[Incipient]

"When in Rome".

It's not a guide - it's a hard, fast, unbreakable rule, *especially* in Japan.

Obey rules. Follow queues. Don't eat and walk. BE QUIET.

Learning some of the language wouldn't go amiss either.

I've been to Japan over the last 20 years or so and I've become utterly INFURIATED at tourists from pretty much every country. Yanks and Chinese are loud and obnoxious, Aussies (my group) are woefully uncouth. Interestingly I don't have much of a general impression of European travellers.

Part rant, part instruction.

[mock-possum]

Why “don’t eat and walk?” What if you’re hungry, and you want to go somewhere? What’s wrong with a snack and a stroll?

[Incipient]

You don't do that in Japan, it's considered taboo. You eat, then stroll. Take the time, enjoy the food, then go about your business of travel.

Japan has incredibly few bins in public for that reason/as a result of that reason.