• Do not forget to take your shoes of if you are going to enter a home.

• It is better you turn you shoes to face to door after taking them off.

• Wear the slippers that they have given to you.

• Do not wear the slippers onto the tatami floor.

• If you are going to use toilette, never forget to take off house slippers and wear toilet slippers.

• When you see someone in the morning say "Ohayogozaimasu" afternoon "Konnichiwa" and evening "Kombanwa" before you go to sleep say "Oyasuminasai!

• Do not move independently from the hosts.• Wait for them to offer you to do something.

• Try not to be too loud out in public• At the dinner table, wait for everyone to say

ITADAKIMASU (let's eat!), then you can begin your meal.

• There is no real custom like "help yourself". Wait until the host offers something.

• When sharing a dish, put what you take on your own plate before eating it.

• If you are a guest your drink will be continuously topped up by the host, if you serve yourself, it's not too bad, but then you must pour someone else a drink.

• If you don't want any more to drink, leave your glass fall.

• Wipe your hand with the moist towelette before eating and fold it nicely to the side of your setting.

• Never separate chopsticks from one hand. (If you separate the chopsticks, it means you'll disturb the "peace.")

• When setting down your chopsticks, never stick them into your food (it will represent your tombstone)

• If for some reason you can't use one of the chopsticks from your pair, get another pair, don't get a single other chopstick.

• Never point chopsticks at someone.

• When someone gives you a gift give profuse thanks, next time you see them say thank you again. This works for apologies also.

• Gift-wrapping should reflect current seasonal themes or incorporate seasonal colors. Avoid all-white wrapping paper (it represents death)

• All gifts should be gift-wrapped or in a decorative box. The gift-wrapping should be well done and that the paper is not damaged or soiled.

• When receiving a gift it is customary to hesitate to open the gift until invited to do so.

• It is polite to open the paper carefully, not to rip the paper. The best-mannered in Japan wrap the gift back in the paper as it was wrapped after opening it.