Japanese table Manners – Get Ready For The Dining Etiquette Of Japans Culture

Japanese table Manners.

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The dining etiquette of Japans culture is unique, as everything else here.

• Sticking your chopsticks straight up in a bowl of rice is a custom done at funerals to honor the dead. So try to avoid it unless you want to evoke unpleasant memories.




• Stabbing your food with the chopsticks is also considered poor manners in the culture of Japan. I know, I know… it's really tempting to do it when trying to grab greasy Tonkatsu meat bolls (yummy traditional Japanese food) , but nonetheless - avoid it.




• Don't pass traditional Japanese foods with your chopsticks to someone else. After all, they were in your mouth. There is usually a communal pair that you return to the main serving dish after you’re finished serving. If there isn't a communal pair, use the wide end (gripping part) to take food from the communal plate.




• Wooden throw-away chopsticks that you snap apart, sometimes splinter when you break them. Avoid the temptation to rub them together to remove the splinters. At the end of the meal it’s considered good Manners to slip them back into their paper sleeve.




• To eat a bowl of rice or soup, lift the bowl with one hand. Eat the ingredients with chopsticks, and sip the soup out of the bowl directly. It is considered good manners in the culture of Japan to make slurping noises while eating noodles.

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