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Guess who's reading this, lol
Anyway, this is blatantly ~~racism~~ xenophobia and don't give me the "yes but what if they don't have anyone who speaks english or chinese?" That's fair but in that case you put something that says "sorry we don't have any english speaking staff" or tell me directly but anyway, it shouldn't be that hard to order tbh, yeah i can't talk but we are in 2026 with such translation tools, i can scan, look at what it says and then point at the various menu entries with my finger, to pay i can just look at the numbers lmao
Edit: corrected racism in to xenophobia
âLmaoâ your ability to use software to translate for you doesnât change the intent behind this sign. Japan is racist AF despite their polite society, and there are a growing number of restaurants and other establishments with signage that outright says some version of âno foreigners/no white people.â You will probably get a frosty reception in this establishment if you enter it because you decide you were too clever to be deterred.
Well, what is the alternative? Not eat? It may not be a problem in bigger cities but smaller ones it probably is (but i have never been to japan so idk)
The alternative isnât hyperbolic starvation, itâs to go to a different restaurant, or even one of their famous 7-Eleven shops. Barring a medical condition thereâs nothing but some minor discomfort for the vast majority of us if you miss a meal. Obviously your poor planning for mealtimes isnât an emergency on their part, but youâre welcome to try the restaurant in this situation. They may serve you and they may treat you coldly or offer the least service, or, they may not serve you, or even ask you to leave. But the sign is there for a reason.
What does this even mean with regards to a tourist staying in a tiny hotel room? How much grocery shopping and meal preparation of their own are you expecting tourists to engage in?!
Your response in general is crazy. "If they won't serve you, just don't eat."
"If Kim Davis won't give you a marriage license, just don't get married." "If the school bars your children from attending, just don't send them to school."
Iâm sorry you took it as personal, but you seem to be making this whole event surround your hypothetical ineptitude and personal inconvenience. Plan to eat. If you canât, donât expect sympathy. Christ, itâs like you expect to be catered to and spoon fed as a tourist. Iâve spent many a tourist evening having food like bread and cheese from the grocery store or convenience shop because there were no restaurant seats to be had. Grow up. Thatâs life.
I'm not sure what you think it means to take things personally? None of my response had anything to do with my personal experience in life.
And I could provide some! I've been on a road trip through the Spanish countryside where I was scoffed at and waved away at 3-4 restaurants for asking (as someone with Celiac!) if they had comida sin gluten. So I've definitely gone hungry as a tourist before. Didn't love it! Wouldn't recommend rural Southern Spain to anyone with Celiac!
I've done the bread and cheese thing in Paris back when I could eat bread. It was fine, you know, since I didn't have to go hungry.
Due to logic like yours, I guess the most rational thing is to recommend against visiting Japan for anyone who isn't Japanese? Or Japanese speaking at least. Save your money, folks!
I mean, if the Japanese text says "if you can read this, you're welcome", it does suggest that English or Chinese people who speak and read Japanese are welcome. It's a real weird thing to pull, like they think they're being cute.
It's kind of a meme that Japanese people think only other Japanese can speak and read Japanese.
Your phone will be allowed in, but you have to stay outside.
Can people really no longer differentiate between xenophobia and racism?
Not being pedantic, but misnaming thins only adds to the woes of the world, to (mis)quote Camus.
But japanese people are not only xenophobic, they are also racist. There was a show that, if I remember correctly, made fun of a black person for making sushi. Like it was the funniest thing ever for them. Racism has been normalised in the japanese society, but there's also blatant xenophobia.
However, if I were to chose between being victim of racism in the US or in Japan I would always chose Japan because there would be fewer threats to my life.
When I lived in Japan I once watched a show where they flew to Turkey, gave a Turkish chef all ingredients for a common Japanese dish and then played laughing tracks when he tried to cook it without knowing what it is. There were a lot of similar shows, like following foreign tourists and playing laughing tracks when they struggled with the ticket machine at a train station.
I can only say I agree. They are both poisons, if slightly different poisons.
It's both. I knew a guy who was half black, half Japanese but he was born and raised in Japan. Despite being native born and culturally Japanese, he still faced a lot of discrimination because he was black. Among the expats, we were all discriminated against due to being foreigners, but the black people got it the worst. Even among the Japanese people, there is colorism with lighter skin considered more desirable.
I know a handful of white Americans who at a glance you'd never guess they're highly educated polyglots and would meet the requirements for entering this restaurant. The way the sign is worded, I think you're right, only fluent Japanese people allowed here because we only speak Japanese here.