourmet food stores sell Japanese products in so-called "Asian" or "ethnic" sections.

It is worth paying attention to Japanese cuisine too much salt – for example in dried fish, pickled vegetables and soy sauce. Therefore, it is worth choosing lightly salted soy sauce and miso.

Source of information: mama.zahav.ru

No matter how much the government calls for “Come home earlier”, “Get more rest”, this only leads to gossip on the streets in the spirit of: “How can I afford this?” Why don't the Japanese try to work less? I tried to thoroughly understand this.

It is necessary to abandon “incentives for absence of absences” and fine companies where employees do not take vacation

This happened for the seventh time. On the last Friday of this month, August 25, the Premium Friday campaign again took place in Japan, which recommends that company employees leave their offices at 3 pm. After 4:30 pm I decided to walk along Ginza Street in Tokyo. A heavy heat rose from the ground, and, feeling dizzy after days of continuous work, I accidentally bumped into the man walking in front. It was a Chinese man carrying two heavy paper bags from the Laox duty-free chain store. Crowds of foreigners walked cheerfully through Ginza. But where then are the office workers who have to go home at this time on the occasion of “Premium Friday”?

“At first we expected that the number of company employees would increase from 3 to 6 p.m., but you see the situation. “Premium Friday is no different from regular Friday,” says the store saleswoman indifferently.

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Nihon Keizai 04/24/2014 In fact, only a small proportion of workers have begun to go home earlier, and reviews of the campaign are so bad that there are suggestions that it needs to be revised. Following on from Premium Friday, the government is announcing a new campaign called Children's Week will be launched from next financial year. Its essence is to move part of the school holidays and some weekends to another time, making longer weekends. The goal of the campaign is to increase the number of days that parents take as vacation at their own expense, and at the same time contribute to the development of tourism. But already now many are critical of this government initiative and say: “I can’t take days off, adjusting to the child.”

Despite the government's careful recommendations, the Japanese stubbornly refuse to rest. For residents of France or Northern Europe enjoying long holidays, this situation probably looks comical. So why don't the Japanese take days off?

I asked Tetsuya Ando, the man who founded the non-profit organization Fathering Japan and coined the term "ikumen" - a man actively involved in raising children - about this. “People are brought up from childhood that working hard, giving one hundred percent, is wonderful. Big problem is a system of rewards for visiting without passes,” he says. But people for whom it was common to work seven days a week in their youth now occupy leadership positions. The boss doesn’t rest, so his subordinates can’t take a vacation. I can't help but remember old times. I'm also still in kindergarten rewarded for missing passes. Now I go to work even when I feel very bad, and isn’t this to blame for the mindset instilled in early childhood?

Mr. Ando notes: “Many people don’t know what to do with themselves, even if they take a weekend.” He says that when people ask “Do you have hobbies or friends outside of work?” at an executive seminar, virtually no one raises their hand.

I also met with Tokyo Institute of Technology teacher Noriyuki Ueda. He is a specialist in cultural anthropology, the author of the famous book “The Meaning of Life.” Mr. Ueda noted: “It is very important for the Japanese to know that they belong to a certain place. It’s not what you do that’s valuable, but how long you stay in a certain place.” In fact, it’s easier to climb in a company career ladder someone who goes to work even on Saturday and Sunday. Therefore, employees are afraid that if they are not at work, someone else may take their place in the future. He says the same reasons exist for the fact that young people do not take their eyes off the group chat in the Line application almost 24/7 ( LINE - popular in Japan free application for smartphones for instant messaging; This refers to young employees of companies who, having created a group dialogue among employees, continuously follow the news of the department - approx. edit.).

Additionally, Noriyuki Ueda explained the following to me. “Japanese communal society does not forgive people who stand out. This is especially true for people who live interesting lives - our mentality does not tolerate such people.” In other words, the Japanese lack the awareness that society itself exists for the enjoyment of life.

I also interviewed Hisashi Yamada, director of the Japan Research Institute and a labor economist. He said that there are many reasons that combine to prevent the Japanese from getting adequate rest. One of them is the method of hiring. “The Japanese system of permanent employee work inherently involves long working hours.” Employees, the company, and unions have always considered it most important to maintain hiring and not fire employees. This is why Japanese companies hire few workers compared to others. Unlike European countries, which lay off employees during a crisis, in Japan, when the economy is favorable, they increase the duration of overtime, and when the situation worsens, they reduce it.

