What I do when I don't know the proper etiquette: Just sit there quietly but firmly and watch + do what others are doing... ( It's an ultimate lifehack and works almost everytime)
This is so true. When in a foreign culture always let someone local or more experienced take the lead and observe carefully, no matter what you do. This tip is a life-saver, sometimes literally.
Utterly untrue. Especially in a society that doesn’t consider correcting your bad behavior to be polite or to be downright rude. The truth is that doing minor research on etiquette (especially in your home country) takes very little time and effort and knowing correct etiquette will make any social situation significantly more enjoyable. It’s acceptable to your friends to put your elbows in the table in a bbq joint at lunch with them. You still don’t do it because it’s bad etiquette. Your friends won’t correct you, but the mistake is still made. You’ve assumed that a lack of correcting your rudeness is the same as permission or a passing grade on your keen observation skills. It’s not.
@@lovelessk999 Even with great power, you're inexperienced one. Thus you may have a seat, but you'll be not ranked as a Jedi Master... (starers muther fuckerly)
The first funeral that I attended in Japan, for my grandmother-in-law, was a pretty eye-opening, and, honestly, slightly traumatizing experience. I had little time to study and prepare for it, as it all happened very quickly, and I was engrossed in taking part in the rituals and social aspects as opposed to having time to read up on it, and my wife hadn't been to a funeral in many years, so she couldn't remember enough to tell me anything useful. That said, the close proximity and intimate handling of the bodies, as well as the heat of the furnace as the ashes and bones are pulled out, is something that will stick with me for the rest of my life. Subsequent funerals have gotten a little bit easier, in their execution if not their emotional impact, but, if you expect you may be taking part in a funeral, be aware that you will be picking bones out of ash with a long pair of chopsticks, and handing them off to somebody else. Fine motor coordination will be required.
@@PowerSynopsis Well, I've never seen that. The first rule to preventing that is BE SURE YOU HAVE A FIRM GRIP BEFORE LIFTING IT. It's the same with food, but the stakes are much higher at a funeral (in terms of maintaining face and decorum). Since I've always been the only non-Japanese person at any of the funerals I've gone to, I think the fact that they've been using chopsticks longer has been a boon to them in that instance.
Okay... I didn't know that, but it makes a lot of sense in the cultural patterns... and wow, sometimes other cultures are pretty different. I wish consolation to your family.
I remember my Japanese language teacher dedicated at least one class on Japanese eating etiquette. I never saw her so stern before. Thanks for the refresher.
Thank you, Shogo, for pointing out the watashi-bashi rule. I have been guilty of doing this one for a long time as this was never pointed out as a 'taboo' before. I will be more mindful of this in the future.
As someone who lives in Japan- many normal Japanese people rest their chopsticks on the bowl. This isn't something to worry about unless you're eating in a super formal setting.
A couple of points that are worth making: (1) if you are at a restaurant with attached chopsticks that you break apart, you should hold them horizontally, and pull them apart vertically (this is the traditional Japanese method, stemming from the fact that it reduces the risk of accidentally hitting anybody sitting next to you); (2) it's actually considered okay, when dealing with difficult-to-pincer foods (こんにゃく, etc.) to spear one or both of the tips of the chopsticks through the article that you're trying to pick up, and just eat them that way (this varies depending on the formality of the situation, but, in your average izakaya, or eating with friends, totally fine); (3) kids don't always need be taught proper form from a young age, as parents can buy children's chopsticks, which are attached to one another, and help to teach proper form without dropping them (although they may drop their food - the important part here is to work on strengthening coordination in the hand muscles).
If you’re with a loved one, you can each grab a chopstick and pull out. Whoever’s chopstick has slightly more wood at the top, “loves the other one more”.
As an "Anime-Coniseur" myself, I shall not unsee any of these taboos in future or past animes as well as in private trips to restaurants with friends. This was truly inspirational.
Some of them I kind of figured by watching One Piece. Like Shogo said, they tend to be used by vulgar or immature characters to help establish they are vulgar or immature.
I loved the big"X" and no-no buzzer for "bad etiquette"! With clarity both visually and auditorily, it helps it cement in one's memory! Now, the Japanese terminology is another thing entirely😊...)
I've watched many videos about chopstick manors and THIS is the most comprehensive list I've seen so far. AND...knowing a lot of these taboos already made me cringe a lot as you demonstrated what NOT to do! I found myself saying, "NO! Don't do THAT!" lolirl Another great video for Team Shogo!
My favorite local Japanese restaurant is Japanese operated and has a rather extensive washoku menu, but they don't give hashioki with the place setting since most customers wouldn't know to use it. I did the origami hashioki method one time, and the next time I came in the itamae recognized me and had a hashioki brought over without me saying a thing. It's been 5 years and I'm now a regular and practice my Japanese and etiquette with him and his wifes help. All because I made an origami hashioki.
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I understand you don't want to force people to follow the rules but I truly want to follow them as a way to show my respect to the country, culture and people I'm visiting
I'm really glad you posted this. Though I'm in Europe, I use chopsticks regularly, and it's weird to know there is an etiquette associated with chopsticks, but not knowing what the etiquette is. So thanks.
The Chinese “ invented” Quai-Tze-chopsticks. They have many customs as well. When Japanese friends came to visit us in Taipei we took them out for many regional cuisines. It was interesting to see them served pi dan toufu. A whole, fermented shelled duck egg with a large square of toufu, sauce and diced green onions. “ how are we supposed to eat this” they asked. The same with certain types of seafood. So a lot has to do with the preparation, cutting art, and presentation as well as “ this is how we do it around here”
Thanks for these great table etiquette tips. 1st question: When the bowl of soup is at rest on the table, the ingredients in the soup are settled at the bottom of the bowl. When you drink the soup, while you're holding the bowl in one hand, is it acceptable to gently stir the soup with the chopsticks (held in the normal way in your dominant hand) to make sure its contents are evenly distributed before you drink it? 2nd question: is it acceptable to reach into your soup bowl with your chopsticks (held in the normal way in your dominant hand) and pick up its specific contents to eat?
I love eating with chopsticks. I sometimes make more Asian inspired dishes specifically to use chopsticks because it's so easy for me. I live in the US and many of my close friends also eat with chopsticks. I don't think we know all these rules though, thank you for sharing them Shogo-san!
Unfortunately I can not offer a like because I want to eat sushi. I CAN however offer a like because of how informative, clear, and well organized your videos are. You go beyond listing things, you explain the meaning behind them, which leads to true understanding. I, like many people, are very grateful for your videos.
I knew most of these, but there are a couple others that I didn't, and they do make perfect sense in that they won't annoy the people around me. That seems to be the main motivation for most manners everywhere, that prime directive of "thou shalt not annoy the people around you." Thank you for this and for your videos!
