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Originally Posted by nostalgiaquest
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From my experience, alcohol gave people a culturally acceptable excuse to break free from the rigid societal standards like being quiet and keeping in line. The 7pm train going out to the bars was always dead silent, but on the 1 am train home people would be taking and laughing and having a good time.
I never experienced any angry or violent drunks there, except maybe a few American military folks lol.
But it’s also not that simple. Often times salary men are required to go drinking with their coworkers after work. And if they don’t they’re looked down upon in the office. Sounds fun at first, but not so much when it’s involuntary.
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Is it true it’s custom to drink at business meetings there?
I didn’t realize there was so much alcoholism in Japan. I thought those people were just sleeping…
Sake tastes like ass too. Although the really expensive chilled sake tastes like water. I threw up from underestimating and over drinking that stuff because it was so smooth