Moreover, Mr. Yamada noted that in the last 10-20 years it has become even more difficult to take days off from work. The reason for this is increased customer focus. During the crisis, enterprises developed excessive competition in the service sector, for example by lowering prices. “Officially, we are said to be shareholder- and employee-oriented, but in reality, what is prevailing in Japan now is customer orientation. From this inflection came the tendency to place the burden only on the workers.” Symbolic are the problems faced by the Yamato courier delivery company. Nowadays, delivery of online orders is quickly gaining popularity, so the company has lowered the fee for its services. At the same time, the attitude towards employees did not change in better side, and the drivers were dissatisfied with the amount of cargo that they did not have time to distribute.

Obstacles on the path to proper rest for the Japanese are culture, morality, and social system. People can't take days off because the government says, “let's rest,” while leaving a lot of problems unresolved. What needs to be done in order to create conditions under which rest will truly become possible?

Tetsuya Ando, who himself takes an active part in raising children, offers the following. “The only way out I see is for managers to reconsider their views, because the entire work team is guided by them. It is necessary to change the current conditions, when in case of absences people receive a lower assessment of their work. “I believe there needs to be an initiative, centered in the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, to get rid of the culture of rewarding absences.”

Mr. Ueda from the Tokyo Institute of Technology believes that coercion cannot be avoided. “It’s better to legally oblige people, say, to take a 10-day vacation. If it doesn’t go as far as fines against companies whose employees don’t take paid vacations, nothing will change.”

Many firms worry that “if workers take time off, the company's income will decrease,” but Mr. Yamada from the Japan Research Institute refutes this. “If everything stays the same, businesses won’t last long.” Another issue is the excessive focus on the buyer, the victim of which is the employees of companies. In a situation where the country's population is declining, more and more efforts will be made to retain workers. Mr Yamada says the old thinking is reaching its limit - that only permanent employees, usually men, should work long hours. “We need to consistently review the entire hiring system,” he notes.

Why do you need to rest at all? When I asked this question to Noriyuki Ueda, an expert in religion and medicine, he replied: “In the case of the Japanese, we have no established concept of the meaning of rest. This a big problem" “Many people believe that weekends are needed so that the body can rest for new job. The Japanese lack the awareness that vacation itself is the joy of life.” In reality, when the government advertises campaigns such as Premium Friday, questions about taxes and guarantees that employees will receive always come to the fore. “This does not sound like a call for people to become spiritually enriched and lead fulfilling lives through recreation,” Mr. Ueda says.

Tetsuya Ando, "Ikumen", also expressed his opinion. “The Cool Biz campaign was successful because Yuriko Koike (former minister environment) announced that this was necessary to protect the environment. People won't take initiatives seriously unless they are encouraged to give up long working hours with a reason economic benefit or something else. Who will get involved in a government's current campaign if they don't have a clear idea to support?

The true meaning of taking a break from work is to enrich a person’s life. The government, companies and ourselves have no choice but to pay attention to this starting point and radically change our way of thinking.

InoSMI materials contain assessments exclusively of foreign media and do not reflect the position of the InoSMI editorial staff.

Japan is a very unusual country. Foreigners who have lived here for years say they never cease to be amazed. I've been in the country for nine months and find something new every day. For example, I only recently learned about relationships between men and women from a Japanese friend. Her boyfriend proposed to her, asking in a very veiled way: “Do you want to build love with me?” This is how our conversation about love began.

The Japanese language, of course, has the words “I love you,” but the Japanese rarely use this phrase because they are very shy. Instead, they say “The moon is beautiful” - this is also a declaration of love. This means that today, when you are with me, the moon is especially beautiful. In this case, the answer “yes, yes, beautiful” (seemingly logical) is interpreted either as a refusal, or as the fact that the girl did not understand what was being said. If a girl wants to reciprocate, she should say "I might die."

