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To fend off tourists, a town in Japan is building a big screen blocking the view of Mount Fuji (apnews.com)

submitted 6 months ago by gedaliyah@lemmy.world to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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The neighborhood suddenly became a popular spot about two years ago, apparently after a photo taken in a particular angle showing Mount Fuji in the background of a local convenience store, became a social media sensation.

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[–] TheControlled@lemmy.world 53 points 6 months ago (7 children)

I used to live in Japan and around 50% of Japanese were sweet, friendly, welcoming and accommodating. 35% purposefully ignored or avoided me. And 15% were snide, bitter, racist, exclusionary, angry, rude assholes who can get fucked and/or need to go traveling to see that the world doesn't revolve around them. One of the sweet ones even shouted down, literally, one of the assholes who harassed me in the subway.

Come at me weebs. Except with "that's literally any country" bullshit. Japan is unique in this way.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social 7 points 6 months ago

Okay maybe we experienced different places but at least in Osaka this has not been my experience. The most xenophobia I've experienced ever since I came (a year+ ago) is random restrictions on foreigners at JP Bank (which should honestly rot in hell), but I've definitely not seen anything close to your experience. I'm a young Middle Eastern guy for refence.

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