Lession 5: Perform Table manner Properly in Japan?

The answer of last question: A)Take a Bow to Japanese

Quiz: What should you say after a meal in Japan?
A) Itadaki
B) masuGochisuo
C) itadakiGochisuo-sama

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ohayō gozaimasu (おはようございます)

1) Table manners

• Tables & Sitting- with low sitting tables and chairs,because sitting on the floor with feet crossed (for men) or kneeled down (for women)
• Itadakimasu and Gochisosama- say "itadakimasu" ("I gratefully receive") before starting to eat, "gochisosama (deshita)" ("Thank you for the meal") after finishing the meal.
• Share the meals by moving some food from the shared plates onto your own plate by yourself and using the opposite end of your chopsticks or with special chopsticks
• Talking about toilet related and similarly disappetizing topics during or before a meal is not appreciated
• Place all your dishes in the same way as they were at the start of the meal after finishing eating. (Replace the lid of dishes and replace your chopsticks on the chopstick holder)

2) Drinking Rules

• Serve each other and periodically check your friends' cups, and serve them more once their cups are getting empty.
• Be drunk in some formal restaurants, for example in restaurants that serve kaiseki ryori (Japanese haute cuisine) and izakaya is not good.
• Raise for a drinking salute, which usually is “kampai”but not“chin chin”

References: (last visit: 24-03-2009)
https://ksuzuki.blog.uvm.edu/winter2009/2009/01/assignment_4_due_january_8_thu.html http://everyday.3yen.com/2007-02-01/japanese-table-manners/
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/quizzes17/missfabi/EatingManners.html