Thread: Tokyo No-Nos

Originally Posted by shikashu

Here are some tips if your traveling to Japan(Originally from Anime Insider)


Abuse Your Cell Phone
Completly ignore any keitai (phone) etiquette you may have picked up in the States--especially on the train, which the Japanese treat almost like a shrine--and just blah away.

Show Off Your Tattoos
Nothing screams Yakuza--the Japanese mafia--like bared tattos. And as you know from all the samurai flicks you've seen, everyone loves the Yakuza! So the first time you go to an onsen (hot spring bath), show those babies off.

That its all the tips from Anime Insider(issue #34). Good Luck

In Tokyo, phone etiquette is almost non-existent.
Many Japanese have tattoos nowadays. Younger people are starting to break the Yakuza connotations. There are of course some typical Yukaza tattoos generally, tattoos are a lot more accepted these days.