10 Things You Should Never Do in a Japanese Restaurant

10 Things You Should Never Do in a Japanese Restaurant
A complete Japanese restaurant etiquette guide covering 10 things you should NEVER do in Japan, including chopstick rules, dining manners, soy sauce etiquette, Japan travel tips, perfume rules, ordering mistakes, and cultural taboos—filmed at the local yakitori restaurant Toriko Akasaka and based on real experience guiding 800+ travelers, so you can enjoy Japanese food with confidence and avoid common Japan dining mistakes.


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00:00 Intro
00:38 Restaurant intro
00:57 1) One dish per person
02:06 2) Too many custom requests
03:14 3) Chopstick taboos
03:49 4) Strong perfume
04:17 5) Plastic bottles on the table
04:59 6) Too much soy sauce
06:11 7) Leaving food
06:58 8) Staying too long
07:33 9) Tipping
08:11 10) Reservation timing

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