Remember ごはん屋 日和亭 (Hiyoritei)? The restaurant in Karuizawa that caused a storm with their “no entry to foreigners” sign a couple months ago. Manager resigned, restaurant shut down and operating company has made a juicy apology.

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1. What an interesting development. How did you find this out if I may ask?

2. “If you can choose which shops you go to, they’re free to choose who to serve 😎”

   -Restaurant dies-

3. Well well, how the turn tables. And their tables are no more.

4. They say he put it up because he was afraid of corona due to his diabetes.

   It’s shocking how much foreign in Japan are blamed for spreading corona

5. Awesome! Screw that guy.

   This is a good step, but the fact that the operating company thought his excuse that he didn’t want to catch COVID from a foreigner was relevant to the apology shows just how far we have to go yet.

6. I mean If he just works for the company then he gotta apply the policies ig

7. that’s so satisfying. thank you for sharing this

8. Not a great apology tbh. I mean especially this but:

   >2. 店長及び店員が外国語を殆ど理解できない状況であり、過去にも外国客との間にミス

   I mean imagine if other countries let something like this mean they excluded all foreign customers? I can tell you almost no one in London can speak Japanese and we get our fair share Japanese tourists, it’s the job you find a way to deal with it.

9. I just realized I’ll be a gaijin until I die.

10. Being racist is bad for business. Who knew!?

11. In times of ai driven translators for the pantpocket, you cannot rest your head on communication problems.
    I just read the apology by means of google translate. It is not perfect yet, but the content became clear.

12. Found some media coverage: [「外国人の入店拒む看板」 軽井沢町に情報　飲食店は既に閉店　ＳＮＳ上で批判の声が相次ぐ](https://www.shinmai.co.jp/news/article/CNTS2023031300814)