The couple in front of us has been told to come back at 7pm. But - I guess - because my wife speaks Japanese they let us in and just told us that we only have 1.5 hours at the table because it’s reserved after that.

  • ramble81@lemm.eeEnglish
    13·
    9 days ago

    To your latter question: yes especially in Japan. There are quite a few restaurants where they don’t allow foreigners (or anyone foreign looking) even if you’ve lived there for decades and speak fluently.

      • Lennny@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10·
        9 days ago

        Is there racism in a place that sells soap to whiten your skin? I don’t think so…

      • Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        6·
        9 days ago

        I was once at a kind of pawn shop and was holding a few games I was planning to buy. A shop clerk came by, asked to look at the games, took a picture of them, and went back to his counter without saying a word. I left the games back where I found them and walked out. They didn’t do this with any of the other Japanese customers. Racism is definitely around, just not everywhere.