Greetings

English people kiss each other's cheeks. This is one way of greetings like shaking hands.

I have seen one Japanese news article writing about these greeting kisses. The news source was an English newspaper that said shaking hands could be dirtier than kissing cheeks. Somebody in Japan picked up this English article and published this news in online news.

Is kiss really cleaner than shaking hands?

This was a reserch result by an English uni professor and I could easily guess this result was a bit shocking for Japanese people without knowing their life habits. But it would not be difficult to believe it at all if you know English people's habit better.

English, probably most of Europeans, don't wash their hands so often. We Japanese wash our hands frequently, for example when we come home from outside, after toilet and before eating. But English don't wash their hands before their meals, when coming home, nor even after toilet!!!

It is no wonder at all shaking hands with them is much dirtier than kissing their cheeks!


So....I don't think this reserch result apply for Japanese people...


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