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Could say the same for the vast number of churches, monasteries and abbeys in Italy. Florence is absolutely packed with churches and with tourists. I'm glad I live outside of the city, and not in it.

Kyoto temples and shrines have some of the most beautiful oldest gardens in japan.

So, every company is required to keep track of their employees' work hours and depending on salary (as in the higher the salary, the more unpaid overtime can legally be allowed), the company can be forced to pay for overtime either after 0, 20 or 40 hours of overtime monthly. However, since the introduction of article 36, max 45 hours of overtime is legal every month. Sadly, a lot of employees' salaries are so low that they need the overtime to make ends meet which is why they often stay and pretend to work, and in really "black" companies, managers force their employees to clock out after a certain time to not rack up overtime pay...

@@konichivalue ah makes sense now. Thank you for clarifying and explaining. Really important to have a good boss even if you work at a good company. The company only as good as the people running it.

This was a huge debate during Covid as the hostesses didn't get any covid relief as the business is a gray zone in Japan. Sadly, it still is and since then a lot of people have moved to more illegal work as that "exempt" from taxes

Yes, I've actually seen it and the music is so cool! Listen to yellow magic orchestra if you want to hear the godfather of Japanese video game music!

I disagree. There are countless examples showing how dynamic pricing can lead to cheaper and more efficient use of trains

You hit the nail on the head! There are tons of amazing pieces of media that fetishize Japanese culture a lot, but it comes from a place of love. Heck, I think that's why the last samurai is still so good! The problem is when you dumb down movies to adhere to an audience, because "how could they possibly understand something that's not in their culture"... As a good example, to create a good Dragon Ball movie, one has to to fully fetishize Japanese culture, go deep and dirty into Japan's obsession with hentai themes, focus on the term "ganbaru" in the sense that nothing can be made good without incredibly hard work. If Hollywood took its learnings from The Karate Kid, the live action One Piece and even some parts from Bullet Train, I think they could make the best Dragon Ball movie ever made!

They had them and then took them away.

i didn't even know there was a subway during my 2 days there

You say that and while it might be partly true, there are plenty of Japanese that litter. Check out any remote area, they use mountains as landfills to avoid paying fees to dispose of electronics and tires ect. People suck in general, has nothing to do with nationality.

Don't think too highly of yourself little supremacist you. Most people are fine, as always it's the miserable few messing it up for all the others. When I was in Japan I saw plenty young Japanese passed out drunk or puking around - not tourists. Not exactly "civilized" 😂👎

​@@Pwnopolisin Ireland the removal of bins from the streets has basically always led to a reduction in litter. Intentional litterers will always exist but those who unintentionally litter because of public bins are full is easily preventable.

True, I never get it why the foreigners don't carry their own trash WHEN THEY CAN'T FIND TRASH BIN anywhere. I don't care what country you're from, just bring your own trash back where you stay LIKE THE JAPANESE DO. THIS ISN'T YOUR COUNTRY and stop telling the Japanese what they should do.

Maybe blame the Japanese government instead of foreigners. The government did this to themselves.

What about more trash cans? If there were more available, maybe people wouldn't have to litter

@@anibalhyrulesantihero7021 because people should take their refuse away with them to their homes or hotels. In a civilised society, there would be no public bins

@@prometheusboat I'm not going to carry my trash everywhere I go, especially in the middles of nowhere . That's stupid, a waste of time and impractical! People want to get rid of their trash as soon as possible and go on with their lives. It would be difficult not to litter if you can't find anywhere to throw away your trash out in the open.

@anibalhyrulesantihero7021 Right. My idea of on the spot fines would probably be the only way to instill some civic responsibility on people like you, as you obviously are too arrogant to even understand the point. For already non self entitled people, there would be no need for such thing. Sorry (not really) for being rude, but littering is one of my many pet hates.

@@prometheusboat How am I supposed to practice civic responsibility if there are no trash cans available. Maybe take my opinion into consideration instead of accusing me of being arrogant or entitled.

There used to be heavy industry in Kyoto, among them a playing card factory in Uji owned by one Nintendo Co. Ltd. Now, those factories have shuttered, including that factory owned by Nintendo...

