5 Tips for Polite Japanese Table Manners
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- Опубліковано 22 тра 2024
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0:00 Let's START!
1:59 1. Not leaving your meal
3:58 2. When to and not make sounds while eating
5:18 3. Holding bowls
7:07 4. Keeping your elbows off the table
8:18 5. Press your hands together before and after the meal
9:53 Today's conclusion
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I have a funny culture clash story for you - im from poland, and i have been taught that while being a guest you have to eat everything that is served to you, say thank you and preferably compliment whoever cooked it, now when i visited Germany, they had different attitude : they believed that unless you leave something on the plate they haven't fed you enough - i ended up having seconds, 3 rds, 4ths until i gave up feeling sick. Later it came out while talking to my mom, they said something along the lines : damn, was your boy hungry! Everybody laughed it out :D
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I’m gonna visit Germany in the future just for this
I remember when I was in Japan once, someone specially treated me to a meal that was worth over $70 for one person... it was a very fancy fresh seafood display.
However, I can't eat seafood for a number of reasons. It was a beautiful offering, but I definitely couldn't eat it.
They ended up bringing me food I was able to eat, but I definitely cried...
Honestly that's a huge fear of mine because I'm allergic to all shellfish, and wasn't really raised on fish except for lent.
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Practicing in a Belgian Dojo, it happens sometimes we invite a Japanese senseï to teach Naginata and afterwards we take a lunch all together with the club. I learned it’s very impolite to pour alcohol in our own glass. It always has to be someone else to do it or you’ll be seen as a selfish alcoholic, and you pay attention to the pleasure of others.
And our host served me wine 4 times during the meal ! Without I had to ask anything.
Never finish your last glass, it’s a trap !
"Yo kouhai, pour me some sake!!!"
Dam, I'm part Irish what you are suggesting is a sin. Just kidding, but for real you can't finish the last drink?
@@thomasohanlon1060 I think he meant that as soon as you finish a glass they pour another so the drinks never actually stop so your "last" glass is never really your last glass? I could be misinterpreting it.
Hee, yeah, that could be a tough one. In the US, pouring for others can be a fine line between conviviality and pressuring people to drink more than they want. :)
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My croatian parents also told me always to eat up, pray before eating, and leave my elbows off the table.
I wonder if my grandparents are like your parents
You do such an immeasurable service to your culture and your ancestors by sharing your knowledge like this! Arigatou gozaimasu Shogo-san!
The last one reminds me of praying/ saying grace before eating which I try to do with each meal
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Elbows off the table was a big thing in my house growing up here in the States. I think that's a universal thing tho, I know lots of people from different backgrounds that also grew up with that table manner being taught to them
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@@ethanol4264 you're making this weird
I feel like the 'Not putting your elbows on the table' rule is common to lot of other places. I remember as a child my parents would remind my sister and I to not put our elbows on the table while we ate.
What a coincidence, my grandma is often roasted me for "Dog-eating" too and the reason is exactly as you said even though we are in different culture and country.
While I was in Japan, I rarely heard Japanese ppl saying "いただきます、ごちそうさま!" when having meals. Even my Japanese friends don't do that much. When I say those words in front of them, some of them said I reminded them of good virtues of Japanese ppl. They would be laughing and say "Oh you're more Japanese than us". 笑
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Now I wonder about the turning of chopsticks when grabbing food from a communal bowl like for nabe.
There are a lot of "chopstick manners" videos on here that cover that.
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Growing up as a child in a family of 6, 8 counting Grandmothers. We children ate everything served...gratefully. Praying before each meal in thanksgiving...Saying "Grace". Best
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Not wasting food is something I try to inculcate in my children as well. Best method is never take more than you know you will eat and ask more more if that's not enough.
I find myself wondering if the "Mottainai" concept also explains why it's considered impolite to take the last piece of something from a communal platter, but it's perfectly polite to cut the piece in half and share it with someone? My grandmother always insisted on that, as do my fiance's Japanese grandparents...and it has also become a habit we've both picked up, as we've realized over the years.