How painful was it to break these taboos for the sake of demonstration? :) My ex about 10 years ago loved cooking Asian dishes and kindly taught me to eat with chopsticks well by removing all forks and spoons for 1-2 weeks so that hunger made learning a necessity. I'm grateful now because chopsticks are my favorite now, I think they feel cleaner. :)
I was somewhere between 10-12 years old and I somewhat self taught myself the basics of how to use chopsticks by watching a few asian movies and using the sticks from the game Pick Up Sticks.
Just so you know not all Asians eat with chopsticks. So when you say your ex loves cooking Asian dishes, doesn't mean you gotta learn how to use chopsticks well. Cause that's like you're disregarding other ethnicities / countries in Asia.
Yeah, I just always set them down on a clean napkin, on the table, next to my bowl or plate. Never thought to use the wrapper to make a little origami stick rest. But that is a cool idea. I might try that next time I am at my favorite Japanese restaurant.
Cyber Mantis is actually partially correct. If you do something fancy like that, it will appear feminine, particularly within Tokyo. However, if you just want to act like a nice person, please do so, though you may perceived as a bit of a ponce.
I find it very interesting that you find almost all those rules in formal european table manners too although for different cultural reasons in some cases
Very informative and valuable information. I was born and raised in the USA and still reside here, but I use my Chopsticks a lot. Knowing these details will help me to be more respectful when eating out at my favorite Asian Restaurants. ありがとうございます Shogo! Zip~
Something else keep in mind that if you're casually with a friend who is comfortable with you and visa versa rules can be sometimes just ignored. Especially after some beer.
It's my first time to come across your video as I was searching for Japanese eating etiquette. You explain everything really well, and you speak so clearly! Thanks a lot for your tips. Following for more xx
I really appreciate this one! Several of these I had learned while living in Japan, but I am guilty of 渡し箸 because I saw so many other folks doing it that I thought it was "okay" XD Good to know that I shouldn't do it again! Is it common or weird to carry one's own chopsticks and chopstick rest?
I have heard that some people will bring their own, fancy chopsticks to some restaurants, especially if they know they don't like the ones that place uses. To me, that seems a bit bougie and pretentious, but I'm not Japanese.
@@injunsun In Japan they sell plenty of take-along chopstick sets, so it's pretty normal. Also lessens the consumption of single-use chopsticks. Some are rather short and hard to use, but the screw-together ones are normal length. As for taking my own fancy chopsticks to restaurants, I don't do that because there's too much risk I'll leave them behind at the table. (Yeah, bitter experience.)
You've given me so much inspiration for character development in so subtle ways. There are so many ways that this can inform me in how cultural politeness and etiquette, and how it is flaunted can resound in grandeur ways... I love learning three things because... I want to respect heritages.. but also use the same memetics to inform on a fiction.
Probably should be posting this on a more recent videos, but I absolutely love your content. I seem to have fallen in love with Japanese culture and history and seeing such a wholesome person describe it and delve into the details makes for a very fun watch!...And could help me seem a little bit more than a mindless tourist if I were to ever visit Japan. I've not seen anyone present this kind of thing in this manne; you treat these topics like lessons, even breaking them down at the end in the conclusions, yet it'snot obnoxious as some may first expect, it is actually a lot of fun to watch and genuinely learn. You're always so upbeat and respectful about each topic and have such a good aura in every video you make. It's always a joy to see what you upload and I wish you luck with your subscriber goal, you certainly deserve it!
I'm guilty of eating the rice stuck to my chopsticks! Haha It's so tasty, I hate to waste food and my obsessive nature HATES to leave it there... lol it drives me nuts. That would be the hardest habit for me to break.
Lol, I was thinking the exact same thing!!! My OCD would never allow me to pick up more food, with some of the last bite's food still stuck to the chopstick!! Just the thought of it gives me shivers down my spine!!! XD XD
Yeah, that's an odd one. Like, you're not supposed to pick around and choose bites because it contaminates your food with your mouth, but putting bits that were in your mouth back in the food is cool?
Hi, (pun intended!) I agree 100%. I was trying to think of a work-around to the paradox. The best thing I thought of is to be mindful of where you grasp food with chopsticks. Keep it within range of the reach of your mouth. That way whatever might get stuck you remove with the first or second bite normally. Food should not need to be halfway up the shaft. Food should only be grasped at the lower 1-2 inches/centimeters that fit in your mouth. How does that sound Shogo-San? Food for Thought! Cheers.
@@LetsGoFlyers2011 - No one ever said that the rice dropped from their mouth. Often your whole mouth doesn't swallow the entire chopstick which can leave a grain of (untouched) rice or 2 behind. Also, sometimes even having the chopsticks set down can pick up a random rice. Rice is sticky, and actually becomes less sticky when exposed to the salivary enzymes in your mouth that help break up the starches. That should've been your first clue that they were *not* talking about rice that's already been in their mouth. Hope this clarifies.
@@YourMajesty143 No it doesn't, and I never said anything about rice dropping from their mouth. He was talking about rice stuck to the chopstick after you took a bite. Not sure what you're talking about with "your whole mouth doesn't swallow the entire chopstick". What's that have to do with rice leaving your mouth and going back into your food. I was just saying it kinda contradicts the rule about not picking around your food because it contaminates it. Thanks for the pointless lesson, though
08:32 My understanding is the proper way to eat miso soup is to drink it from the bowl, and use chopsticks to eat the solid bits. But yes, even then no scooping.
THANK YOU! While I will never visit Japan, I do enjoy our local Japanese restaurants, and was quite uninformed regarding the proper way to pick up chopsticks, and the need for a chopstick rest. For the last 40 years or so I've been setting them across a bowl. Apologies to my Japanese hosts! Guilty of watashi-bashi, mogi-bashi, and until mastering how to manipulate chopsticks, wondering aloud how, in mankind's eons-old struggle to get a grain of rice from one's bowl to one's mouth, how two sticks came out as the winning combination. Nowadays, chopsticks seem much more sensible to me for many types of foods, even western foods. Many thanks for sharing these rules for etiquette! SUBSCRIBED.
A lot of these I knew or are common sense really….and there’s two to three I break regularly ^^; two of them only in private. (The eating specks off the chopsticks and shoveling food into your mouth, I know it’s crass but I’m alone and the cooker of the food). The last one is the chopsticks across the bowl which I’m getting the impression from the comments that it’s a super common rule to break. I try to do it only across the rice bowl though so at least if it falls in it doesn’t do much damage. Doing it across the soup bowl just looks like you’re asking for trouble. My jaw dropped when I saw food being past between chopsticks cause that rule is like, one of the Ten Commandments of chopsticks use 😆 Good video, glad to learn more proper etiquette
Oooh, I'm guilty of quite a few of these but tate-bashi is the one taboo I've known about for a long time and am conscientious about not doing. Thank you for this, now I'll be even more aware of my chopstick etiquette~
Very helpful video. As I expected, I know about three of the rules. I was told to never lick chopsticks as it can be taken as a lewd gesture towards a person you are dining with. Is that true, or just a misinterpretation of mogi-bashi? Also loved the trick for making a holder from the chopstick wrapper. In USA we are very rarely given proper holders, probably because so few people would know what to use them for, so I usually end up lying them along the side of my plate. Will try to make a holder next time.
