World travelers, we haz them and wants answers

[kinzel]

Bar behavior, always an interesting topic ... especially for folks writing about diverse futuristic pipples.

So tell me, those of you who have been there and done that, how reasonable are these 6 rules -- or do the naysayers in the comments have it?

http://www.cnngo.com/tokyo/drink/definitive-japanese-bar-code-conduct-056974?hpt=hp_bn10

Comments solicited....

Comments

[queenmaggie.livejournal.com]

I haven't traveled in Japan, but my husband has, for business, and he tells me that anyone there who shows a modicum of interest in the culture of manners will be approached by locals who want to improve their English. (Some business men were incredibly impressed that not only did he know about the tiny squid that were the celebration of spring delicacy, but that he ordered and ate them appropriately.)
Those rules sound like they sprang up in a nouveau riche milieu.