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
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 !
@@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. :)
Sorry to be so offtopic but does someone know a way to get back into an Instagram account?? I somehow forgot my login password. I would love any assistance you can offer me!
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...
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.
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
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
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).
@@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
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.
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😊
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
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
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.
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
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. :)
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.
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.
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!
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.
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!
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 🥰❤
2:01 Yuta (from the RUclips 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.
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.
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
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.
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’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!
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
*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 :)
I haven't even watched one of your videos, but I immediately clicked subscribe after reading your channel's name. 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 :)
Another informative and fun video! You're almost at 40k! Great work guys! The demonstrations were so helpful 👨👩👦 I'm so proud that Hinata is growing into such a polite young girl 💖
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".
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
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.
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!
I can attest to this video. My Japanese neighbor's girlfriend made us sushi. He was pissed when he found out that we discarded it. He said, "Okamisama wa, okoru yo!"---In English, God will get angry at you! Backstory, I was an exchange student in the mid-90's.
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.
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.
I'm german and got taught as a kid to keep my elbows off the table but my hands on the table. Really interesting. I'd love to know where this comes from and if it has the same origin as in other cultures who also do this such as Japan
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 😂
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...
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.
It would be very helpful if you would include the polite declaration at the start and at the end of the meal in romanji. Anyone who can read Kanji, probably doesn't need this video in the first place. I do want to say that you are doing a great job and I think I will be much less of a barbarian for the information that you have shared. E
In Bolivia we share Rule Nr. 1 (Pretty much for the same reason, althought for us it's still a reality and not just a tradition. Our country is very poor and there's still plenty of people who don't have enough to eat), Rules Nr. 4 and Nr. 5. (We don't press our hands together, and of course we use expressions in Spanish: "PROVECHO" or "BUEN PROVECHO" to start, and simply "MUCHAS GRACIAS" or thank you at the end).
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
😂😂😂
I’m gonna visit Germany in the future just for this
I've never heard of this but y'know der Deutschunterricht wird sich auszahlen, wenn ich unendlich viel Essen bekomme
😂Rozumiem ten ból 😂.
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. :)
Sorry to be so offtopic but does someone know a way to get back into an Instagram account??
I somehow forgot my login password. I would love any assistance you can offer me!
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.
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
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.
Your daughter is so cute!
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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
Do you by any chance play OSU? Maybe Genshin? Perhaps you have watched Monogatari as well? Im sure you browse 4chan
@@ethanol4264 you're making this weird
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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.
Hello Gaijin!!!
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.
Every time I check his sub count, I feel great that he is really getting the attention he deserves. 100k subs is just right around the corner.
I like this comment because now Shogo has over 1.1 mil...
When I hit the button, it said 1.49 (14.9 lakh actually. 10 lakhs = 1M)
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
I like how Mr. Shogo always smile while explaining.
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
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.
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😊
A very useful lesson in japanese table manners🤗🍜
By the way, that's a very pretty flower arrangement in the background.
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
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
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.
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
Honestly Shogo, you deserve a segment on NHK World by now!
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.
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 is very important for me for visiting japan. Thanks a lot, shogo-san 😊😊😊🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🎌🎌🎌
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!
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.
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!
Your channel is my survival guide
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 🥰❤
I'm always fascinated of Japanese culture eversince..So that l love Japan so much!😊❤️🇯🇵✌🏼️
2:01 Yuta (from the RUclips 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.
You have handled 35k foreigners on RUclips and 60k in real life, just 5k more to reach 100k handled foreigners🤩
Shogo has always good explanations XD. Thx Shogo.
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
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.
Now I am in love with Japanese culture 😍😍
I know most cultures have meanings to their names would you please tell us about the Japanese names and their meanings starting with yours?
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
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.
ありがとがございます for teaching me the important manners I really appreciate it
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'm most grateful for this lesson
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!
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
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.
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.
Thank you. I’m going to look up those phrases to say before and after the meal.
Huh, some of these things Are or at least used to be in The West aswell
Yeah, almost identical.
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.
