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What color clothes should I avoid when traveling to Japan?

Japanese tourists avoid wearing green clothes and think that green is an ominous color.

Most Japanese believe in Shinto and Buddhism. They don't like purple. They think purple is the color of sadness, and they are most afraid of green. They think green is an ominous color. Japanese taboo lotus, think lotus is a funeral flower. Camellia and pale yellow and white flowers are forbidden when visiting patients. Japanese people are reluctant to accept things or gifts with chrysanthemums or chrysanthemum patterns, because it is a symbol of the royal family. Japanese people like pine, bamboo, plum, duck, turtle and so on.

Japan is known as a disciplined society, and people's behavior is restricted by certain norms. In formal social occasions, men and women must wear suits and dresses to avoid disheveled clothes, disorientation and loud noises. When communicating, there is a rule of folding letters and putting stamps on them. For example, sending a condolence letter instead of using a double envelope is considered a double disaster. Don't post stamps sent to love letters backwards, otherwise it means breaking up.

There are also many taboos in the Japanese diet: generally, they don't eat fat meat and pig offal, and some people don't eat mutton and duck; When entertaining guests, it is forbidden to fill the rice too full, nor to fill it with a spoon and a bowl; It is enough to forbid guests to eat one bowl. Eating only one bowl is considered as a symbol of no chance.

It is forbidden to tidy clothes or touch your hair when eating, because it is unsanitary and impolite; Japanese people should avoid putting chopsticks on the plate when using chopsticks. In Japan, when greeting the waiter, you have to raise your arms, palm down and swing your fingers so that the waiter will understand.