10 Little-Known Rules For Eating Japanese Food

Above, a sushi meal at a restaurant near the Tsukiji Fish Market.  Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Japanese food is quite popular in the United States and people have developed some bad table manners (in the eyes of the Japanese) that they may bring with them to Japan while on business or on vacation.

Personally, I have been guilty of number 3 on the list.

RocketNews24 has posted "10 Little-Known Rules For Eating Japanese Food."

They start it with:

Japanese food, called washoku in Japan, has just been registered as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, but you didn’t need an official declaration to know that sushi and tempura are absolutely delicious. But while enjoying Japanese food, have you ever mixed wasabi and soy sauce as a dip for your sushi? Or how about using your bowl as a chopstick rest? If so, you’ve committed an etiquette faux pas. Take a look at our list of 10 little-known rules for eating Japanese food and save yourself some embarrassment while enjoying a traditional Japanese meal.

To see the rules, go here.