And what is it with "couples visiting"? I can't throw a rock out of my window without hitting some backpacking western couple on their way to get gouged at an awful, overpriced, tourist trap izakaya.

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This is tourists I'm talking about. People who live here can experience the "authentic Japan". The authentic Japan is low salaries, persistent inflation, long work days, miserable coworkers, crowded trains, annoying tourists, inefficient work practices, shrinkflation, bugs, humidity, high taxes, and some other things that can occasionally be nice.