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Built for the week before you fly
Your first-trip
manners checklist.
Sixteen thoughtful details. Check them here; your progress stays on this device.
01
Before you fly
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Save your accommodation address offline
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Check tattoo policies for any planned onsen
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Measure large luggage for reserved trains
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Pack easy-to-remove shoes and clean socks
02
Moving around
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Let passengers exit before boarding
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Keep calls off trains and voices low
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Move bags away from seats and doors
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Carry a small bag for your rubbish
03
Eating out
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Wait to be seated
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Avoid upright chopsticks and chopstick-to-chopstick passing
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Check payment methods before ordering
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Remember that tipping is usually not expected
04
Sacred & shared spaces
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Follow posted rules over general advice
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Ask before photographing people
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Remove shoes at marked clean-floor boundaries
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Wash before entering a shared bath