theFlu
GTFOJAP

fluffy
Loving Japan for an actual good reason doesn't make you a weeaboo.

Caminante Nocturno
Loving Japan for anime is a perfectly good reason.

Aelric
really. from what i hear, the japanese generally hate anime as much as most everyone else. it just happens to come from there.

Adramelech
You're totally right. Japan hates all of its own art and animation that have been a national heritage since the 1950s.

Midnight Man
Widespread xenophobia is a "good reason"?

Xenocide
The Japanese don't hate anime. They don't love anime either. Nations, as a rule, do not go to the trouble of establishing a national position regarding cartoons.

Americans seem to be under the impression that anime is far more important to the Japanese than it actually is.

takewithfood
There are 127 million people over there - they don't all think alike.

And who doesn't love Foreigner? "Hot Blooded"? "Feels like the First Time"? "Cold as Ice"? All hits, baby.

Aelric
i prefer surviver.

Syd Midnight
Anime is a Japanese national heritage the same way Walt Disney is an American national heritage. Adult men shouldn't collect pictures of them unless they're nose art on a bomber.

doc duodenum
http://www.poetv.com/video.php?vid=21641

revdrew
Beat me to it. Also, a bunch of these are probably host/hostess clubs, which no self respecting gaijin should want to enter, anyway.

Still interesting, though.

Adramelech
Hey, a reasonable comment. This video is typical out of context YouTube trash and falls into the argument of extremes. "Everything from Japan is awesome" is just as retarded as "everything from Japan sucks".

Many parts of Japan do have problems with discrimination and culturally present a poor understanding of the concept of xenophobia, but for christsakes, a lot of these signs are used at restaurants which have no staff or support for non-Japanese speaking customers, basically saying "Japanese only".

Dumb.

Making an unintentionally xenophobic video about those weird, racist foreigners is worth three stars.

Camonk
Koreans ARE pretty terrible. Just to be fair to those racist Japanese. Of course, the Koreans are terrible because of how xenophobic and racist they are.

Syd Midnight
So clubs in an American city with signs saying "No foreigners and 'specially NO NIGGERS" would not be indicative of a notably racist society? At least we don't tolerate that shit, even if half of us still think it.

Hooker
I live in Vancouver, and I'm willing to bet that 90% of all sushi places here are staffed by Koreans (which most round-eye can't distinguish from Japanese). I've always wondered about the OUTRAGEOUS HATRED Japanese and Koreans have for one another given this sort of thing.

CharlesSmith
Koreans eat a lot of Japanese food because they were occupied by Japan at one time. They're still not thrilled about it.

Pandatronic
Because this is Portal of Evil, and this video is, well, evil in many ways.

SolRo
for the irony.

all the youtubers become so racist at the idea of someone not liking americans that it just makes japan look good in comparison

dueserpenti
You would be baffled, because you are Queen of the Weeaboos. We just think it's funny that you're precious Nippon-jin don't return your love.

P.S. Anime sucks.

Caminante Nocturno
You are wrong. Anime does not suck.

EvilHomer
Don't listen to them, Cam. Sakura still loves you.

phalsebob
PSS. Yes, Anime sucks. Don't worry, Godzilla is still cool.

Syd Midnight
Same reason I had to give that National Guard music video a high rating. It's such a bad thing that people need to see it as a warning.

tamago
dueserpenti and phalsebob are wrong. Anime definitely does not suck.


PS- Nor does it rule. It is simply a medium that has its high points, low points and points in-between. Just like live action films, [American and European] animation, music and books. Why is it so hard for people to get this concept?

bahgead
Because people are idiots. 85% of anime sucks. There is some good stuff out there, though.

And the Japanese are racist? If you get a name stamp in Japan, you have to use katakana to distinguish yourself as non-Japanese. The Japanese will generally tolerate you. They might not like you, though.

Caminante Nocturno
Would you all stop badmouthing anime already?

uekibachi
my name stamp is not katakana.....

B_Ko
We'll stop ripping into anime once you stop being butthurt about it, Caminante.

Knuckles
It already happened: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debito_Arudou

A good deal of these signs, including the pre-load image, are from Japanese bath houses, which are typically hotspots (no pun intended) of xenophobia in the guise of tradition. That being said, a lot of the problems Japan has with race are shared by Americans, they just appear more egregious because we're not a part of that culture.

Also I get the feeling that at least a few of these signs are warnings that the staff only speaks Japanese.

Hooper_X
Good god, that guy's a fucking douchebag. The 40 Year Old Weeaboo.

sosage
Don't read our signs? Hell, if anything...we shoot our signs. They really should take those down as a precaution.

EvilHomer
Shoot our signs? Hell, if anything... where I come from, we steal our signs. They really should take those down so they don't end up spending the next four years displayed on some kid's wall.

SolRo
I thought signs are intended for plastering with stickers of bands no one has or ever will hear about.

oogaBooga
Gentlemen, gentlemen, you're all correct.

B_Ko
Did you just say Japan was a city in China?

wtf japan
As a bouncer, isn't it your job to enforce unspoken racist and xenophobic policies?

Roachbud
no, it's my job to kick drunken douchebags out onto the street

phalsebob
That's Cananda. Or is Canada 51?

dead_cat
No, you're thinking of Mexico.

Syd Midnight
The only stated discrimination on signs I ever see are against teenagers and shirtless, shoeless yokels. Pushing basic civil rights over "tradition" wasn't easy but we managed to do it here back when 1/3 of the Senate hated "Nigrahs", which is why you can't find any "Whites Only" and "Coloreds Only" signs here like you could in the 50s and 60s. I certainly hope they're working on it.

NeitherHerenorThere
But Japan IS xenophobic. If you're a pleasant looking white person, 99% of all places aren't that bad, but they're still bitches about it.

Japanese will give foreigners shit about everything. There are tons of NO FOREIGNERS apartments out there, who won't rent to foreigners no matter what. I had a hell of a time finding a place until I found a Japanese lady to help me out, even though I spoke Japanese.

Japanese are not normally so NO FOREIGNERS GTFO about things, but they -are- often incredible bitches to foreigners.

KnowFuture
It depends on the circumstances. If you're in Japan and are clearly there as a visitor/tourist, they'll bend over backwards to show you what an awesome country they have. They make it pretty clear though that they really don't want you to move in, that you'll never be accepted as one of their own. It's one thing to be a fan of somebody else's culture, it's another to want to join it.

waxeater
Each other! I meant tripping over each other!!

Disaster
dammit to finish my comment i didn't really notice because I wasn't barred from anywhere and most people were generally nice to me..i did get a lot of dirty looks on the subway and so on but..whatever, you get that anywhere you travel..