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In an outright display of racism, Italian restaurant Okubo Bar in Shinjuku is proudly touting on a handwritten sign on its door that, “although diversity and tolerance may be fashionable,” it refuses to serve Chinese or Korean people.


In an outright display of racism, Italian restaurant Okubo Bar in Shinjuku is proudly touting on a handwritten sign on its door that, “although diversity and tolerance may be fashionable,” it refuses to serve Chinese or Korean people.

by Prestigious_Net_8356

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  2. I’m here just waiting for the anime fanboys to arrive and tell us how this is all fine and cool since it happens in Japan.

  5. That smiley face is pure evil. Why not write it in Korean and Chinese too? Lazy bigots!

  7. You just know if another country said: “We don’t serve Japanese.”

    There would be a massive protest and multiple TV specials talking about unfair and *dame* it is.

    Of course it would be in poor taste but point being is that Japan hates it when the shoe is on the other foot.

  8. Downvotes will flow but…

    If you read the whole message, it’s obvious that tourists from those regions have had a large number of assholes. (A little reading between the lines)

    Chinese and Koreans who live and work here, who are part of society, have adopted local manners and etiquette wouldn’t even be noticed unless they went out of their way to say “aye! Ay yo! I’m Chinese motherfucker! Come at me!”

    The weak yen and explosion in tourists has seen an increase of entitled douchebag tourists doing douchebag tourist shit. While I disagree with how this business has handled the situation, I 100% feel their vibe.

    When one table of douchebag tourists ends up costing the equivalent of four tables of regular, normal, non-karen, non-asshole customers, I’d probably be pissed at the loss of income and want to express frustration as well

  10. they think they are better than other asians,

    some kindda superiority, exceptionalist, supremacy mentalty that use to be a lot more obvious in history

  12. I wish these people would grow a pair and write their signs in the language of the people they are trying to insult. Cowards.

  15. The irony of them choosing to open in that area and being picky about their customers.

  18. Pretty ballsy given that they decided to open shop in Okubo which is extremely close to Shin Okubo lol

  19. I can understand tensions between China and Japan considering recent territorial disputes, but hating on Koreans for no reason is just dumb.

  20. Well, look at the bright side, we usually discriminate against every other type of gaijin, too.

  21. Technically, the sign only excludes South Koreans. Just say you are a comrad from the north and you will be seated immediately! /s

  24. Lmfao…… so it’s quirky when the Japanese “No Gaijin” half their businesses, but when someone else, in Japan, does the same it’s a problem suddenly?

    How much of this Sub have even ever spend any actual time in Japan?…..

  25. okubo is the korean town.
    imagine you do not like koreans and open a place in tje most korean place in tokyo.

    he lamented they do not spend enough money in a previous post. like LOL how to piss on your customers

  26. btw he could be sued for refusing service based on nationality. realtors learnt the hard way in court that it is a speedy way to lose a case.

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