You get amazingly good customer service in Japan. While everything is expensive, there is no tipping...
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Be careful not to tip in a restaurants in Japan, it could be construed as an insult.
The general ideology is that the wait staff works for the restaurant as a team and if a customer enjoys their visit that they will return to the restaurant again, refer others and bring more business. I guess you could say, your gratitude and repeat business is all the tip they need.
Exception: I have been to some restaurants in Tokyo who received a lot of tourists and understood that some foreigners tip. In these rare cases, tipping is accepted but not expected.
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