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[–] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 18 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

Holy shit. Went to a Japanese restaurant. In Japan. Despite close to a decade of martial arts training and dojo etiquette, I stuffed up and placed ONE foot on the tatami surface while wearing shoes for 2 seconds. The other patrons gasped.

My sensei would yell at everyone who ever did it.

I cannot overestimate how much you need to prepare for being in public.

[–] crank0271@lemmy.world 25 points 5 days ago

To be fair, Japan has designed a whole culture around the exact fear that you and OP described (also, don't do that. Shoes don't go beyond the shoe area at the entrance.)

[–] rbos@lemmy.ca 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I know it's autocorrect but I got a giggle out of 'marital arts'

[–] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I manual-uncorrected it. Even though I've been practising marital arts even longer.