Luniio@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agoJapan cancels cherry blossom festival over complaints of tourists littering and ‘defecating’ in yardsenglish.elpais.comexternal-linkmessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up1346arrow-down10cross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
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minus-squaretraxex@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 hours agoI mean you could also just be a good tourist. Learn the language, understand the culture, be respectful. It really isn’t hard. Some of the most ignorant people I know are the ones who refuse to travel outside of their own bubble.
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 hours agoI’m gonna be real here, most of that’s great, but I ain’t learning Japanese to visit Japan, I’m just going to use a translator app and apologize
minus-squaretraxex@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 hours agoSure, I definitely think key words and phrases is great. More than that is going above and beyond. People will appreciate the effort.
I mean you could also just be a good tourist. Learn the language, understand the culture, be respectful. It really isn’t hard. Some of the most ignorant people I know are the ones who refuse to travel outside of their own bubble.
I’m gonna be real here, most of that’s great, but I ain’t learning Japanese to visit Japan, I’m just going to use a translator app and apologize
Sure, I definitely think key words and phrases is great. More than that is going above and beyond. People will appreciate the effort.