Japan

Respekt & Umgangsformen

• A small bow is the usual greeting. A handshake is fine with foreigners.
• Take your shoes off when you enter a home, a ryokan, and some temples and restaurants: look for a shoe rack or a raised floor.
• Don't tip: it is not expected and can cause confusion.
• Be quiet on trains: no phone calls, and phones on silent mode.
• Never stick your chopsticks upright in rice and never pass food from chopsticks to chopsticks: both are linked to funerals.
• In hot springs (onsen), wash before getting in, no swimsuit. Some onsen refuse tattoos: ask first.
• Queue neatly on the platform, and walk on the indicated side of escalators.