Learn Japanese manners to enjoy your trip more !!

In a restaurant

Order your food one serving at a time

In a restaurantt, ramen shop or sushi restaurant, it is the Japanese manner to order food individually. If an item on the menu says " from two servings" ,the dish can be shared. On the order hand, in a tavern or restaurant where customers are drinking alcohol, it is customary to order many different items and enjoy them with everybody at your table. Some of these restaurant apply a small seating charge and small dish,"Otoshi" , is served with your drink.

At a hotel buffet

Only take as much as you can eat, and don't leave anything on your table.

Many hotels serve buffet style breakfasts and dinners. At a buffet, take the foods you want to eat onto your plate and take a seat. Do not use your own chopsticks or silverware to pick up food from the buffet. Rather than piling a lot of food onto your plate at once, the Japanese style is to take a little bit at a time and go back to the buffet as many times as you like. It is considered bad manners to take more food than you can eat or to take extra food with you.

Getting into a public bath ( hot springs) Wash before entering

Guests at a public bath enter the bath area in the nude. First, take off your clothes in the changing room, then wash your body throughly with soap at the faucet, rinse yourself off, and slowly step into the tub. Do not put your hand towel or bath towel in the water. The bathtub is a place where people relax leisurely and quietly. It's more Japanese to not speak in a loud voice.

Wait your turn

When there is a line of people, go to the end and wait your turn

The entrances to many facilities and ticket gates for buses and trains often have lines so that tickets can be checked. Japanese are said to love standing in line, and you might see many super-long lines of people waiting to get into a popular restaurant or shop. It is impolite to cut into the line or stand out of line. It is very Japanese quietly stand in line calmly and wait your turn.