It is common to bring gifts when visiting a friend, and even a strangers' home in Japan. Wherever you travel, you can probably find a souvenir store, even in the train stations. Japanese people love shopping for omiyage souvenirs. There are many limited addition goods that can only be purchased locally. Example snack brand Pocky and Pretz produce limited edition flavored based on local delicacies. The trick is to buy the snacks at the international airport terminal, with a valid passport, you can purchase special souvenirs to take with you when leaving Japan such as the white lovers chocolate or Shiroi Koibito from Hokkaido. While traveling via JR Train Pass in Japan, you can also pick up unique souvenirs for your host family (this solves the problem that your luggage might be already jam packed when you arrived in Japan)
a small gift for your host family can go along way. If you're coming from the United States, you can buy Limited addition Christmas Starbucks mugs, ghirardelli chocolate from San Francisco, flaming hot Cheetos snacks, San Francisco Hello Kitty editions, etc. you can also purchase souvenirs from your famous University. Japanesd tourists often shop for souvenirs at Stanford for example.
Bringing a gift for your host family is a very nice gesture according to a Japanese culture. This small gesture goes a long way
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