What to do and not to do in Japan
Besides wiping your face with the oshibori provided before the meal and drinking your tempura sauce (whoops!), other socially unsanctioned activities include . . .
Keeping people waiting . . .

Wrapping your hapi coat left to right . . . or was that right to left . . .

Speaking on your cellphone on the subway or train . . .

Asking the alcohol-abstaining Buddhist monk serving dinner how he prefers his sake--hot or cold . . .

Eating in public . . .

But it's okay to slurp your noodles!


Keeping people waiting . . .

Wrapping your hapi coat left to right . . . or was that right to left . . .

Speaking on your cellphone on the subway or train . . .

Asking the alcohol-abstaining Buddhist monk serving dinner how he prefers his sake--hot or cold . . .

Eating in public . . .

But it's okay to slurp your noodles!


