Some friendly ojisans outside an izakaya offered me to come drink with them spontaneously while I was walking around in Bunkyou in the evening the other day.
However, I was refused service by the izakaya staff, being told that it was closing, even though it was packed at the time and other patrons were still being served.
Those ojisans then offered to order food and drink on my behalf and clearly were very sympathetic to my situation. They were also just extremely nice to me and showed a lot of interest.
Racist discrimination in Japan is interesting because it oscillates between extremely welcoming and flat out alienation and denial of equal rights. On the whole I cannot really bring myself to feel disadvantaged, but in cases where it really matters, like buying a house, etc. I can see this becoming fundamentally unjust in a way that merits strong disapproval.
That is all, have a good day.
Edit: To be clear, I walked by the place 2 hours later, and it was still open for those who are wondering.
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There is a gigantic difference between serving sitting customers and not welcoming a new customer…
I don’t know if that’s racist or they just didn’t want to let in new customers just before closing. Isn’t it common practice to serve the customers who are inside already but close the doors for new customers?
We have the weekly complaint thread today for these issues.
was probably last order due to まん防, and the owner was trying to defuse his drunk regulars inviting randos off the street. don’t worry about it.
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Just to be clear: the Japanese guys you were with weren’t let in either, right?
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While racism does exist, from the sounds of it they simply did not want to accommodate another customer for now. There are also things to keep in mind from a business owner’s perspective; such as reduced seating capacity during this pandemic, limited operating hours and having insufficient supply or labour to stretch for another customer.
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Dont know Why some people are so aggressive here.
It was just a story.
One with a good part and a bad part.
Didnt really see anything negative in it.
Just an experience and then a conclusion with the Banks and stuff, which is not untrue.
Anyways, happy You got your drinks in OP
> like buying a house
Can you elaborate on that? Is it something other than some banks requiring PR status, because that’s common in other countries too. A PR is simply less risk.
I remember walking around the Golden Gai a few years back with some kids I met at a hostel. I never cared to try and go into one of those bars that said Japanese only, but one of the tourist asked me about it. I popped my head in and asked the master if this kid and I could come in for a drink. He said no problem, sorry, standing room only. I asked him what was up with the sign, and he just said he can’t deal with tourists who don’t speak Japanese. I get that some things look bad, but I can’t fault the guy for not wanting to deal with a bunch of shitty drunk foreign tourists coming into his small bar with about seven seats at the counter.
Yeah this is bullshit you clearly didn’t understand the persons Japanese and just jumped to conclusions. The current rules for most places are that last order is around 7-8 but customers can stay in the establishment until like 9/10 depending to finish what they ordered.
If the restaurant was full or wasn’t accepting new customers you find a new place. Why are you following the lead of drink salarymen. This is not by any means the foreigner experience and just one mans struggle with the language of the land he’s chosen to live in and reading the damn room.
I know multiple foreigners that have bought houses. Do you have a stable job? Do you have money to put down? Same as anywhere else. Biggest issue is if you can understand the contract or not.
what were u wearing
Cue the sudden rush of gaijin Quislings to defend Japan. “The camp guards treat us well!”