Ramen Culture Shock USA vs Japan

Ramen Shop Culture is quite different in the USA vs Japan. I had quite the Ramen Culture Shock experience when visiting the US recently. So, in this video, I’m going to breakdown the difference between Ramen in Japan and Ramen in USA. I went to Ramen shop in San Francisco in little Tokyo. The ramen itself was decent, but I had culture shock experience eating at the restaurant. I’ve lived in Japan now for more than 15 years and don’t visit the US very often so that probably plays a lot into my ramen shop culture shock experience. I thought I’d take the time out in this video, to highlight some of the differences I noticed. At the same time, I should note that I respect both ways of doing things and what works in one country may not work in another country. And to be fair, I know not all US ramen shops are like the one shown in this video, but I just wanted to use it as a simple example. I hope you enjoy my ramen culture shock experience and might be able glean some knowledge on Japanese ramen manners and how to eat Japanese ramen.

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Best Japanese Ramen in Shibuya Tokyo Part 1
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Best Japanese Ramen in Shibuya Tokyo Part 2
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Best Japanese Ramen in Shinjuku Tokyo
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Japanese Eating Manners
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__ Ramen Culture Shock USA vs Japan Timestamps __

0:00 - Intro

0:50 - 1. Overall Experience

1:26 - 2. Queueing

2:00 - 3. Ordering

2:18 - 4. Paying

2:43 - 5. Menu Options

3:38 - 6. Takeaway

4:15 - 7. Cleanup

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