Re: 6 nights in Kyoto Posted: Mon October 5, 2009 03:52 PM UTC
Welcome to Japan!! Thank you for choosing our country as your next travel destination :-)
I agree with the replies above.
Don't worry :-)
When you sit on the floor, just sit with your legs straight up in front of you.
Men usually cross legs. Women often bend their legs to a side(or to both sides).
As already answered above, these days younger people seldom sit with the legs under their bodies.
Maybe we(Japanese people) sit with our legs under our bodies for the first 5 minutes when we stay at a Japanese style hotel.
After 5 minutes, we feel our legs are getting paralyzed because of the lack of blood circulation.
So sooner or later, we usually give up sitting with our legs under our bodies. :-)
About sleeping on the floor...
It may be a little bit hard(tough, stiff) for those who are used to sleeping on soft beds.
I hope you don't have problem and I hope you enjoy Japanese way of life :-)
Thanks for choosing Japan as your travel destination!!
Ayurin, Osaka Japan
we were seating resting our backs on the wall, and heaving our legs straight up under the table.
While visiting Japanese family in their house, they told us, no one seats with the legs under their bodies anymore because it is bad for circulation. They seat with the legs bent to the side or with legs crossed...sometimes one knee up.
Of course if you are joining some traditional tea party, then you do it the "old way".
In the privacy of our hotel room we adjusted futons and tables to our liking.
We never were in the position where we had to be very formal (25 days long trip, staying mostly in traditional Japanese ryokans)
Have fun and don't stress too much about formality....young generation of Japanese doesn't :-)
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