This unusual tradition of declaration of love appeared thanks to the famous Japanese writer Natsume Soseki (his portrait was previously depicted on the thousandth banknote), who at the beginning of the 20th century argued that the correct translation of the English phrase “I love you” is “beautiful moon.”

The Japanese language also has very specific words regarding relationships that we don’t have. For example, "kabedon" is a situation where a girl stands with her back to the wall, and a guy leans with one hand on the wall, while his hand is next to her head. Another such word is "ago kui" - this is when a guy takes a girl by the chin, usually to kiss her.

Again, shyness makes it difficult for the Japanese to propose. Often a girl may not even understand that it was exactly that. For example, the following formulations are common: “Do you want to cook for me every morning?” Or: “Would you be willing to wash my socks?” Or, as it happened in some short story, the man drawing the manga asked: “Would you like to be my heroine?”

In the first years of marriage, many Japanese couples deliberately get a dog as an alternative to having a child.

One day I see this picture: dad, mom and baby are walking, holding the edge of the stroller. Well, I think they went for a walk, took a stroller with them to push the child when he got tired, I looked up to them and realized that this was a dog stroller! The dog is lying down, looking at the street through a special window, which is why it was not visible at first. And there are many such strollers on the streets.

The cat and dog industry in Japan is thriving and smelling. There are pet stores around the city, but much more often (and this is striking) you can see veterinary clinics. There are a lot of them. On the street I see mostly small or medium-sized dogs. Large ones are rare. I went to pet stores many times to have a look. There prices range from approximately 200,000 to 1,000,000 yen (approximately 122,000 and 611,000 rubles, respectively, at the current exchange rate). For example, you can buy there special device, which will play with your pet while you are not at home.

This is how the Japanese easily demonstrate their immense love for animals, but hide their love for people.

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No matter where you live, most likely, Japan will be the most unusual country in the world for you. There are legends about the strangeness of the Japanese, they say that they have everything upside down, and they have no shame. So why are they like this?

website I tried to find the answer to this question in the traditions, mentality and history of Japan.

How Japan became separated from the rest of the world

Reason #1: Island location. It is not easy to build connections with the world when there is sea on all sides. But that’s not all, because Great Britain is also an island, but it has never been isolated.

Reason #2: Lack of the spirit of conquest. The climate and landscape of Europe were well suited for growing oats and wheat and grazing livestock. For this, new territories were constantly needed. The desire for expansion led to the fact that Europeans became one of the main conquerors of the planet - their views were turned “outward”.

And in Japan, everything was conducive to fishing and growing rice, which thrived in the same field. This has made the Japanese prone to intensity: they painstakingly work on one thing instead of trying to get everything done. (fact).

They saw little point in going outside and found themselves isolated.

Why are the Japanese not ashamed of things that make Europeans blush?

The difference in attitude towards everything carnal in the East and in the West has always been colossal. For example, in Europe at one time monarchs did not wash at all, but in Asian countries this has never happened.

The Bible played a role in this, which insisted that the body should be neglected. The soul is what we have to worry about. In Asia, the body was considered as sacred as the soul, so the East gave us massage and something else.

Those times are long gone, but in Western culture there remain echoes of the ban on everything related to human nature. In Japan, this topic is not taboo. This is reason number 3 why the Japanese seem somehow different to us.

People literally die on the job in this country.

Since ancient times, in this country, for the mistake of one, everyone could lose their heads. Therefore, the Japanese are ready to sacrifice everything for the sake of a common cause, including personal time. In modern Japan, leaving work on time is unheard of impudence, taking a vacation is bad manners. Half of the Japanese work at least 9 hours a week ( fact).

Hence frequent overwork and depression; It happened that people died at work. That's why the Japanese know how to relax like no other: they fool around and take part in stupid TV shows. They simply need to laugh heartily - and this is reason number 4.

1. The Japanese people are unusually hard-working. They are able to spend up to 18 hours at work without lunch, sleep for two hours, and then go back to work.

2. They don’t really like to vacation in Japan; 4 days off in a row is a vacation for them.

3. The Japanese, although not muscular in appearance, can be very strong physically.

4. As a rule, when the Japanese drink alcohol, they start to blush. They try not to drink a lot, although there are exceptions to every rule.