Apart from learning the rules of picking up, using and placing down the chopsticks, all the rest of the rules make sense to me. Growing up using a knife and fork, all of those taboos are also taboos in my culture also. Thank you for the clear lessons. And now I shall continue learning how to use chopsticks.
Although I knew most of these, I really enjoyed the extra information. That information helps me to understand how I'd be perceived in different social situations if I did some of these things. For example simply being out with some friends as opposed to going out on a date or with a potential new business client.
these rules have been instilled into us as we were growing up, proper etiquette at mealtime is a big deal in our family and more than a few times guests would comment on how well we conducted ourselves (us kids) at the table and I would see how my mom would glow with pride as she is the one who trained us.
Thank you so much for compiling and sharing these chopstick's rules and taboos. Really helpful for those who are planning to visit or move to Japan. ありがとうございます
Maybe you've discovered a void in the Japanese comedy market? Are there any Japanese comedic characters who do this? Maybe an obnoxious American or Australian who gets all the customs wrong??
There’s something incredibly funny about a rude foreigner innocently offending everyone. For me at least. Idk why. I love watching people freak out when someone violates etiquette.
@@yYSilverFoxYy yeah it's hilarious, but the keyword here is innocently, and it's pretty hard to convince people that you didn't know any better if you're a big dick Hollywood star
@@kelnhide I don’t know if you’re referring to someone in particular, I don’t follow celebrity news, but I’m pretty convinced a rich famous foreigner is still a foreigner and wouldn’t know another culture better than average. But my keyword (or phrase, whatever) is “It’s funny if it doesn’t harm anyone” .
I like your channel and videos! Yes, the Japanese culture may be extremely complicated and difficult to grasp, but I enjoy the way you present it piece by piece. Subscribed! (And congratulations on achieving your goal early!)
Dear Shogo and Family, - Thank you so much for passing on this invaluable knowledge to the world, - Personally, I value it very highly, - and hope you will continue on an equally serious level, - 🙏🇯🇵🙏 - Greetings from A Little Country, - (Where we have Our Flag Colors in common red and white) 🦋🇩🇰🦋 ありがとう - ありがとう - ありがとう.(Denmark).
I truly love this! Manners in many cultures, I believe, are a thing of the past. As an older guy, I appreciate the food itself, the person/ people who prepared and served it, and the place from which the food was served in. I also take time eating my food. Politeness, tact and patience are behaviors, I think, would encourage people to employ respect for humanity. Seems simple, yet harder to achieve lately.
I live near the Japanese Tea Gardens in the San Francisco Golden Gate Park, so I like to go there to appreciate the scenery. Plus, their udon is amazing. One day, I was hanging out with my friends and we were eating. I offered some of what I didn’t want to one of them, and they tried to take the food from my chopsticks with theirs. I kind of panicked, and explained the meaning of it.
I was on Okinawa for three years in the 80’s. Oddly enough I knew most of these but I would never have done the others just by learning the culture while there. I did NOT know #9 being associated with the deceased and bridging to heaven, although to me common sense should tell you it’s impolite. One thing not covered is feeding someone else like a wife with your chopstick’s. How is that viewed? This was a great video! Nicely presented and educational. Kampai! 🍻
My grandmother moved from Japan to the US in the earlier part of the 1900s. I'm 1/2 Japanese and grew up at her house. #7 is how I saw, and still see, most Japanese eat.
I have known chopstick etiquette for a long time. It may not have been intended, but your video made me giggle. Thank you for making such a serious topic so humorous.
Fun little fact: I actually did 1 or 2 or more chopstick taboos. And was because since I didn’t even know about the Japanese religion I did those taboos without even knowing but that was in 2021 and I know how to use them now. Thanks
Shogo, thanks very much for another educational episode. We’ve learned a lot from your channel from small things to important things. I’m wondering if you would do an episode on Okinawa and how the main land Japanese feel about the Okinawans. Is that possible? I’ve always been curious about that. Thanks!😊✌️
Excellent video! Just subscribed to your channel. I have heard somewhere that offering someone a piece of food should be done using the opposite side of the hashi, so that the food being offered does not touch our saliva. But one could easily come to that conclusion based on what you show on this video. Well done!
Your tutorial is amazing easy to understand, in Vietnam we consider every bad manners is insult to everyone around the table as well as the one who made it. Shogo san thank you for your manners videos, i wish i can go to Kyoto someday and visit your restaurant.
I feel like most of these are quite intuitive, at least to me they are, but I was still able to learn a bunch from this video, especially the issues considered taboo because they are associated with someone's passing. Great video, thank you very much! I think the one I may have been guilty of not knowing might be watashi-bashi, at the very least I have rested disposeable chopsticks on plates at restaurants. So that's one I can be more mindful of going forward.
Thank you very much. Your video on new sub chopsticks is very informative. I love Japanese culture. I like formal and intricate your culture is thank you for sharing.❤
i will visit japan someday and se if i like it and if i do then i mabye wanna live there, i am watching this and lirning japanese at the same time :) i really like your videos, and i hope you get the 1 mil soon :)
5:18 just blew my freaking mind. Ive always had this problem when I go to dine and get the disposable chop sticks at some point you have to set them down. so id kinda just find somewhere to put them down that wasn't directly on the table. Thanks!!
I got some questions that been on my mind lately. Mostly about the japanese school system k-12 (start date and end date, holidays off, vacation, classes (high school do u have all classes in one day) start time of school). Compare it with american one like we start around late august thru june. Off on labor day, thanksgiving, etc.
In terms of eating rice with chopsticks, the taboo for Japanese and Cantonese are exactly the opposite. Whereas it's vulgar to brush rice into one's mouth with chopsticks, it's the proper way for Cantonese, as it's considered less messy to brush the rice directly into one's mouth, instead of dropping rice everywhere when picking them up with chopsticks. Of course, it can get vulgar brushing rice into our mouths, but only if we make a whole lot of noise, or open our mouths very wide in the process.
Ahh, 8:35 Shogo looks so 🥰 bolting down the fried meat and shoving it in his mouth w chop sticks I've literally never seen anyone do that!! He looks like a little kid.
