TIPPING IS NOT REQUIRED
Blast the trumpets and open the pearly gates—tipping is not big in Japan. Restaurants? No tipping. Bars, taxis, salons? No tip. And there's no need to succumb to American guilt; in Japan, service-people are paid a living wage. So breathe a sigh of relief and save your yen for what's really important: more dishes of chuo toro tuna at a kaiten sushi restaurant.