One early morning as Carrie and I were waiting for the subway to go to Tsukiji, we ate some buns we purchased the night before, as we were eating people would stare at us.  I didn’t know why at the time so i just kept eating away, and they kept staring… i was wondering why they were looking.  Now i know the answer.

I recently found out, actually right before i read this comment, that eating in public was pretty abnormal.  It’s downright frowned upon.

When foreigners are doing it they are somewhat excused, because they don’t look Japanese.  But when Carrie and I are eating, they don’t know we’re Chinese, we’re Japanese to them!  We only found this out near the end of our trip, and the entire time we were eating our breakfast on the go when we were rushed or having snacks while walking about!

Even when we met up with Carrie’s friends, one whom is born and raised in Japan, we still ate in public… the four of us were eating Mochi, while walking through the subway station.  I dunno when and where it all began, all i know is it’s bad manners.