It's funny that the more of these videos I watch, the more I understand subtle character traits given to characters in anime/manga. I notice these taboos or behaviors in certain characters. Naruto for example is constantly stabbing food with his chopsticks, throwing them down wherever, slamming them on the table to unwrap the paper ones... etc. He was raised with no parents and is meant to be kind of wild and obnoxious. It makes sense. I might not ever visit Japan unfortunately (I have lung cancer and cannot fly in a pressurized plane.. :[ dang.) But the more I learn and understand the culture, the more I can truly appreciate the media and art that I appreciate from there. Personally, old Japanese folklore and monsters are some of my favorite bits of old culture. I even have a little Kappa in my garden who keeps watch over my land and makes sure no stinkin kids come and bug me.. haha
I knew about standing your chopsticks, passing food between chopsticks and stabbing things with your chopsticks were rude. Moving about over the food, dragging dishes, digging around in dishes and pointing were things I would have likely assumed were rude, but may have fallen afoul of. The rest is new to me, but interesting all the same. The reasonings behind some of them were very interesting as well :) Also... I've been using chopsticks for around 20 years now and I've always supported the lower chopstick with my middle finger... I am going to have to practice this XD Thank you very much for your instruction :)
As far as pointing being rude in most cultures goes, yeah, but the US Marines came up with a way around it that actually seems to work pretty well and doesn't seem to upset anyone, at least in the US and most European countries (when used in a casual setting anyway). Knife-Hand. Instead of pointing with one finger, you point with your whole hand - with your fingers and thumb together, making the shape of a knife, with your palm SLIGHTLY pointed at the ceiling or toward your body.
I feel like #2 is one that I see a lot of people do in Japan, so I thought it was fine when there aren't any chopstick holders. It's good to know for formal situations, though!
for me it was seeing many movies/video games/ anime that showed that. Among other things. Now i better understand all the times in anime when someone (usually a hungry dude) gets chastized for holding the bowl up to their mouth and shoveling it's contents into their mouth. I figured it was just (as most dubs point out) is 'childish" didn't think about the animalistic or just plain old rudeness.
@@jesseallen3109 Before, I had always figured the characters were getting chastised for rude table manners because I was taught it's rude to hold the dish up to your mouth and shovel food in with cutlery. It's likely my ignorance speaking, but I'm not even sure if there are cultures that find something like that acceptable. :) Different cultures' table manners fascinate me.
Minus the funerial taboos Western silverware etiquette is very similar. I remember the sharp rebuke I got from my dad after stabbing my fork in a piece of roast beef and leaving it sticking straight up. While there is no specific taboo against doing that, I immediately got the idea it was just playing, and had no place at the table.
Hello shougo-san! I always liked your video about Japanese culture and Japanese history! Your explanation is very clear and easy to understand in the first place~ If I might be able to request, can I ask a bit of explanation about the etiquette, on japanese streams as audience? Because I saw lots of international fans doesn't understand it at all and I'm afraid that the international fans will disturb the local fans. Thank you so much, and have a nice day!
I am American, and learning Japanese. I dream of going there one day if I can ever afford it. I have had a passion for anything to do with Japan culture since I was young. The History the language even right down to the cuisine. I tend to use the mannerisms in my everyday life. I’m trying to find good resources with learning my Japanese better. I heard it’s best to start with reading and understanding Hiragana and Katakana first.
It seems a bit complicated but I understand pretty much all these rules , most of them (except the ones associated with death) are just common sense :) 😃 thank you Shogo for taking the time to explain all of this with the meanings , it's one of my dreams to visit Japan and it's good to know these kind of things , once again thank you and I hope you will achieve your suscriber goal and all the goals in your life 😀 BTW who the heck dislike that video ? You might dislike these manners but dislike the one who explain them is really rude in my opinion .
Aside from the two funeral related ones all of these seems to be relatively common sense. Even as a finn, if not offended, I would be bit weirded out if someone acted like that during dinner, whether theyd be using chopsticks or kinves and forks.
The main ones I know it obviously sticking them in rice, passing stuff directly with chopsticks to others, and sticking/poking them in food to pick it up they are in all the Japanese culture books, I didn't know about the rest though, very interesting! I always use chopsticks to eat after having lived in japan at home, I have so many that I bought in Japan.
Shogo reached not just the prohibitions but so context as well. These are important for formal dining but when to be flexible is, in itself, an art form. For example, bolting food down is allowed in less formal occasions but stabbing food is almost never allowed in my experience.
I actually did mogi-bashi at a restaurant yesterday after my workout with one of my training partners. We had soba, udon, curry and rice with sochu and I didn't want to mix the rice on my chopstick into my soup. I'm surprised my friend didn't correct me. Now I know better.
Haha number 7 (kakikomibashi) is standard table procedure in Hong Kong, to the surprise of many caucasians. But if I'm not mistaken, Japanese rice is stickier which makes carrying to the mouth with chopsticks less clumsy. Try eating loose, grainy rice without kakikomibashi and physics will teach you better than polite society.
What I do when I don't know the proper etiquette: Just sit there quietly but firmly and watch + do what others are doing... ( It's an ultimate lifehack and works almost everytime)
This is so true. When in a foreign culture always let someone local or more experienced take the lead and observe carefully, no matter what you do. This tip is a life-saver, sometimes literally.
But not eating your food immediately is a taboo too😭😭
When you are in WC,I advise you not to do like that.
Utterly untrue. Especially in a society that doesn’t consider correcting your bad behavior to be polite or to be downright rude. The truth is that doing minor research on etiquette (especially in your home country) takes very little time and effort and knowing correct etiquette will make any social situation significantly more enjoyable.
It’s acceptable to your friends to put your elbows in the table in a bbq joint at lunch with them. You still don’t do it because it’s bad etiquette. Your friends won’t correct you, but the mistake is still made. You’ve assumed that a lack of correcting your rudeness is the same as permission or a passing grade on your keen observation skills. It’s not.
@@lovelessk999 Even with great power, you're inexperienced one. Thus you may have a seat, but you'll be not ranked as a Jedi Master... (starers muther fuckerly)
The first funeral that I attended in Japan, for my grandmother-in-law, was a pretty eye-opening, and, honestly, slightly traumatizing experience. I had little time to study and prepare for it, as it all happened very quickly, and I was engrossed in taking part in the rituals and social aspects as opposed to having time to read up on it, and my wife hadn't been to a funeral in many years, so she couldn't remember enough to tell me anything useful. That said, the close proximity and intimate handling of the bodies, as well as the heat of the furnace as the ashes and bones are pulled out, is something that will stick with me for the rest of my life. Subsequent funerals have gotten a little bit easier, in their execution if not their emotional impact, but, if you expect you may be taking part in a funeral, be aware that you will be picking bones out of ash with a long pair of chopsticks, and handing them off to somebody else. Fine motor coordination will be required.
what happens if somebody fumbles a bone?
