Riley☀️ (@ben2fry.bsky.social)

The rumor that schools are banning “itadakimasu” is at least 25 years old. It traces back to a 1996-97 case in Toyama, where a school stopped requiring students to perform gasshō (press-together hands) over religious-neutrality concerns. No one banned the word itself.

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Is Japan REALLY Trying to Ban Saying "Itadakimasu" at Schools? Japan's "War on Christmas" is a viral online claim framed as an attack on Japanese culture. Just one problem: it isn't true. https://unseen-japan.com/itadakimasu-school-ban-rumor/