5. Many Japanese are inclined to draw and sing.

6. When the Japanese have lunch at their workplace, they do not stop working.

7. In Japan, it is considered normal to hear a forty-year-old man excitedly tell at work how he accidentally saw a high school girl’s underwear on the subway.

8. According to the Japanese, learning to speak their language is extremely difficult, even unrealistic. Therefore, they have great respect for those who at least say hello in Japanese.

9. If you don’t know Japanese well, but go out for a drink with Japanese people, be prepared for the fact that after some time they will start teaching you all sorts of bad words.

10. The strength of emotions in Japan is shown by intonation and increasing the volume of the voice, and there are simply no curse words more offensive than the words “idiot” or “fool” in the Japanese language.

11. People in Japan are very honest, so don’t be afraid of forgetting your umbrella in the subway car. There is almost a 100% chance that it can be picked up from the lost and found.

12. Previously, there was no theft in Japan; even lost wallets with cash were returned, but now this is not the case.

13. Residents of Japan always do everything according to the instructions, and if they see an error there, they are immediately lost.

14. Prostitution is prohibited in this country, so intimate services are often called massage.

15. Guides to various brothels are published monthly in all major Japanese cities.

16. A white man will not be able to get into a brothel where Japanese women work, but he can go to one where there are Filipino or Chinese women without any problems.

17. In pornography in Japan, genitals cannot be openly shown; because of this, they are always hidden on the screens by a mosaic.

18. The Japanese like to wash themselves every day; they are very clean. But they are not particularly good at cleaning, so their home is usually a mess.

19. It’s not enough for a Japanese to wash himself simple shower, you need to take a bath.

20. In Japan, all family members take a bath, and the water does not change. True, before getting into it, everyone first takes a shower. When everyone is washed, the water in this bathroom is used for washing.

21. If a Japanese family has a child under eight years old, he usually takes a bath with his parents.

22. Residents of Japan love to visit hot springs or public baths.

23. In Japan, an adult brother and sister may not talk to each other at all and may not even know their phone number.

24. If a person is caught with drugs in Japan, it doesn’t matter what it is or in what quantity, he will still go to prison.

25. Even if a Japanese man smokes weed in Amsterdam, and another Japanese man sees him and tells the police about it, the first one will end up in prison.

26. In Japan, wild marijuana can often be found in the mountains, so in the fall the police are on duty there and monitor cars with non-local license plates.

27. In Japan, you can buy hookahs or pipes for smoking weed everywhere.

28. The Japanese consider every white person first of all to be an American, then an Englishman or a Frenchman.

29. The Japanese language has three types of writing.

30. Previously, hallucinogenic mushrooms were not legally drugs and therefore were sold completely freely.

31. According to the rules, on highways the speed should be limited to 80 kilometers per hour, but all drivers exceed it up to 120, since the traffic police usually do not stop up to this limit.

32. For speeding, a motorist can face a minimum fine of $150, and the maximum penalty is prison.

33. As a rule, Japanese police are not that incorruptible, but sometimes you can talk them out if you pretend to be an idiot.

34. For any serious offense, the police are allowed to keep a person in jail for up to 30 days and not allow him to see a lawyer.

35. Any Japanese car, even the most powerful one, on the domestic transport market will be equipped with a speed limiter and a speedometer up to 140 or 180 kilometers per hour.

36. The Japanese are very knowledgeable about food and treat it with some fanaticism. When they travel abroad, it is for the most part not for the purpose of seeing something, but for the purpose of trying the local food. When they return home, they will brag about it to everyone.

37. About 70% of all television programs are about food.

38. Japan has very skilled cameramen; they make amazing, high-quality documentaries.

39. In Japan, it is customary to give sums of money on every occasion. Most often, everyone gives 100 dollars, the main thing is that the gift should not be less than 50 dollars - this is considered indecent.

40. When you are given money before going somewhere, you simply have to bring this person a gift, otherwise they will think badly of you.

41. The best gift There will be some food from the trip for the Japanese.

42. The gift that needs to be brought does not have to be in the amount of the donated amount; it can be cheaper.

43. New Year Japanese people celebrate at home with their parents: for three days they eat and watch TV.

44. Any Japanese can eat incredible portions of food.

45. On January 1, everything is closed in Japan and no one works. But now this rule is already ignored by large shopping centers and shops.

