Combination of factors is dimming the shine of one of the stars of Japanese restaurant culture.

Blame tourist for all your countries problems

Refuse tourist into many Izakayas for decades

Fail to capture the tourist market for decades

Prices rise and force out much of the native population

Try to pivot to the same tourist you told to GTFO and never marketed to

???

FORECLOSURE!

Literal pottery.

Not a smart marketing decision to gatekeep Izakayas from people with money. Many tourist out earn even the most skilled of salarymen by a wide margin. Not marketing to this group has been a massive mistake, foolish.

  • StillAlive@piefed.worldEnglish
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    2 hours ago

    like $2k+ econo-hell airfare for like 14 hours is a muuuuuuuch bigger barrier.

    I feel the same way about South America.

    It’s expensive af to go to Brazil or Peru from India.