Japan Dos:
- Do bring some gift for your Japanese friends; it's representative of thoughtfulness.
- Do take off your shoes when walking on Tatami mats, when entering somebodies home or when entering temples or shrines if asked. You should be provided with slippers in some of these places.
- Do remember that Japanese taxi doors open automatically. The doors all nearly all Japanese Taxis are controlled by the driver and he will open the door for you to get in and out.
- Do give up your seat on buses and trains for the elderly. It is a common courtesy.
- Do pick up bowls to bring them closer to your mouth when eating.
- Do drink soup straight out of the bowl.
- Do slurp when eating noodles, no matter what your parents told you when you were little.
- Do prepare to pay at a restaurant if you initiated the dinning invitation, and do make an attempt to pay at a restaurant if someone else invited you. Splitting the bill is not traditionally done in Japan.
