http://tokyo.metblogs.com/2005/06/03/japanese-youth-and-manners/ Wed, 01 Apr 2009 02:09:03 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://tokyo.metblogs.com/2005/06/03/japanese-youth-and-manners/comment-page-1/#comment-210 DMC Thu, 11 Aug 2005 19:15:56 +0000 http://tokyo.metblogs.com/2005/06/03/japanese-youth-and-manners/#comment-210 I love Japan and the Japanese, but this aspect of Japanese life drives me crazy. Japanese train manners are ridiculous. Why is it considered rude for a young girl to apply make-up quietly, whereas if she knocks over an old lady while jumping off a train at a station nobody bats an eyelid? On trains Japanese people push, shove, charge onto trains before letting passengers off, *never* say sorry when they collide with you, and never tell you if you've dropped something. And what's more they sniff incessantly and revoltingly when a brief, discreet nose-blow would cure matters... but that's considered rude isn't it! This mob-rule behaviour extends beyond trains: has a Japanese person ever held a door open for you? I've never encountered such terrible manners as Japanese people on trains. London trains are just as crowded, but most people take care to be civilized, and innocuous things like applying make-up are OK. I've a theory that the reason the Japanese have so many rules of etiquette (eg shop staff bowing) is that they simply don't know how to be polite of their own accord. I love Japan and the Japanese, but this aspect of Japanese life drives me crazy.
Japanese train manners are ridiculous. Why is it considered rude for a young girl to apply make-up quietly, whereas if she knocks over an old lady while jumping off a train at a station nobody bats an eyelid?
On trains Japanese people push, shove, charge onto trains before letting passengers off, *never* say sorry when they collide with you, and never tell you if you’ve dropped something. And what’s more they sniff incessantly and revoltingly when a brief, discreet nose-blow would cure matters… but that’s considered rude isn’t it! This mob-rule behaviour extends beyond trains: has a Japanese person ever held a door open for you?
I’ve never encountered such terrible manners as Japanese people on trains. London trains are just as crowded, but most people take care to be civilized, and innocuous things like applying make-up are OK.
I’ve a theory that the reason the Japanese have so many rules of etiquette (eg shop staff bowing) is that they simply don’t know how to be polite of their own accord.

]]> http://tokyo.metblogs.com/2005/06/03/japanese-youth-and-manners/comment-page-1/#comment-209 karlita "japanese lover" Tue, 21 Jun 2005 07:27:25 +0000 http://tokyo.metblogs.com/2005/06/03/japanese-youth-and-manners/#comment-209 Can you tell me more about Shibuya guys and girls? I find it very peculiar that japanese like to group and name people for every different behavior they might have. Can you tell me more about Shibuya guys and girls? I find it very peculiar that japanese like to group and name people for every different behavior they might have.

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