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forgotoldacc ◴[] No.44385543[source]
One consequence of "Japanese hospitality" being widely known is that there are now swathes of tourists visiting with the expectation of getting their own "magical experience".

Some people living in places that have become tourist areas are putting up signs announcing their home toilets are not for public use. Because apparently some tourists have said things like "When I needed to use the bathroom and there was nowhere else around, I knocked on a random person's door and they were kind enough to let me use it!" So now a non-zero number of people go there with the expectation that they can (and possibly should) do the same.

Tourists used to be a novelty to Japanese. Now with over 40 million projected for this year, a massive rise from about 6 million in 2012, a large number of them taking extended vacations (in contrast to Euros who might hop a border for a weekend and boost tourist counts quickly), people are getting quickly burnt out with the entitlement many of them exhibit. To tourists, it's a magical, unique vacation and they must have the Ghibli experience someone else posted about. To locals, countless people are harassing you everyday demanding unreasonable things.

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1. astura ◴[] No.44387333[source]
OMG, This reminds me of the ridiculous "50 years of travel tips" that showed up on HN a few months back

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43066720

Including gems such as:

-have your Uber driver take you to his mother's house so she'll cook for you

-crash a wedding, you'll be the "celebrity guest"

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2. rsynnott ◴[] No.44388560[source]
> Even if you never go to McDonalds at home, visit the McDonalds on your travels.

Eh?

> If you detect slightly more people moving in one direction over another, follow them. If you keep following this “gradient” of human movement, you will eventually land on something interesting—a market, a parade, a birthday party, an outdoor dance, a festival.

Or, y'know, a train station or something.

I'm slightly unsure whether this is parody or not.