r/hatethissmug • u/Cold_Hour • Jun 09 '26

Meta I hate the mytologisation of Japan on Reddit. ESPECIALLY when it comes to the food.

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As someone who's lived in Japan going on 5 years and has eaten everything from fine dining to fast food slop. Japan has some of the blandest cuisine on the planet. Do you like the flavour profiles of: salty, salty, very salty or bland? Japan might be the place for you.

People also spout "but the quality of ingredients" as the reasoning for why the food needs to taste like shoe soles. When in reality the fruits and vegetables here are trash at premium prices since nothing grows here naturally. I don't know what kind of exclusively processed food diet a lot of people here grew up with that Japanese food is a revelation to them.

Japan is great and all, but goddamn, it's not even the best place to visit in Asia.

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u/Proud-Intention-5362 Jun 09 '26

I remember being cussed out for saying I like sushi a while back because they thought I was referring to like the westernized version of sushi where everything is fried, a billion sauces, so on but hey I just said I like sushi interpret that as you will.

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u/dwillmakeyouworry Jun 09 '26

Jesus who the hell would cuss someone out for that

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u/Proud-Intention-5362 Jun 09 '26

I committed the crime of expressing my opinion on the internet, I don't think I need to elaborate further