@@PowerSynopsis Well, I've never seen that. The first rule to preventing that is BE SURE YOU HAVE A FIRM GRIP BEFORE LIFTING IT. It's the same with food, but the stakes are much higher at a funeral (in terms of maintaining face and decorum). Since I've always been the only non-Japanese person at any of the funerals I've gone to, I think the fact that they've been using chopsticks longer has been a boon to them in that instance.
Does this still happen today?
@@fireflymiesumae That's a Japanese funeral. Yes, they still have funerals today.
Okay... I didn't know that, but it makes a lot of sense in the cultural patterns... and wow, sometimes other cultures are pretty different. I wish consolation to your family.
I remember my Japanese language teacher dedicated at least one class on Japanese eating etiquette. I never saw her so stern before. Thanks for the refresher.
Thank you, Shogo, for pointing out the watashi-bashi rule. I have been guilty of doing this one for a long time as this was never pointed out as a 'taboo' before. I will be more mindful of this in the future.
As someone who lives in Japan- many normal Japanese people rest their chopsticks on the bowl. This isn't something to worry about unless you're eating in a super formal setting.
@@Ryan-hp6xs Thanks for the input, my friend.
I have never even eaten anywhere that had chopstick stands so not much choice really. Except tate-bashi, which I will do at times.
A couple of points that are worth making: (1) if you are at a restaurant with attached chopsticks that you break apart, you should hold them horizontally, and pull them apart vertically (this is the traditional Japanese method, stemming from the fact that it reduces the risk of accidentally hitting anybody sitting next to you); (2) it's actually considered okay, when dealing with difficult-to-pincer foods (こんにゃく, etc.) to spear one or both of the tips of the chopsticks through the article that you're trying to pick up, and just eat them that way (this varies depending on the formality of the situation, but, in your average izakaya, or eating with friends, totally fine); (3) kids don't always need be taught proper form from a young age, as parents can buy children's chopsticks, which are attached to one another, and help to teach proper form without dropping them (although they may drop their food - the important part here is to work on strengthening coordination in the hand muscles).
I was taught to separate them under the table to avoid causing problems for others!
@@WanJae42 Whatever works! :)
If you’re with a loved one, you can each grab a chopstick and pull out. Whoever’s chopstick has slightly more wood at the top, “loves the other one more”.
@@joemamma137 A little sweet, but not in any way a Japanese tradition :)
As an "Anime-Coniseur" myself, I shall not unsee any of these taboos in future or past animes as well as in private trips to restaurants with friends. This was truly inspirational.
Some of them I kind of figured by watching One Piece. Like Shogo said, they tend to be used by vulgar or immature characters to help establish they are vulgar or immature.
I loved the big"X" and no-no buzzer for "bad etiquette"! With clarity both visually and auditorily, it helps it cement in one's memory! Now, the Japanese terminology is another thing entirely😊...)
I've watched many videos about chopstick manors and THIS is the most comprehensive list I've seen so far. AND...knowing a lot of these taboos already made me cringe a lot as you demonstrated what NOT to do! I found myself saying, "NO! Don't do THAT!" lolirl Another great video for Team Shogo!
My favorite local Japanese restaurant is Japanese operated and has a rather extensive washoku menu, but they don't give hashioki with the place setting since most customers wouldn't know to use it. I did the origami hashioki method one time, and the next time I came in the itamae recognized me and had a hashioki brought over without me saying a thing. It's been 5 years and I'm now a regular and practice my Japanese and etiquette with him and his wifes help. All because I made an origami hashioki.
It was a really interesting experience to do all of the taboos that I was taught to NEVER do by my parents😂
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It's interesting that much of this is actually similarly bad manners when eating with knife and fork.
I understand you don't want to force people to follow the rules but I truly want to follow them as a way to show my respect to the country, culture and people I'm visiting
I'm really glad you posted this. Though I'm in Europe, I use chopsticks regularly, and it's weird to know there is an etiquette associated with chopsticks, but not knowing what the etiquette is. So thanks.
Thank very much well done I learned very much Thank you the way you taught this I will not forget the important points
The Chinese “ invented” Quai-Tze-chopsticks. They have many customs as well. When Japanese friends came to visit us in Taipei we took them out for many regional cuisines. It was interesting to see them served pi dan toufu. A whole, fermented shelled duck egg with a large square of toufu, sauce and diced green onions. “ how are we supposed to eat this” they asked. The same with certain types of seafood. So a lot has to do with the preparation, cutting art, and presentation as well as “ this is how we do it around here”
Thanks for these great table etiquette tips.
1st question: When the bowl of soup is at rest on the table, the ingredients in the soup are settled at the bottom of the bowl. When you drink the soup, while you're holding the bowl in one hand, is it acceptable to gently stir the soup with the chopsticks (held in the normal way in your dominant hand) to make sure its contents are evenly distributed before you drink it?
2nd question: is it acceptable to reach into your soup bowl with your chopsticks (held in the normal way in your dominant hand) and pick up its specific contents to eat?
I love eating with chopsticks. I sometimes make more Asian inspired dishes specifically to use chopsticks because it's so easy for me. I live in the US and many of my close friends also eat with chopsticks.
I don't think we know all these rules though, thank you for sharing them Shogo-san!
Unfortunately I can not offer a like because I want to eat sushi.
I CAN however offer a like because of how informative, clear, and well organized your videos are. You go beyond listing things, you explain the meaning behind them, which leads to true understanding. I, like many people, are very grateful for your videos.
I knew most of these, but there are a couple others that I didn't, and they do make perfect sense in that they won't annoy the people around me. That seems to be the main motivation for most manners everywhere, that prime directive of "thou shalt not annoy the people around you." Thank you for this and for your videos!
How painful was it to break these taboos for the sake of demonstration? :)
My ex about 10 years ago loved cooking Asian dishes and kindly taught me to eat with chopsticks well by removing all forks and spoons for 1-2 weeks so that hunger made learning a necessity. I'm grateful now because chopsticks are my favorite now, I think they feel cleaner. :)
I was somewhere between 10-12 years old and I somewhat self taught myself the basics of how to use chopsticks by watching a few asian movies and using the sticks from the game Pick Up Sticks.
Just so you know not all Asians eat with chopsticks. So when you say your ex loves cooking Asian dishes, doesn't mean you gotta learn how to use chopsticks well. Cause that's like you're disregarding other ethnicities / countries in Asia.
The one thing that I learn is to make own chopstick rest using paper, make my life easier.
Yeah, I just always set them down on a clean napkin, on the table, next to my bowl or plate. Never thought to use the wrapper to make a little origami stick rest. But that is a cool idea. I might try that next time I am at my favorite Japanese restaurant.
Cyber Mantis is actually partially correct. If you do something fancy like that, it will appear feminine, particularly within Tokyo. However, if you just want to act like a nice person, please do so, though you may perceived as a bit of a ponce.
