"dsi1" > wrote in message
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> On Friday, February 12, 2016 at 7:37:36 PM UTC-10, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> This is funny. I just got off of the phone with a friend who was married
>> to
>> a Japanese man who is no longer with us. She said the Japanese are
>> fastidious, especially when it comes to the kitchen.
>
> Yes they are and perhaps overly so. Wearing a facemask in public is
> socially acceptable and it's expected if one has a cold. I wish people
> would do that here.
>
> The idea of a guy too ignorant/lazy to wash rice before cooking it
> complaining about the cleanliness of others boggles the mind. I mean, you
> cannot make this stuff up!

Yes! Pretty much the only people we see here wearing masks outside of a
medical facility are Asians.