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Has any visitors to Japan ever experienced what I would call "over-reaching hospitality" in Japan from Japanese?

I would define this as:

1. Insisting that you eat your Japanese food with a fork when at a restaurant with Japanese friends, or at a Japanese home.

2. Being served a plate of bread, when all others are eating rice.

3. Fear from Japanese that you (a westerner) would explode if you eat Japanese food, or heaven forbid "SUSHI!!!"

4. Refusal to let you practice your simple Japanese language ability by speaking back to you in simple Japanese.

5. Never accepting any form of gifts from you for fear appearing greedy.

6. Any other examples you can think of?