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Re:Overtourism in Japan, and how it hurts small businesses by ChromaticPanic on Saturday July 12, 2025 @04:01PM (#44544687)
The signs say No Foreigners not No non Japanese speakers . A subtle but important difference.
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Re:Overtourism in Japan, and how it hurts small businesses by sosborn on Sunday July 13, 2025 @12:21PM (#44551494)
Every time I've come across one of these signs and wanted to patronize the establishment, a friendly chat with the manager in Japanese was always enough to get them to let me in.

YMMV.

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