Fusedon: the mysterious Japanese subculture of flipping your bowl to say “thanks”

It’s gross and annoying, and yet some people won’t stop doing it for some reason. In recent days, there’s been a lot of talk online about the practice of fusedon (literally “facedown bowl”). This is an underground custom in Japan in which diners, after eating every ounce of food inside, flip their bowls upside down […]

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