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Many restaurants and homes in Japan are equipped with Western-style chairs and tables. However, traditional Japanese low tables and cushions, usually found on tatami floors, are also very common. Tatami mats, which are made of straw, can be easily damaged and are hard to clean, thus shoes or any type of footwear are always taken off when ...
In Japanese restaurants, customers are given a rolled hand towel called oshibori. It is considered rude to use the towel to wipe the face or neck; however, some people, usually men, do this at more informal restaurants. Non-woven towelettes are replacing the cloth oshibori. [citation needed]
The Japanese antonym for omakase is okonomi (from 好み konomi, "preference, what one likes"), which means choosing what to order. [5] In American English , the expression is used by patrons at sushi restaurants to leave the selection to the chef , as opposed to ordering à la carte . [ 6 ]
In a town famous for Southern seafood, both 167 Raw Bar and its sister restaurant, 167 Sushi Bar, manage to stay in their own league. Creative, ever-changing specials, terrific staff, and some of ...
The Columbus Japanese Women’s Chorus (はなみずきの会 [12] Hanamizuki no Kai "dogwood group") includes members of the Japanese community. [13] It was founded in 1995. The group name is a reference to the dogwood trees given to Japan by the United States.
Tomodachiga Yatteru Café (Japanese: 友達がやってるカフェ, lit. ' Cafe Run by My Friend ', TYC) was a concept café located in Jingūmae, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan.The concept was that the staff, who have experience as actors or models, act as if they are old friends of the customers and speak with them casually.
Japanese uses honorific constructions to show or emphasize social rank, social intimacy or similarity in rank. The choice of pronoun used, for example, will express the social relationship between the person speaking and the person being referred to, and Japanese often avoids pronouns entirely in favor of more explicit titles or kinship terms.
In addition to features of the Japanese language, uchi–soto also extends to social actions. For instance, in a Japanese home the most senior family member, usually the father or grandfather, normally takes a bath first; the rest of the family follows in order of seniority. A visitor to the home, however, is offered the first bath.