5 Japanese Table Manner You Ought To Know Before Travelling

Japan is a country that is very cautious about etiquette. If the attitude and etiquette at the time of eating are not correct, it may cause people to stay away from you. The following introduces you to the basic etiquette when dinning in Japan.😊😊

1) Say ‘ Itadakimasu’ before eating and say ‘Gochisoumashita’ after eating.

⭐The food is alive. In order to express their gratitude for food, they will say ‘Itadakimasu’ and ‘Gochisoumashita’ before and after eating.

♥‘Itadakimasu’ mean “ I gratefully receive.” 

♥‘Gochisoumashita’ mean “Thank you for letting me enjoy this meal.”

2) Do not bite the food in half.

⭐Even if the food is really large, you must also hard play into the mouth and then cover you mouth slowly chewing.

3）When the food dropped, do not pick it up with your hand.          

⭐For, Japanese, this “hand dish” is the rude action. The correct way is to hold the bowl to pick up the food.

4）Do not use chopsticks after touching the food but not clip up.

⭐The move of use the chopsticks touch the food but not clip it up is very unhygienic. So you must clip up to you own bowl immediately. 

5) ‘Slurpling’ noodles is acceptable in Japan.          

 ⭐Japanese ‘slurpling’ noodles is not a rude behavior. On the contrary this behavior is to show the delicious and praise the chef exquisite craft it.

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