Photo: Natto - Fermented soy beans on rice
"If you look “foreign” ... you’ll hear the exact same phrases, often in the same order, from every single Japanese person
1. “Hello!”
2. “Where are you from?”
3. “Your Japanese is great.”
4. “Have you been in Japan long?”
5. “What’s your name?”
6. “You use chopsticks really well.”
7. “Can you eat natto?”"
Source: 7 things all Japanese just gotta say
by Ken Seeroi
AUG. 19, 2012
Japan Today.com