JAPAN - some interesting facts

[BlueStar]

1. Slurping when eating noodles is polite and indicates that the food is delicious

Good for me, I can't eat noodles without slurping. I'm a good polite boy

[CowboyBob]

If you want to know more about Japan, probably more than you really want to know, there's an excellent series on youtube called BEGIN Japanology. I've watched quite a few of them. It's a fascinating country. Here's a link to one of the hundreds of episodes:

(OOOOPS, just found out I need 50 posts or greater to post links or images. Just google BEGIN Japanology for episodes.)