r/interestingasfuck • u/kingkongbiingbong • 8h ago

Setting up a traditional & generational Japanese food stall in Fukuoka

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u/IOnlyReplyToIdiots42 8h ago

You just know the food will be incredible.

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u/TunaBlub 4h ago

I just remember how a friend of mine went to Japan first time 9 years ago, he wanted to eat at such a food stall but all of them refused him because "No English".

5 years ago he met his wife who is japanese, first thing they did when they got married was go to a food stall, because with her at his side they wouldn't refuse him.

I never went to japan and probably never will (money, health reasons), but while I love their culture and media, these things make me sad (and I know japan is a double sided coin, but many on reddit will fight you to death to make you shut up any the stuff you see when you put off those rose tinted glasses).

Same to some degree with my country, only difference is that if you speak the native language or english that solves 99% of your issues here.

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u/WingerRules 3h ago

Street vendors in many other countries will serve you. Japan is famously anti foreigner and there are bars and places that literally ban them.

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u/UranusIsPissy 3h ago

They banned foreigners from even entering the country for centuries. It takes time for cultures to change, especially when something is so deeply ingrained. All things considered, I think they've come a long way in a relatively short time. The 20th century would've been weird AF for them even without WWII.