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Fun Facts About The Dining Etiquette Of Japans Culture
- 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
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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