46. There are many convenience stores in the country where you can find anything you want.

47. In terms of crime rate, Japan is considered safe country.

48. The Japanese have great naivety; they can believe in almost anything.

49. In Japan, in any city, all the bars are usually located in one area.

50. In Japan, if people are going to go out for a drink, they will definitely visit at least three establishments during the night.

51. After this, the Japanese go to eat, most often it is ramen.

52. A very small number of Japanese are able to confess their love by looking directly into the eyes of the object of their feelings.

53. But those who can say this are wildly respected.

54. Most Japanese people are very shy and easily embarrassed.

55. When an older Japanese man proposes to a woman, he is so shy that he can only say something like “Can you make me some soup?”

56. Many older Japanese couples sleep in different rooms or on separate beds.

57. Having checked into a hotel, such spouses may even complain to the administrator that there is only one bed in the room.

58. Japan used to be considered a very expensive country, but now everything has changed.

59. About 80 percent of Japanese women laugh when they are nervous.

60. To start dating someone in Japan, you need to make a formal statement and ask “Please, let's date?”, before this happens, you just intimate relationships without obligations. It is worth noting that if the question is answered with a refusal, then repeated attempts are not allowed.

61. A guy or a girl should also officially declare their intention to break up.

62. Previously, a husband’s visits to prostitutes were considered normal. Now young modern Japanese view this differently.

63. If the wife does not work, then she manages the money, and the husband is allocated only a certain amount from his salary for personal expenses, which on average is about $300.

64. According to the Japanese, when you are overstimulated sexually, your nose may bleed.

65. Your nose will also bleed if you eat too much chocolate.

66. In general, nosebleeds are such a funny joke.

67. The Japanese simply waste an unusual amount of money.

68. In Japan, people are insured against absolutely everything that could happen.

69. If you do not have insurance and end up in the hospital, then you have serious problems.

70. In Japan, you are allowed to defer payment of health insurance or taxes for financial or family reasons. Health insurance is calculated based on a Japanese person’s last year’s income, and it does not cover all treatment costs, but only 70 percent.

71. Japan probably has the most polite service staff in the world, the service is simply fantastic.

72. It’s rare for a Japanese person to thank a cashier at a supermarket.

73. Women working at the cash register in a store always stand and bow in front of the buyer.

74. Store staff will never immediately say that they don’t have something. He will first take you around the entire store, as if looking for the product you need, and only then apologize and say that they don’t have such a thing.

75. In Japan, McDonald's works extremely slowly.

76. There are a large number of informers among the Japanese.

77. Most Japanese people swear at their country.

78. Young people in Japan often say that they would like to live in another country and not be Japanese.

79. Japanese who come abroad always travel in groups.

80. In Japan, there are a lot of football and hockey fans among women.

81. Japanese people often have severe complexes about their bodies.

82. In personal conversations, the Japanese sometimes say that China is a power, and their country is at the “fifth point”.

83. But at the same time, the Japanese consider themselves superior to both the Chinese and the Vietnamese.

84. Russian expression “what are you like a Chukchi?” identical to the Japanese “Are you Chinese?”

85. Young people who have non-Japanese friends always boast about this fact, it’s prestigious.

86. Visitors who know the Japanese language well are always praised and jokingly called Japanese who have just dyed their hair and put on colored lenses.

87. Young people in Japan also sometimes wear contact lenses, but they are mostly grey, purple or blue.

88. Fashion in Japan is unusually fleeting. Any fashion “boom” lasts no more than a year and then passes.

89. In Japan, shoes are taken off almost everywhere: in the house, office, restaurant or hospital.

90. Rules of decency require that removed shoes be turned with their toes towards the exit.

91. If you forget, someone else will do it for you anyway - either the owner of the establishment or the staff.

92. It is also indecent to step in socks on the place where shoes are taken off.

93. All Japanese put on or take off their shoes very quickly.

94. In Japan they believe that any other country is scary and dangerous.

95. Foreigners are ruining Japan.

96. In Japan, almost no one will invite guests to their house; if this happens, it is better to take it only as a gesture of politeness, and not an invitation.