"Itadakimasu" is my favorite expression in Japanese. I love hearing people say it. Idk why.
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.
Hi Shogo! This video has helped me out to clear out any doubt about japanese table manners. Wish you have a nice day!
*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 :)
I haven't even watched one of your videos, but I immediately clicked subscribe after reading your channel's name.
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 :)
Thank you very much! Manners are not the most interesting thing in the world but you made it so interesting to watch
When you mentioned chopsticks, I bonked my head into the back of a portable fan.
Another informative and fun video!
You're almost at 40k! Great work guys! The demonstrations were so helpful 👨👩👦
I'm so proud that Hinata is growing into such a polite young girl 💖
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.
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".
Dear Shogo-Sensei,
I am very happy to have discovered this video tonight.
Domo Arigato Gozaimasu
* bows with gratitude for you teaching *
Christie
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
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.
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
Thank you Shogo-san for this wonderful video !
Thank you for sharing! I love the respectful tradition of showing appreciation for the food and chef, but I may be bias!
It's also to the lives of the animals/fish/vegetables, it's rooted in Buddhist tradition.
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!
I can attest to this video. My Japanese neighbor's girlfriend made us sushi. He was pissed when he found out that we discarded it. He said, "Okamisama wa, okoru yo!"---In English, God will get angry at you! Backstory, I was an exchange student in the mid-90's.
I mean you could've given it back
@@catsdogswoof3968 That would have been insult, my friend.
@@vidtuby tf if you didn't like it and weren't hungry then he should at least eat it himself were you hungry?
@@catsdogswoof3968 It was a lot of food. It was along time ago---1995.
@@vidtuby did he make you both eat it all? Or did he serve it
Didn't know about the putting the arms under the table. Good to know.
I'm going to have a meal with my Japanese client. Thank you for this wonderful video.
You just changed the way I eat rice. Holding the bowl is so much easier.
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.
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.
Japanese sounds so cool.
I'm german and got taught as a kid to keep my elbows off the table but my hands on the table. Really interesting. I'd love to know where this comes from and if it has the same origin as in other cultures who also do this such as Japan
@@chri-k America because they love bad manners
@@chri-k even then it varies on family
We slurp hot noodles because it helps to cool the hot noodles. An added bonus is it makes the hot soup taste better.
Easy helpful instructions - thank you.
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 😂
This is super enlightening. Thank you.
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...
Thank you for this video
How wonderful Japan seems. ❤ I would love to be around a cultured, gentile, well mannered people such as i imagine are in Japan.
I was encouraged to finish my plate growing up, and it's caused issues later in my life. I just make sure to keep leftovers now!
Thanks Shojo - this was very helpful!!!
It would be a great idea if you were to make a very short video of your daughter’s table manners! It could become a resounding success!
I learned something in this message, thank you🙏
Shogo San can you do a video on etiquette & how to use chopsticks please?
Thank you very much for this educational Video !
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.
Very informative as always. Thank you for sharing.
Wow!! Everything is similar to the table manners in India(except holding the bowls, because we don't use bowls).
I think elbows off the table is a universal rule to be honest. Certainly a rule over here we are taught in America, my dad is big on that.
Wow, Thank you for this lesson.
That hairstyle looks so great! Happy new year to you!
It would be very helpful if you would include the polite declaration at the start and at the end of the meal in romanji. Anyone who can read Kanji, probably doesn't need this video in the first place. I do want to say that you are doing a great job and I think I will be much less of a barbarian for the information that you have shared.
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Thank you so much! I would not want to offend someone or seem rude if I don’t have the right manners when I visit.
Thank you. I will endeavor to remember them all. Especially pressing my hands together.
In Bolivia we share Rule Nr. 1 (Pretty much for the same reason, althought for us it's still a reality and not just a tradition. Our country is very poor and there's still plenty of people who don't have enough to eat), Rules Nr. 4 and Nr. 5. (We don't press our hands together, and of course we use expressions in Spanish: "PROVECHO" or "BUEN PROVECHO" to start, and simply "MUCHAS GRACIAS" or thank you at the end).
🍜🙏🏻 great content, as always.