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.

  • Taldan@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    21 hours ago

    I dunno if I’d have the balls to just roll into a tiny pub in rural Ireland without knowing anyone there.

    Coincidentally, I did that a couple months ago. 10/10, would recommend. Everyone was super friendly and interested in why we ended up there, in a village of less than 100 people

    • k0e3@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      12 hours ago

      Alright now I gotta try. My sister worked there for two years and I wanted to visit while she was there, but I couldn’t because of stupid COVID.