Article
Could tipping culture spread in Japan as foreign visitors express desire to pay?
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250926/p2a/00m/0li/036000c
Discussion
- What are your thoughts on tipping culture?
- Do you believe that tipping culture will catch on with the increase in foreign visitors?
- What is your experience with tipping culture? Have you ever had an experience with tipping overseas or in Japan?
- Why do you think that Japan doesn’t have a culture of tipping?
Extra Discussion
- With the increase in foreign visitors to Japan, what other customs, if any, have you seen, heard of, or experienced that are not typically Japanese but have entered Japan, with so many foreigners coming to Japan?
- What do you think the impact will be on Japan now and in the future with so many foreign visitors coming here?
- What is your advice to foreigners who want to visit Japan?
- What is your advice to Japanese, especially those with little or no experience with foreigners, when they interact with foreign visitors to Japan?
