08.05.2018 - 13:40 [ Business Insider ]

Israel offended Japan‘s prime minister by serving him dessert in a shoe, something ‚despised‘ by Japanese people

Shoes are “despised” in Japanese culture, a senior Israeli diplomat who had served in Japan told a newspaper – and in any case, it’s a weird idea to serve food out of a shoe.(…)
„It is equivalent to serving a Jewish guest chocolates in a dish shaped like a pig.”