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Maybe less salt and less sugar is the secret The Japanese have made great strides
of Japanese good health. in fruit and agriculture engineering.
Most hotels in Japan do not have a normal They grow white strawberries, square
breakfast buffet. It is only a Japanese watermelons in different varieties, seedless
breakfast buffet that shuts at 9am, and after non-seedless, red and yellow colors.
that it’s not available. Their melons are a delight, purple colour
There are restaurants in Japan that sell mangoes that are large and one mango can
canned food, so you can choose from three feed a family. Their peaches, oranges, and
to four hundred dishes and it is served tangerines are simply irresistible.
within a short time. These are ideal for
people who don’t cook at home and want to Japanese culture
eat a different meal every day. Ice-creams
in Japan are weird, they could be topped
with mayo or even seafood and horse meat.
The Japanese DNA is polite
Japanese traditional confectionery cake wagashi or
temari mooncake
Japanese confectionery is amongst the best
in the world. It competes with the Swiss,
Belgium, French and Italian. This is not
something the Europeans will agree on, but
without doubt, the cakes, the chocolates, the
savories are on par or in some cases even
better than the European stuff.
Japanese politely bowing even in business
Politeness is in the DNA of Japanese
culture. Respect is a huge part of the
Japanese cultural etiquette and the bow
encapsulates this perfectly. The concept
of bowing is simple and basically shows
that whatever your social status is, you
are lowering yourself and putting yourself
in a position that is vulnerable. Bowing
demonstrates to the other person that you
Square watermelons are placing them over yourself and that you
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