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I am not, but I have regular contact with some. I haven't heard much of this, but I can totally see it happen.Any Japanese on here? I read they don’t want to let foreign travellers in again, 70% voted to keep the border closed. If this is the sort of trooned out anime shagger they’re having to deal with, amholing around Tokyo, I can understand their preference.
Troons ruin everything.
Japanese people can be really open, friendly even, to foreign people. As long as they see those people are putting any effort into "in Rome do as Romans do". Just speak/write Japanese and use the same polite greetings and manners (very formulaic, not hard) and most of them will not have a problem with you. Even if your grammar sucks they really appreciate the effort.
Problem is, there's a huge amount of tourists and weebs going there and making complete asses of themselves by thinking anime tropes and sensationalist "wow Japan so wacky!" journalism are all facts. If you go to some average nippon guy asking (in some random language) where the totally real used schoolgirl panty vending machines are, while filming on a camera, you'll get marked as foreign fucking devil and people will be "politely rude" to you and want you gone ASAP. Or directly kick your ass if you cross some barriers, like groping girls.
Some fun trivia: You know those "no foreigners allowed" bars and such? The usual response is "wow racist", the real response is "some weeb degenerate did something bad there". (or some old fogeys or Yakuza hanging out that don't want some foreign sperg talking to them about Gundam or asking how many people they murdered while they are chilling playing mahjong or some shit, the sign prevents that without having to get into arguments).
I'm not trying to describe Japan as some feel-good utopia. It is not. Not any better than anyone else. And yes they are racist to Chinese and Korean migrants and have done fucked up things.
But a lot of people hate it because anime and refuse to see that some stories have another side to them. It's a place full of people and most of them don't even give a fuck about the animes (and would in fact agree with you if you suggest it's a blight on society). So, yeah, I see voting to stop a bunch of loons from shitting all over the place as a reasonable sentiment. For every respectful tourist they get 3 insane weebs with coombrain or bizarre ideas of the place, half now trooned out. Imagine the misgendering meltdowns, calling for more nukes and stuff.
But, yes. I'd also call el fucking diablo on them, tourism losses be damned. (My country is heavy on tourism and we can see how destructive it can get if not controlled, so I can really sympathize)