I also presume that it's probably at least part of why Japanese grandmothers seem impossible to convince that they need to leave the kitchen, even when everything is already prepared and on the table, and everyone's sitting down for a meal. My dad, aunt, and uncle would frequently have to practically carry my grandmother to the table at holiday gatherings, she was so insistent that she needed to be in the kitchen just in case there wasn't enough prepared already!
In Sweden (a very poor country before the industrial revolution), we also cut the last part into half (and again, and again). The very last bit we jokingly call "svenskbiten" (the Swede's bit, or the Swedish bit).
u can just make enough and equal amounts ...
@@dslight113 It really doesn't matter how much you make, there's not really a concept of "equal amounts" on a communal plate. Everyone is taking at a slightly different pace, everyone has a different appetite, so while one person might still be of a mind to have another piece, someone else at the table might be done. So, when there's only that one last piece remaining, everyone who's still kinda hungry just kinda has to either be "that guy" and take it, or be polite and offer to split it.
@@Mokiefraggle yh in my country its not normal 2 share foods on 1 big platter , therefor i thought if you announce how many everyone can eat, it would make sense, ty for reacting
With the exception of the last rule, this is essentially how I was brought up in Germany. Given that my parents used to pray before meals, maybe even the last one is somewhat present. Due to memory from WW2, people in my parent's generation did not waste any food and this teaching is still with me today. Don't waste food.
This Japanese restaurant in Florida loved me and my family of 6 for finishing everything we ordered. They were so happy that they came back after we paid and brought us free dessert and free hot sake 🍶 then bowed.
Once again an informative and well presented video. May I humbly add that as a Christian we too usually give thanks and grace before and after our meals. The portions served in N. America tend to be pretty large, and as I get older I find it harder to complete my meals, so the frequent request for a ‘take-out’ container😊
2:01 Yuta (from the UA-cam channel That Japanese Man Yuta) says that he too was taught to be thankful and not to waste his food. To this day, he still feels bad if he ever has to throw any food away.
in my country pressing hand is actually saying hello we say namaste when pressing our hands and yes we press our hands while praying . Really loved the video helped me to understand a lot more about japan
A very useful lesson in japanese table manners🤗🍜
By the way, that's a very pretty flower arrangement in the background.
I always thought it was polite to leave some food, to show that it was so delicious that you can't eat more. アリガト for this video it will be helpful if I ever visit Japan.
I know most cultures have meanings to their names would you please tell us about the Japanese names and their meanings starting with yours?
I wasn't allowed to leave the table either if I didn't eat everything. And the elbows on table thing is also something I learnt to never do. My parents were really strict about table manners haha. But I'm very glad they taught me that. (I was born in the Netherlands, but American dad and my mom is from Barcelona so funny to see some things are the same in other cultures).
Heehee, yeah, the elbow thing seems pretty universalto my knowledge. And I know well the having to clean your plate, that was pretty hard on young me with a long-running digestive/food sensitivity problem, the latter of which none of us had a clue about. To this day I live in etiquette fear of overestimating how much I can eat at a sitting. :)
So wait you guys couldn’t go to the bathroom during dinner?
Oh, yes, "clean your plate" and no elbows on the table were once common in the US as well. We also drank from glasses, not bottles, cans, or cartons. Television eroded all that.
@@chey6073 well I don't know for the two commenters above but in my family (traditional french) you could go before or after, once before dessert if the meal already took 1h-1h30 but yeah leaving the table except for getting salt or something in the fridge was a no go for me too :/
Yes, finishing the plate and no elbows on the table sure is a thing in the Netherlands. Although I see it less these days unfortunately. Elbows on the table never had a lot of meaning so this was not always strict. But finishing the plate always is. Or first eat their vegetables before they have more of what they like.
And not leaving the table early. But asking to be excused is okay. For example, if the adults are still eating, but the child has finished eating and wants to go play. The child should politely ask if he/she is allowed to leave the table.
