Useful Japanese Culture Tips

[GX1XD1PD]

You forgot to mention they're excessive pornographee and androgynous rock bands.

[iampeeay01]

The food in japan is one of the best food that i have ever tasted.... :)

[kaikincaid96]

Japan is such an interesting place. And I got to say the food here is AMAZING!

[cocoshanell10]

thanks

[rtb277]

stupid tsunami/earthquake



[idkde]

yay for alcohol :D i love japan, it so sad how that huge disaster happened there, God bless everyone who was touched by this disaster....

[Deranification]

I was wondering, are you suppose to say 'Itadakimasu.' and 'Gochiso Samadeshita.' if you are eating alone or is it only when you are around others?

[smokethevidence]

@Deranification Good table manners are generally practiced socially.

[smexyliciouslyhOt]

a lot of great and healthy foods in Jap... and it's worth to eat...

[tjpld]

Where in the world do you not take of your shoes when you enter someones house?

[23like]

@tjpld Actually i noticed that some places in america they do not take off there shoes,mostly in the south east and i found it very rude.

[PolishCutie93]

thankyou

[swindle3561]

@speekit How much is a average bento?

[JesusisLord7771]

@swindle3561

300 yen or $3.60

[dstrbo13]

when you switch to talking about shoes inside at around 1:20 the images are about food

[pretymisty14]

the vids rly slow loading idk y but... looking over some comment and watching 1 min of ur vid i think u rly need to check ur Japanese spelling... if yu say things wrong they mean different things. and you can be misunderstood. so as far as i got.. ur 1st tip is... "Kekkou desu" plz spell correctly.

[1wowme1]

I always wanted to try real ramen! Especially Naruto

[DjiXas]

Awesome, thanks for the tips!

[AYALMAHAJIR]

Thank you for this !!!

[redcardinalist]

I find Japanese culture very interesting and I liked this a lot! Thankies for uploading it .

I'd like to visit Japan but unfortunately, the airfare would be waaaaaaay too expensive for me :(

I have to get my Japanese 'fix' in other ways :)

[kagejuunin774]

@MistyAngel1990

Kampai means cheers.

Itadakimasu means "thanks for the food"

Gochiso samadeshita means "it was a real feast.

and the difference between ramen in japan and westernised ramen is a million miles. ramen in america either has different flavor to japanese ramen and is not as high quality, especially in ingredients. i would HIGHLY recommend visiting japan, you will be blown away by it in every way possible. it a completely different world that you're not used to and its so exciting =D

[patsybob]

in ireland we just say cheers usually when drinking alcoholic drinks but you can say it when you want if you order drinks afterwards say cheers but its a bit silly but its an friendly thing to do! also good for when there is a awkard silence and it might kick off the conversation!

WARNING : public toilets can be dirty in ireland (isolated toilets, park toilets) but usually ones in shopping centres and public places are clean!

[fraumiel]

"keko desu" can be also used for saying no in other situations like in the supermarket when they give you lots of plastic bags you can also say "keko desu" like no thank you.

[kitkatkathy3]

First off, thanks for these tips. They are really helpful. I see that alcohol is pretty much a big part of the social culture. What if you don't drink alcohol at all? Is it considered rude? Is there a polite way to get out of drinking?

[tonyqhub5]

i've always wondered what they said after the meals, haha. so, thank you! :)

[akin242002]

Wait, I thought Bonzai was cheers in Japanese.

[seonidh]

@akin242002 no thats kampai

[illfa8]

kampai is pretty much cheers in english.

[ilovejapan888]

i love japan

[childfromsouthafrica]

I went there.

[cocoshanell10]

@ilovejapan888 me too

[silentsoliloquy82]

Thanks, I learned a few things I didn't know. :)

[mountaincritter]

Eating a lot! Yesss! In college, I noticed that my Japanese friends didn't eat very much...I worried that if/when I made it overseas, I'd run out of fuel. ^_^

[speekit]

Definitely no need to worry about that-- just make sure you have friendly hosts :) -Aaron

[mindscopepuppet]

I love Japan, and miss it more than anything

[Asian50]

Japan is so culturally different that it is scary!

[pixusbubblejet]

actually, not really

[speekit]

no problem!

[hizzi87]

thanks for the tipps ;)