I tend to use the wrapping paper, but I usually don't fold it into a proper chopstick rest.
I find it very interesting that you find almost all those rules in formal european table manners too although for different cultural reasons in some cases
Very informative and valuable information. I was born and raised in the USA and still reside here, but I use my Chopsticks a lot. Knowing these details will help me to be more respectful when eating out at my favorite Asian Restaurants. ありがとうございます Shogo! Zip~
Something else keep in mind that if you're casually with a friend who is comfortable with you and visa versa rules can be sometimes just ignored. Especially after some beer.
It's my first time to come across your video as I was searching for Japanese eating etiquette. You explain everything really well, and you speak so clearly! Thanks a lot for your tips. Following for more xx
I really appreciate this one! Several of these I had learned while living in Japan, but I am guilty of 渡し箸 because I saw so many other folks doing it that I thought it was "okay" XD Good to know that I shouldn't do it again!
Is it common or weird to carry one's own chopsticks and chopstick rest?
I have heard that some people will bring their own, fancy chopsticks to some restaurants, especially if they know they don't like the ones that place uses. To me, that seems a bit bougie and pretentious, but I'm not Japanese.
@@injunsun In Japan they sell plenty of take-along chopstick sets, so it's pretty normal. Also lessens the consumption of single-use chopsticks. Some are rather short and hard to use, but the screw-together ones are normal length. As for taking my own fancy chopsticks to restaurants, I don't do that because there's too much risk I'll leave them behind at the table. (Yeah, bitter experience.)
You've given me so much inspiration for character development in so subtle ways.
There are so many ways that this can inform me in how cultural politeness and etiquette, and how it is flaunted can resound in grandeur ways... I love learning three things because... I want to respect heritages.. but also use the same memetics to inform on a fiction.
Probably should be posting this on a more recent videos, but I absolutely love your content. I seem to have fallen in love with Japanese culture and history and seeing such a wholesome person describe it and delve into the details makes for a very fun watch!...And could help me seem a little bit more than a mindless tourist if I were to ever visit Japan.
I've not seen anyone present this kind of thing in this manne; you treat these topics like lessons, even breaking them down at the end in the conclusions, yet it'snot obnoxious as some may first expect, it is actually a lot of fun to watch and genuinely learn. You're always so upbeat and respectful about each topic and have such a good aura in every video you make.
It's always a joy to see what you upload and I wish you luck with your subscriber goal, you certainly deserve it!
I'm guilty of eating the rice stuck to my chopsticks! Haha
It's so tasty, I hate to waste food and my obsessive nature HATES to leave it there... lol it drives me nuts. That would be the hardest habit for me to break.
Lol, I was thinking the exact same thing!!! My OCD would never allow me to pick up more food, with some of the last bite's food still stuck to the chopstick!! Just the thought of it gives me shivers down my spine!!! XD XD
Yeah, that's an odd one. Like, you're not supposed to pick around and choose bites because it contaminates your food with your mouth, but putting bits that were in your mouth back in the food is cool?
Hi, (pun intended!) I agree 100%. I was trying to think of a work-around to the paradox.
The best thing I thought of is to be mindful of where you grasp food with chopsticks. Keep it within range of the reach of your mouth. That way whatever might get stuck you remove with the first or second bite normally.
Food should not need to be halfway up the shaft. Food should only be grasped at the lower 1-2 inches/centimeters that fit in your mouth. How does that sound Shogo-San?
Food for Thought!
Cheers.
@@LetsGoFlyers2011 - No one ever said that the rice dropped from their mouth. Often your whole mouth doesn't swallow the entire chopstick which can leave a grain of (untouched) rice or 2 behind. Also, sometimes even having the chopsticks set down can pick up a random rice. Rice is sticky, and actually becomes less sticky when exposed to the salivary enzymes in your mouth that help break up the starches. That should've been your first clue that they were *not* talking about rice that's already been in their mouth. Hope this clarifies.
@@YourMajesty143 No it doesn't, and I never said anything about rice dropping from their mouth. He was talking about rice stuck to the chopstick after you took a bite. Not sure what you're talking about with "your whole mouth doesn't swallow the entire chopstick". What's that have to do with rice leaving your mouth and going back into your food.
I was just saying it kinda contradicts the rule about not picking around your food because it contaminates it.
Thanks for the pointless lesson, though
08:32 My understanding is the proper way to eat miso soup is to drink it from the bowl, and use chopsticks to eat the solid bits. But yes, even then no scooping.
THANK YOU! While I will never visit Japan, I do enjoy our local Japanese restaurants, and was quite uninformed regarding the proper way to pick up chopsticks, and the need for a chopstick rest. For the last 40 years or so I've been setting them across a bowl. Apologies to my Japanese hosts! Guilty of watashi-bashi, mogi-bashi, and until mastering how to manipulate chopsticks, wondering aloud how, in mankind's eons-old struggle to get a grain of rice from one's bowl to one's mouth, how two sticks came out as the winning combination. Nowadays, chopsticks seem much more sensible to me for many types of foods, even western foods. Many thanks for sharing these rules for etiquette! SUBSCRIBED.
Thanks!
A lot of these I knew or are common sense really….and there’s two to three I break regularly ^^; two of them only in private. (The eating specks off the chopsticks and shoveling food into your mouth, I know it’s crass but I’m alone and the cooker of the food). The last one is the chopsticks across the bowl which I’m getting the impression from the comments that it’s a super common rule to break. I try to do it only across the rice bowl though so at least if it falls in it doesn’t do much damage. Doing it across the soup bowl just looks like you’re asking for trouble.
My jaw dropped when I saw food being past between chopsticks cause that rule is like, one of the Ten Commandments of chopsticks use 😆
Good video, glad to learn more proper etiquette
Oooh, I'm guilty of quite a few of these but tate-bashi is the one taboo I've known about for a long time and am conscientious about not doing. Thank you for this, now I'll be even more aware of my chopstick etiquette~
Very helpful video. As I expected, I know about three of the rules. I was told to never lick chopsticks as it can be taken as a lewd gesture towards a person you are dining with. Is that true, or just a misinterpretation of mogi-bashi? Also loved the trick for making a holder from the chopstick wrapper. In USA we are very rarely given proper holders, probably because so few people would know what to use them for, so I usually end up lying them along the side of my plate. Will try to make a holder next time.
I use my fork as a chopstick holder.
I lay them on my napkin when a holder is unavailable or I ask for a small plate from the dining establishment to use as a chopstick rest.
Your English and Japanese pronunciation is amazing. Thanks for the helpful tips!
Apart from learning the rules of picking up, using and placing down the chopsticks, all the rest of the rules make sense to me. Growing up using a knife and fork, all of those taboos are also taboos in my culture also. Thank you for the clear lessons. And now I shall continue learning how to use chopsticks.
