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Re:Japanese Grandparents Create Life-Size Totoro with Bus St... by mc3301 on Monday July 14, 2025 @07:45PM (#44566534)
There are so many cool things like this all over Japan, and only a very small percentage of them get completely run-over with international tourists. Even an hour or two outside of Tokyo, many not-so-hidden treasures like this can be found. And there aren't many tourists at these spots.

Take last year's "Lawson with a view of Mount Fuji" thing. The city had to to take all kinds of counter-measures to international tourists flocking there just to take a photo. Meanwhile, there are dozens more Lawsons in the area with epic views of Mount Fuji in the background, and not a tourist in sight.

Re:Japanese Grandparents Create Life-Size Totoro with Bus St... by Yeul on Tuesday July 15, 2025 @05:20AM (#44569399)
Tokyo has been overrun by Westerners since it was still called Edo. Commodore Perry and all that.
Re:Japanese Grandparents Create Life-Size Totoro with Bus St... by mc3301 on Tuesday July 15, 2025 @07:56PM (#44577214)
Westerners in Tokyo is less that 0.5% of the city's population. Definitely not overrun.