2. In Kumamoto

In Kumamoto restaurants, you can have lunch for about 500 yen at least. For example, At Kumamoto city hall restaurant, you can have lunch for about 1000 yen or so. When we want to pay for the meal, we go to the cash register and call a waiter or waitress. Then we can pay for the meal. In other restaurants, we can call the waiter or waitress to our table. Then we ask the price or look at it on the menu and pay with cash. To pay with a credit card is not common in Japan.
In Japan, we have some rules when we use chopsticks. One of them is that you don’t pass the foods from chopsticks to chopsticks. Next, you don’t stick your chopsticks in rice. These are really rude behaviors.
According to the questionnaire, in Kumamoto, most students go to a restaurant 1 or 2 times a week. The student who goes to restaurants the most answered 5 times a week. There are a few students who don’t go to a restaurant at all. The most popular restaurant was a fast food shop like McDonalds. Other popular restaurants are Gusto and Joyfull, which are kinds of family restaurants. Chinese food and Italian food are also liked by Kumamoto students. They spend around 500 yen for lunch, and they spend 1000 yen or so for dinner. The highest price is 2000 yen.
The following was mentioned as polite behavior by the students when they have meals: Be quiet. Don’t talk with your mouth full. Don’t leave part of the meal.
When people choose their meal, they use a menu book or a card with some pictures. The entrances of some restaurants have artificial sample foods in the show window. This helps their customers decide what they want to have. When you want to pay, you will go to the cash register and call a waiter or waitress. Then you can pay money for the meal.
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