Although I knew most of these, I really enjoyed the extra information. That information helps me to understand how I'd be perceived in different social situations if I did some of these things. For example simply being out with some friends as opposed to going out on a date or with a potential new business client.
these rules have been instilled into us as we were growing up, proper etiquette at mealtime is a big deal in our family and more than a few times guests would comment on how well we conducted ourselves (us kids) at the table and I would see how my mom would glow with pride as she is the one who trained us.
Thank you so much for compiling and sharing these chopstick's rules and taboos. Really helpful for those who are planning to visit or move to Japan. ありがとうございます
I can imagine borat in japan committing each and everyone of these taboos
That is a hilarious idea
Maybe you've discovered a void in the Japanese comedy market? Are there any Japanese comedic characters who do this? Maybe an obnoxious American or Australian who gets all the customs wrong??
There’s something incredibly funny about a rude foreigner innocently offending everyone. For me at least. Idk why. I love watching people freak out when someone violates etiquette.
@@yYSilverFoxYy yeah it's hilarious, but the keyword here is innocently, and it's pretty hard to convince people that you didn't know any better if you're a big dick Hollywood star
@@kelnhide I don’t know if you’re referring to someone in particular, I don’t follow celebrity news, but I’m pretty convinced a rich famous foreigner is still a foreigner and wouldn’t know another culture better than average.
But my keyword (or phrase, whatever) is “It’s funny if it doesn’t harm anyone” .
Really helpful. I’ve searched for that rules for a long time. Thank you! 🥰
I like your channel and videos! Yes, the Japanese culture may be extremely complicated and difficult to grasp, but I enjoy the way you present it piece by piece.
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Dear Shogo and Family, - Thank you so much for passing on this invaluable knowledge to the world, - Personally, I value it very highly, - and hope you will continue on an equally serious level, - 🙏🇯🇵🙏 - Greetings from A Little Country, - (Where we have Our Flag Colors in common red and white) 🦋🇩🇰🦋 ありがとう - ありがとう - ありがとう.(Denmark).
I truly love this! Manners in many cultures, I believe, are a thing of the past. As an older guy, I appreciate the food itself, the person/ people who prepared and served it, and the place from which the food was served in. I also take time eating my food. Politeness, tact and patience are behaviors, I think, would encourage people to employ respect for humanity. Seems simple, yet harder to achieve lately.
I live near the Japanese Tea Gardens in the San Francisco Golden Gate Park, so I like to go there to appreciate the scenery. Plus, their udon is amazing. One day, I was hanging out with my friends and we were eating. I offered some of what I didn’t want to one of them, and they tried to take the food from my chopsticks with theirs. I kind of panicked, and explained the meaning of it.
I don't know why but seeing you make mistakes to explain them is really funny. Anyway love your videos
It was very heartbreaking actually😂😂😂
@@LetsaskShogo that's completely understandable xD
I was on Okinawa for three years in the 80’s. Oddly enough I knew most of these but I would never have done the others just by learning the culture while there. I did NOT know #9 being associated with the deceased and bridging to heaven, although to me common sense should tell you it’s impolite. One thing not covered is feeding someone else like a wife with your chopstick’s. How is that viewed? This was a great video! Nicely presented and educational. Kampai! 🍻
My grandmother moved from Japan to the US in the earlier part of the 1900s. I'm 1/2 Japanese and grew up at her house. #7 is how I saw, and still see, most Japanese eat.
I have known chopstick etiquette for a long time. It may not have been intended, but your video made me giggle. Thank you for making such a serious topic so humorous.
Fun little fact:
I actually did 1 or 2 or more chopstick taboos.
And was because since I didn’t even know about the Japanese religion I did those taboos without even knowing but that was in 2021 and I know how to use them now. Thanks
Wow. Right after the live stream.... That was fast.
You are a great teacher, thank you for the videos.
Very good explanation and introduction of the table manners in Japan. I think most of those rules apply also to other Asian countries.
Shogo, thanks very much for another educational episode. We’ve learned a lot from your channel from small things to important things. I’m wondering if you would do an episode on Okinawa and how the main land Japanese feel about the Okinawans. Is that possible? I’ve always been curious about that. Thanks!😊✌️
This is the reason why I think that Japanese peoples are so mannered and gentle 😍
Thank you for the instructions. I value other cultures, and have great respect for the japanese culture. I would not want to offend.
Thank you for this video! I’ve been guilty of a few of these and I promise to change accordingly.
Thank you for the practical advise Shogo!
Excellent video! Just subscribed to your channel. I have heard somewhere that offering someone a piece of food should be done using the opposite side of the hashi, so that the food being offered does not touch our saliva. But one could easily come to that conclusion based on what you show on this video. Well done!
I really appreciate this! I’m currently learning how to use chopsticks, and the chopstick etiquette is super useful!
Your tutorial is amazing easy to understand, in Vietnam we consider every bad manners is insult to everyone around the table as well as the one who made it.
Shogo san thank you for your manners videos, i wish i can go to Kyoto someday and visit your restaurant.
Really? I'm curious. More detail, please?
I regularly break all these rules in my home.... but I will make sure to remember these!
I feel like most of these are quite intuitive, at least to me they are, but I was still able to learn a bunch from this video, especially the issues considered taboo because they are associated with someone's passing. Great video, thank you very much!
I think the one I may have been guilty of not knowing might be watashi-bashi, at the very least I have rested disposeable chopsticks on plates at restaurants. So that's one I can be more mindful of going forward.
Reaaaally really great examples! I hope to see the next manner lesson
soon ^^
That made sense, Thank you for the reminders.
When I first tried to use chopsticks I randomly knew how to use it, even tho I’ve never practiced, thanks for the tips Shogo-san!
same
Shogo-sensei.
@@perdidoatlantic was that on purpose or by mistake?
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@@perdidoatlantic you wrote Shogo as Shogi.
Thank you very much. Your video on new sub chopsticks is very informative. I love Japanese culture. I like formal and intricate your culture is thank you for sharing.❤
Thank you. Your videos are always very helpful. I appreciate your work
i will visit japan someday and se if i like it and if i do then i mabye wanna live there, i am watching this and lirning japanese at the same time :) i really like your videos, and i hope you get the 1 mil soon :)
5:18 just blew my freaking mind. Ive always had this problem when I go to dine and get the disposable chop sticks at some point you have to set them down. so id kinda just find somewhere to put them down that wasn't directly on the table. Thanks!!
I got some questions that been on my mind lately. Mostly about the japanese school system k-12 (start date and end date, holidays off, vacation, classes (high school do u have all classes in one day) start time of school). Compare it with american one like we start around late august thru june. Off on labor day, thanksgiving, etc.
I guess you are headed towards 1.5M subscribers until January 2023, congratulations!
