Japanese cuisine after the meal and the restaurant staff when leaving. Before eating, most dining places provide either a hot or cold towel or a plastic-wrapped wet napkin ("o-shibori"). This is for cleaning hands before eating (and not after). It is rude to use them to wash the face or any part of the body other than the hands, though some Japanese men use their "o-shibori" to wipe their faces in less formal places. Accept "o-shibori" with both hands when handed the towel by a server. When finished, fold or roll up the oshibori and place it on the table. It is
Diary of a Japanese Military Brothel Manager one entry in which Mr. Park declined to have a meal at a restaurant upon being told that it served only soldiers and military employees. In contrast with Professor An, Professor Choi concludes that Mr. Park was not a military employee and that the military brothels were essentially run as private businesses. However, Choi does agree that these businesses operated closely with the Japanese military. Concerning the controversy over whether the comfort women should be described as "sex slaves", Choi Kilsong notes that the diary refers to the comfort women as "barmaids" or "workwomen". They were treated by the military