It's seen a s a really bad manners, but no one will tell you that you are bothering them because doing so would also be bad manners. So just avoid doing it when you go to Japan
Japan's "polite" culture (from afar) seems too petty and worrisome.
Is it true that employees will drink themselves into oblivion because a senior at the same company gets them drinks? And they have to accept with both hands or something?
Japan's "polite" culture (from afar) seems too petty and worrisome.
Is it true that employees will drink themselves into oblivion because a senior at the same company gets them drinks? And they have to accept with both hands or something?
Was it Japan or China where its bad luck to stick your chopsticks up in the rice when youre not eating?You only do that during a funeral in Japan iirc. Otherwise you never do that during normal eating.
Makes sense. Everyone else is still why not you?
Posture is a big thing too
Was it Japan or China where its bad luck to stick your chopsticks up in the rice when youre not eating?Here's a whole section on chopsticks for you to enjoy:
Were talking about the leg bounce thing? Do people in Japan just not have anxiety or something?
Here's a whole section on chopsticks for you to enjoy:That was an interesting lesson. Thanks!
https://www.japan-talk.com/jt/new/10-golden-rules-for-japanese-chopstick-manners
To this day I can't hold my chopsticks properly because I feel like it cramps my hand and I naturally fall to a similar but not quite the same style as the proper way.
Man, some of us have serious ADHD and just can't help it though
Not fair.
Another thing I heard from Japan is that pointing a fan at your face during sleep is that its bad for your soul. Is that correct?Dunno about soul but it could be possible that constant exposure to a source of blowing air at your face could make you sick.
Dunno about soul but it could be possible that constant exposure to a source of blowing air at your face could make you sick.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_death
Fan death is a misconception that people have died as a result of running an electric fan in a closed room with no open windows. While the supposed mechanics of fan death are impossible given how electric fans operate, belief in fan death persisted to the mid-2000s in South Korea, and also to a lesser extent in Japan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_deathHuh, interesting.
That's idiotic.Don't be racist. You need to respect their culture
Don't be racist. You need to respect their cultureYour opinion has been noted and discarded.
Was it Japan or China where its bad luck to stick your chopsticks up in the rice when youre not eating?
Were talking about the leg bounce thing? Do people in Japan just not have anxiety or something?
Here's a whole section on chopsticks for you to enjoy:Ayy my family taught me about all those things growing up (except possibly holding chopsticks correctly; I just do whats comfortable) lol
https://www.japan-talk.com/jt/new/10-golden-rules-for-japanese-chopstick-manners
To this day I can't hold my chopsticks properly because I feel like it cramps my hand and I naturally fall to a similar but not quite the same style as the proper way.
Were talking about the leg bounce thing? Do people in Japan just not have anxiety or something?
How else will I burn calories when not doing anything?Kegels.
but no one will tell you that you are bothering them because doing so would also be bad mannersso who cares then
Man, some of us have serious ADHD and just can't help it though
Not fair.