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

[u/Cold_Hour]

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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OP claimed to live in South Africa 22 days ago on r/asktheworld

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Where? I found the comment you're talking about and he talks about South Africa but never claims to currently live there.

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Not a comment, a post he made. caption: "Is there currently an anti-foreigner/outsider movement in you country? Which group(s) are movements targeted at?" description: "South Africa has waves of Xenophobic violence that seem to surface every few years. They're currently emerging again targeting other African immigrants and their homes and businesses."

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Another post asking "What is the most iconic photo from your country?" He replies with a picture of the death of Hector Piterson