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I also was taught that laziness and wastefulness were "sins" which I do believe. We should be mindful because others lack, generous because once someone was generous to us, kind because once someone was kind to us, and forgiving of others because we do not know with what they struggle. Blessings 🥰❤
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Here in the US, it's considered polite also to keep one's elbows off the table and the other hand resting in your lap. Of course, I'd always keep my other hand out of my lap and really didn't know that I was doing one of the table manners you mentioned already as a child. (Perhaps I was from Japan in a former life...)
I live in the United States and my dad always taught me to keep my elbows off the table, it’s pretty cool that both of our cultures have similarities
Wow! This explains manners well, without talking down to the viewer, but rather explaining things that people may not know in a straightforward fashion. It convinced me to subscribe, with thanks!
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When you mentioned chopsticks, I bonked my head into the back of a portable fan.
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I’m thinking of visiting my mothers friend in Japan next summer. But I don’t know the language. I’m starting to try to learn the etiquette first. This video was helpful, thank you!
Thank you so much for all of your content! You sir are respectful, insightful and honorable as the day is long. Please keep up the good work and congrats on blowing it up with the subs. Hello from the Midwest US btw
Huh, some of these things Are or at least used to be in The West aswell
Yeah, almost identical.
I find the not leaving your food thing interesting, because here in America, it's true that we waste a lot of food, but not many of us really want to. Parents still often teach their children to clear their plate before being excused from the table, but in my personal experience, it didn't always stick, especially when I just felt full.
Rule number 3 makes me sad, because it is impossible for me. I have one arm and hand affected by disability, and holding a bowl is impossible with it.
You are excused!!
The Japanese people I know give disabled people a pass for most things.
You guys are so polite it embarrasses a lot of us that we aren’t that way too. It’s not a bad thing. If the world were as polite to each other as the Japanese were to their guests the world would be a better place.
Thank you very much! Manners are not the most interesting thing in the world but you made it so interesting to watch
*two thumbs up*. re: mottainai. In texas,US, mostly german ancestors. We always do this. I even get after the kids to eat 1 grain of rice or pea left. I think its left over from the great depression (grandparents time) and then later parents growing up with just enough to eat or perhaps I just don't like to see any food wasted knowing how much it costs in money and time to prepare. I was a hungry kid when young also :)
"Itadakimasu" is my favorite expression in Japanese. I love hearing people say it. Idk why.
Elbows off the table is also a part of us etiquette.
... same in the Czech R.
Lol where, US has barely any etiquete in anything nowadays
You will see this etiquette rule only in a few rare families, those borderline ultra-religious Christians who are trying to preserve some small part of culture in the US, which culture barely exists anymore
I’m going to Japan soon for a school trip, and while I’m not staying with a host family I do get to have a meal at my school buddy’s house. I was and am still a bit nervous, but this has helped a lot. Thanks dude!
Shogo has always good explanations XD. Thx Shogo.
I think not wasting food is universal but to me one guy and one movie changed my mindset completely especially about rice 20 years ago - its labour intensive, plus scattered rice left behind can amount to form a spoonful to half a bowl which both are still wasteful
How wonderful Japan seems. ❤ I would love to be around a cultured, gentile, well mannered people such as i imagine are in Japan.
Thank you for your informative videos. You are very kind and respectful. Now please move videos with your beautiful family! Especially your adorable children learning traditional Japanese culture.
Elbows off the table is a thing in the US too! I was taught that it could damage the table though. The elegant thing is probably a reason too though.
Aw. I was hoping for the chopstick rules. Will watch this one and the next ones, I guess. 😀
Well, the two most important ones are not sticking them in rice like a pair of sticks of incense or passing food between pairs chopsticks like cremated remains.
You never spear your food with chopsticks. You shouldn't use them to point as with a finger.
I live in the US, and I respect japanese culture.. I want to learn more japanese, but at some point I want to help people from Japan visit the USA
Time and place for everything. Its ok to be relaxed in your local clubs and public areas. Kind of have to read between the lines. A good dining place expects a bit more manners, but when out with your close friends of course live it up and have fun.
