Japan: Girls eating noodles in lecture theatre
Japan: Girls eating noodles in lecture theatre
It was a culture shock for me to see this scene. The girls brought in hot noodles in soup and started eating in a lecture theatre and making this slurping noise just before a lecture started. I asked whether they minded me taking a photo and they did not, so there it is. As they are really nice girls who are very friendly, I enjoyed having a conversation with them. The older generations always get upset by seeing youths doing something that they conisder unsophisticated, but the innocence of these girls made me think that it is in a way immature of the older generation to conclude it unmannered.
I was fascinated to see Japanese university students keep on bringing in their lunches and drinks into the lecture theatre and eat before the lecture starts. There used be a boundary that people are not expected to bring things into the public area in Japan but it does not seem the case anymore. It is uncommon in the UK that students eat and drink even during the lectures as long as it is not in the middle of discussion, of course there is no slurping going on, so I was not offended to see this what so ever but I wonder since when this has been a common practice in Japan. If you know, please let me know.
Uploaded by Cocoarmani on 16 Nov 07, 7.32PM EST.
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