In the next class we will talk about etiquette/manners. Please choose ONE question from below and answer in the comments.1. Look at the photo of the New York City subway above. Choose a number and tell us what the person is doing wrong. Is it the same for Tokyo subways?
2. In Japan, what topics are NOT ok to talk about with strangers?
3. What etiquette is important for eating in Japan?
Hi,Matt!I'm Masumi Horie.I'd like to answer the question No.3.
ReplyDeleteIn Japan,how to use chopsticks is very important.For example,you shouldn't return food to where it was once you take it by chopsticks.Moreover,you shouldn't pierce food with them.
Of course,you should say "Itadakimasu" before eating and "Gochisosama" after eating.
See you next class!
Hi,Matt! I'm Tatsuya Takarabe.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to answer the question No,2.
In Japan, you should not talk about politics and religions with strangers. It may be also in other countries.
I recommend it to you that you should talk about weather , I think that it would be better choice.
See you next class!
Hi!I'm Hitomi Iizuka.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to answer the question No.1.
The No.7 person is wrong.Other people cannot have a seat because he lies down.I have seen the situation like this in a Tokyo subway.A man lay down and other passengers looked like unpleasant.
See you next class!
Hi, I'm Akiko Yamanobe.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to answer question No.1.
The No.2 child is going up the seat and opneng the window. This behavir is very dengerous. In Tokyo I sometime see children like No.2.
See you next class!
Hi, Matt! I'm Toru Sugisaki.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to answer question No.1.
No7 person does wrong act. He is sleeping on the seat lying on his side. Someone should sit on the seat as close as possible.
In Tokyo subway, it is also wrong to sleep on the seat lying on his side. But to my joy, I have never seen this wrong.
See you nect class!
Hi, Matt! I'm Ayuka Niwa.
ReplyDeleteI would like to answer the No.3.
In Japan, when paople are eating, they must not stand their chopstick on their rice.
The the chopstick standed on the rice is put on someone's grave.
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Hi, Matt! I'm Haruka Tsuchida.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to answer the question No.1.
I think the person No.7 is doing wrong.
It's not good behavior because there are other people standing and if he sits politely, they can sit next to him.
See you soon!
Hi, Matt! I'm Namiho Yamaguchi.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to answer the question No.3.
In Japan, people must not rest their elbows on a desk when they are eating.
However, my grandfather says that young people often do so recently.
So, I try not to rest my elbow on a desk.
See you!
Hi, Matt! I'm Yohei.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to answer the question No.1.
The No.7 man's behavior is really wrong. Because of this man, some people have to stand all the way. He bothers everyone.
In Japan, such an act is of course wrong. However, I've seen a woman in the JR Yamanote Line who was fast asleep on the train floor! She looked really drunk, and staffs of Shinjuku Station helped her.
See you later!
Hi, Matt, this is Saki.
ReplyDeleteI answer no.3 question.
In Japan, we use chopsticks commonly,
and when using these, we can't pick up same thing with using each other's ones together, because this behavior is so misbehaving.This way is only used when they pick up ashes of deceased, and called "awase-bashi".
See you!
Hi, Matt.
ReplyDeleteI'm Chie.
I'd like to answer the question No.3.
In Japan you should not ask and answer the personal questions when you talk with strangers. Especially, asking women about their age is very rude in Japan.