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Japan rebels against tipping: “You can’t put a price on hospitality”

  • September 5, 2025

Japan rebels against tipping: “You can’t put a price on hospitality”

by Hour-Weight-8678

28 comments

  5. When I come to japan, I bring local candy and give the staff a few pieces when I leave because I want to.show them how grateful I am for their service beyond the payment. Hope that is ok.

  11. Okay yes, no tipping, but can we at least raise the wages 😩 The pain I feel at how much these service workers are earning is enormous

  13. The so-called “tipping culture” is nothing but a despicable practice of shopkeepers transferring wage costs to customers, packaging it as a so-called “culture” to conceal the absurdity of this exploitative behavior.

    Paying wages is the employer’s obligation, but not the customer’s. Employees work as employers and it is their obligation to complete the work, while customers have already completed the transaction by purchasing goods and have no reason to pay additional costs.

    Japan, China, and many Asian countries do not welcome this kind of thing. Actually, no one should.

  15. I can speak Osaka dialect. If I see any tip screens or jars, someone is going to remember that conversation

  16. I think it’s fine if a shop decides on its own to ask for tips, even if the country hasn’t set any rules about it.It’s better to ensure that tips are properly collected from foreign tourists.

    But what often happens is that many people see donation boxes for disasters or the Red Cross, mistake them for tip jars, and end up feeling disappointed.

  17. Just visited japan and i loved not having tipping culture and wish the usa was that way. Just pay the employees a living wage and charge what is needed for the food to be profitable.

  18. Where’s the dude that wanted to argue with me that this wasn’t becoming a thing in Japan?

  20. >“We recognised that tips are a recognition of the efforts of everyone in the restaurant and there were voices saying that we should make it possible for everyone to gratefully receive them.”

    Translation:
    “I’ll take any motherfucker’s money if he just giving it away” -Clay Davis

    Just came from Amsterdam where a couple of places were asking for tip on the CC machine. I pressed No Tip every time, wouldn’t want to spoil them.

  22. Again with this?

    Service charges are already included in most places. Fuck off with the tips bullshit.

  25. You can absolutely put a price on service: a fair wage that doesn’t require customers to chip in extra like a GoFundMe.

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