Contemporary Education and Teaching Research 2737-4203 2737-4335 BONI FUTURE DIGITAL PUBLISHING CO.,LIMITED https://ojs.bonfuturepress.com/index.php/CETR/article/view/182 3 1 2022 2022-03-30 Bingqing Zhao There are many cultural similarities between China and Japan, but there are also many differences. In the process of Japanese teaching in contemporary higher vocational colleges, whether teachers can cultivate students' cross-cultural awareness in Japanese teaching and enable students to learn Japanese from the perspective of cultural differences and cross-cultural communication is of great help to cultivate students' cross-cultural awareness and improve their Japanese learning ability. This paper will summarize and explore the cultivation of cross-cultural awareness in Japanese teaching in higher vocational colleges. Japanese teaching,Cross-cultural awareness,Sino-Japanese culture 10.47852/bonviewCETR2022030104