Taiwanese media ETtoday reported on the 26th that a Taiwanese person working in Japan expressed anger at the 'manner violations' of Taiwanese customers who come to the store.

The article stated that 'the popularity of Japanese travel among Taiwanese remains high, with not only individual travelers but also many choosing package tours,' and then introduced that a Taiwanese woman who says she works in Japan recently complained on the social media platform Threads that 'there are many Taiwanese customers with bad manners.'

According to the woman, the most common issue is 'cutting in line,' especially with tour groups frequently coming to the (cashier) counter and cutting in line without observing the queue. She also mentioned that some people suddenly ask for the price of an item from the side even while another customer's payment is being processed.

Furthermore, she said there are people who place items they want to purchase on the cashier counter and rush the payment, saying, 'Our tour's meeting time is approaching.' The woman wrote in an astonished tone, 'If you're coming to Japan for leisure, please be mindful of your manners. Being pushed around by Taiwanese customers makes me truly feel like I'm going crazy.'

To this post, Taiwanese internet users commented with remarks such as: 'Manners are necessary no matter where you go,' 'Tours for elderly Taiwanese are truly scary. My mother-in-law is exactly like that. She talks loudly, and when queuing at the airport, she crowded too close and was scolded by foreigners,' and 'I travel to Japan alone every time, but I try not to speak Chinese in Japan. If Taiwanese tourists realize I'm also Taiwanese, I often get asked for favors or used conveniently.'

Additionally, experiences such as, 'When I entered a cafe the other day, a group of Taiwanese people kept talking loudly at their seats, saying things like, "What should we eat?" It was really noisy and they seemed completely unaware. The surrounding Japanese people were glancing at them from the corner of their eyes,' and 'I just came back from a trip to Japan, and if there were people talking loudly, it was invariably either Koreans or Taiwanese,' were also shared. (Translated/Edited by Kitada)