Very entertaining and funny video. Thank you so very much for clearing up a couple of issues I was unsure about. Domo arigato gosaimasu
In terms of eating rice with chopsticks, the taboo for Japanese and Cantonese are exactly the opposite. Whereas it's vulgar to brush rice into one's mouth with chopsticks, it's the proper way for Cantonese, as it's considered less messy to brush the rice directly into one's mouth, instead of dropping rice everywhere when picking them up with chopsticks. Of course, it can get vulgar brushing rice into our mouths, but only if we make a whole lot of noise, or open our mouths very wide in the process.
I've learned a few new things, thanks Sensei ❤❤️
Thank you!! I always learn so much from you!
Ahh, 8:35 Shogo looks so 🥰 bolting down the fried meat and shoving it in his mouth w chop sticks I've literally never seen anyone do that!! He looks like a little kid.
Thank you for education! Very percious knowledge!
Another good post on your admirable initiatives to bridge global understanding; i especially like your caveats on 1:19 of your 15 minute video
It's funny that the more of these videos I watch, the more I understand subtle character traits given to characters in anime/manga. I notice these taboos or behaviors in certain characters. Naruto for example is constantly stabbing food with his chopsticks, throwing them down wherever, slamming them on the table to unwrap the paper ones... etc. He was raised with no parents and is meant to be kind of wild and obnoxious. It makes sense.
I might not ever visit Japan unfortunately (I have lung cancer and cannot fly in a pressurized plane.. :[ dang.) But the more I learn and understand the culture, the more I can truly appreciate the media and art that I appreciate from there.
Personally, old Japanese folklore and monsters are some of my favorite bits of old culture. I even have a little Kappa in my garden who keeps watch over my land and makes sure no stinkin kids come and bug me.. haha
I knew about standing your chopsticks, passing food between chopsticks and stabbing things with your chopsticks were rude. Moving about over the food, dragging dishes, digging around in dishes and pointing were things I would have likely assumed were rude, but may have fallen afoul of. The rest is new to me, but interesting all the same. The reasonings behind some of them were very interesting as well :)
Also... I've been using chopsticks for around 20 years now and I've always supported the lower chopstick with my middle finger... I am going to have to practice this XD Thank you very much for your instruction :)
As far as pointing being rude in most cultures goes, yeah, but the US Marines came up with a way around it that actually seems to work pretty well and doesn't seem to upset anyone, at least in the US and most European countries (when used in a casual setting anyway).
Knife-Hand. Instead of pointing with one finger, you point with your whole hand - with your fingers and thumb together, making the shape of a knife, with your palm SLIGHTLY pointed at the ceiling or toward your body.
8:57
You are sort of correct. There is another reason too. That is because if the food falls, it will land on the bowl or plate safely.
I feel like #2 is one that I see a lot of people do in Japan, so I thought it was fine when there aren't any chopstick holders. It's good to know for formal situations, though!
for me it was seeing many movies/video games/ anime that showed that. Among other things.
Now i better understand all the times in anime when someone (usually a hungry dude) gets chastized for holding the bowl up to their mouth and shoveling it's contents into their mouth. I figured it was just (as most dubs point out) is 'childish" didn't think about the animalistic or just plain old rudeness.
@@jesseallen3109 Before, I had always figured the characters were getting chastised for rude table manners because I was taught it's rude to hold the dish up to your mouth and shovel food in with cutlery. It's likely my ignorance speaking, but I'm not even sure if there are cultures that find something like that acceptable. :) Different cultures' table manners fascinate me.
Minus the funerial taboos Western silverware etiquette is very similar. I remember the sharp rebuke I got from my dad after stabbing my fork in a piece of roast beef and leaving it sticking straight up. While there is no specific taboo against doing that, I immediately got the idea it was just playing, and had no place at the table.
Probably why it looked so silly to me when Shogo did it.
Hello shougo-san! I always liked your video about Japanese culture and Japanese history! Your explanation is very clear and easy to understand in the first place~
If I might be able to request, can I ask a bit of explanation about the etiquette, on japanese streams as audience? Because I saw lots of international fans doesn't understand it at all and I'm afraid that the international fans will disturb the local fans. Thank you so much, and have a nice day!
I am American, and learning Japanese. I dream of going there one day if I can ever afford it. I have had a passion for anything to do with Japan culture since I was young. The History the language even right down to the cuisine. I tend to use the mannerisms in my everyday life. I’m trying to find good resources with learning my Japanese better. I heard it’s best to start with reading and understanding Hiragana and Katakana first.
It seems a bit complicated but I understand pretty much all these rules , most of them (except the ones associated with death) are just common sense :) 😃 thank you Shogo for taking the time to explain all of this with the meanings , it's one of my dreams to visit Japan and it's good to know these kind of things , once again thank you and I hope you will achieve your suscriber goal and all the goals in your life 😀
BTW who the heck dislike that video ? You might dislike these manners but dislike the one who explain them is really rude in my opinion .
Aside from the two funeral related ones all of these seems to be relatively common sense. Even as a finn, if not offended, I would be bit weirded out if someone acted like that during dinner, whether theyd be using chopsticks or kinves and forks.
The main ones I know it obviously sticking them in rice, passing stuff directly with chopsticks to others, and sticking/poking them in food to pick it up they are in all the Japanese culture books, I didn't know about the rest though, very interesting! I always use chopsticks to eat after having lived in japan at home, I have so many that I bought in Japan.
Didn't know about resting the chopsticks on bowls. Good to know.
Shogo reached not just the prohibitions but so context as well. These are important for formal dining but when to be flexible is, in itself, an art form. For example, bolting food down is allowed in less formal occasions but stabbing food is almost never allowed in my experience.
A nice watch as I eat a meal while learning how to use my chopsticks.
As someone with only an Anime/Manga understanding; I thought kakikomi-bashi was the way I was supposed to eat at my Ramen shop!! LOL
Thank you!
Great video.
Always found Japanese table/eating etiquette to be quite interesting.
Thanks a lot i only knew of 1,3 and 10. Very informative.
I actually did mogi-bashi at a restaurant yesterday after my workout with one of my training partners. We had soba, udon, curry and rice with sochu and I didn't want to mix the rice on my chopstick into my soup. I'm surprised my friend didn't correct me. Now I know better.
Like Shogo said at the beginning of this video, even the Japanese can make these mistakes too.
@@wchan39 good point
Haha number 7 (kakikomibashi) is standard table procedure in Hong Kong, to the surprise of many caucasians. But if I'm not mistaken, Japanese rice is stickier which makes carrying to the mouth with chopsticks less clumsy. Try eating loose, grainy rice without kakikomibashi and physics will teach you better than polite society.
Ohohhh...guilty of nr 6 (not the toothpicking though) the sushi is tooo good to waste 😁, nice explanation on etiquette.