I'm most grateful for this lesson
Very informative as always. Thank you for sharing.
Such a great video!
Thank you. I’m going to look up those phrases to say before and after the meal.
Thank you for all these tips, I am grateful for your channel.
Thanks Shojo - this was very helpful!!!
Thank you Shogo-san for this wonderful video !
ありがとがございます for teaching me the important manners I really appreciate it
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I'm so proud that Hinata is growing into such a polite young girl 💖
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I remember the phrases いただきます and ごちそさまでした(?) from when I was learning Japanese.
It’s a really interesting and challenging language to learn, in my opinion.
Shogo-san, I subscribed to your channel less than ✌🏻 weeks ago and you had 30,000-ish subscribers. Today you have 40,000+ subscribers. Congratulations and arrigato for an informative video.
This is super enlightening. Thank you.
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I've been to Kyoto twice and I can't wait to go back again, it's my favourite city in the world. I loved everything I visited and I could spend hours and hours just walking around randomly :)
Awesome tips thank you.
Thank you so much for your videos, I really learn something new and I really appreciate the explanations and examples. I also find it interesting because elbows on the table here (in Canada and probably America) is considered rude here too, but in a few countries across the world they consider it more polite to have elbows on the table??? Its really amazing how such small details are culturally important and change across the globe
Now I am in love with Japanese culture 😍😍
There is a saying in Austria and Germany for children:
"Wenn du nicht aufisst, wird es Morgen regnen" with translates in "If you don't eat up, it will rain tomorrow".
Easy helpful instructions - thank you.
Wow, Thank you for this lesson.
Thank you very much for this educational Video !
Thank for this instructive video! Your people are so way ahead! We elsewhere still have to learn to be grateful for all the privileges we enjoy! With Japanese culture, it is already part of everyday mentality! I am in awe!
Thank you. I will endeavor to remember them all. Especially pressing my hands together.
🍜🙏🏻 great content, as always.
I just subscribed recently and I love your content and really appreciate your lessons! I'm hoping to get over to Japan one of these days and I'm SUPER PARANOID about being rude and/or disrespectful to the culture and etc so thank you so much for making these videos!
In the present people think you are hiding a smart phone!
Hoping to visit one day. Thank you for your helpful videos and guide. I'll make sure to watch others too. They are easy to follow and simple.
6:59 LOVE that look on your face man! HA!HA!HA!HA! Great video...again.
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I greatly appreciated this video. ありがとうございます
Hi Shogo! This video has helped me out to clear out any doubt about japanese table manners. Wish you have a nice day!
I'm going to have a meal with my Japanese client. Thank you for this wonderful video.
This video was super helpful! About the holding bowls, what if the bowl is hot? I know if I was holding a bowl with any liquid in it I would spill it everywhere bc of my shaky hands 😂
Great video.. Specially the noodle explanation.
i like your channel, watching this channel i learn allot about table manners.
You just changed the way I eat rice. Holding the bowl is so much easier.
Lovely! Thank you so much.
We slurp hot noodles because it helps to cool the hot noodles. An added bonus is it makes the hot soup taste better.
The findings show that although the participants tended to feel more self conscious while slurping, it actually strengthened the flavor of the soup! The report notes that the difference in taste between the two consumption methods was “significant.” So noisy noodle eaters must actually be onto something.. slurping will atomize the oils and other chemicals inside..a wine taster slurps as a coffee taster as well...
By the way, Very Cool Channel!! Thank you for sharing the knowledge.
Coming from a family that experienced the Depression, wasting food was a real no no. However, we were allowed to service ourselves portions we could manage to eat. Getting seconds was fine if we could finish it. Left overs were reheated for breakfast.
The etiquette on finishing your food is very fascinating. Here in Sweden, or at least in Småland prefecture that would be considered insulting. It would be seen as you saying that your host did not prepare enough food for you, so it's best to leave the last bite on the plate.
Itadakimasu and gochisousamadeshita we still say it in my house. It's a tradition and good manner passed throughout generations, even though we live here in Brazil.
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