Japan has been "a modern economy" for a long time. Their issue is something else entirely. It's called aging out.

@@mysterioanonymous3206 I know that Japan is a modern economy. But the main topic here is Kyoto specifically. You think Kyoto economy structurally the same as, say, Tokyo ? Other cities are also aging out yet at the same time their financial balance isn't as bad as Kyoto itself.

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Kyoto is a small city in Japan, and its tourism sector doesn't equate to "Dutch disease." Kyoto isn't over-reliant on tourism; it's home to significant companies like Omron, a global leader in automation, and Nintendo. These companies show that Kyoto has a diverse economic base despite its modest size. Tourism can be a powerful economic driver in developed economies. Take Iceland, for example. After the 2008 collapse tourism has become a cornerstone of its economy, contributing around 8.6% to the GDP and employing a significant portion of the population while still having diverse businesses. Iceland's successful management of tourism shows how it can support economic growth without causing financial instability. Kyoto's financial issues are more about how the city manages its budget rather than an over-reliance on tourism. Blaming tourism alone for Kyoto's financial woes misses the bigger picture. Diversifying the economy is essential, but Kyoto's existing industries and potential for well-managed tourism can both play crucial roles in its economic health.

YESS that's what we in Japan have been saying for ages

I will never understand why they did that.

Kyoto and Los Angeles both... I think LA is a great example on why trams got removed worldwide. They had the biggest tram network in the world, but when cars became the "sexy" way to travel, car manufacturers and rich car-owners alike became increasingly hostile towards trams, as they were directly competing with cars on the roads, and tram tracks often damage cars' wheelbase at high speeds. I think that in the 60s and 70s, everyone just saw cars as the future and decided to remove any "obstacle" that shared the road with them...

They have no other source of income...

@@Pwnopolis That's the point though. It's not about money. They don't want to become an international city. That's why they stopped building hotels. That's why they avoided constructing metro lines going through historical and archaeological places. The place was meant for Japanese tourists where they visit there by foot. Nobody took taxi or bus in the past. Tokyo has become a lawless city where people can do whatever they want and get away with it. Just look at the number of crimes spikes.

What’s old tradition and old values? Japan is a homogeneous nation, people there think the same everywhere. Most young people want to move into a big city like Tokyo. And that’s why the birth rate continues to fall.

@@FingersKungfu Old traditions like balancing between nature and over-commercializing everything. No wifi, no night life, no theme parks, etc.

There are lots of other places like Kyoto all over Japan. No need to dwell in the past, since Kyoto is suffering over tourism now. Hidden Gems awaits curious travellers.

@@kendelion I'm actually quite shocked that things had gotten so bad in Kyoto, it was already uncomfortably packed with tourists back in 2018...I guess people will really need to stay away from these major cities if they truly wanted a proper experience at this point.

@@apophisstr6719 yeah, too much crowd already. Can't enjoy the scenery, can't absorb all the detail since you always have to give wawy to others too. That's why I love travelling outside overcrowded placessssss hidden in Japan. Just make sure to get an International Driver's License since Renting a car here is Cheap!

Potential for bikes being left on roadsides and footpaths like the failure it was in Singapore?

@@lameowizard That’s why Japan has only ever supported docked bike share programs, with a quick trial long ago in Hokkaido of non docked (but very small painted parking areas)

Kyoto is a very walkable city, why clog up sidewalks with bike share just for outsiders? Japan already has a high amount of bike use by its citizens. And just how many tourists are going to bother to exert the physical effort? Walking and an occasional taxy trip works just fine. Given the design flaws of my own city's subway I am not going to pick on Kyoto. Tourists should try to stay off the buses as it clogs them up for the locals who need to get to work etc. Western "solutions" don't necessarily work everywhere. Efficiency of government aside, Kyoto is not a Disney theme park and should not be made into one to placate outsiders. I do wish local government would get its act together.

Hmmm... maybe there's a business opportunity for bike rentals? With a hefty deposit to make sure they are returned, of course...

@@Zante_on_google now, I think you’re forgetting how narrow, angled and cobbly Kyoto paths are…

Easier said than done. The opposion parties of Japan are so bad, disorganized and weak that I often get the feeling that they don't even want my vote... Japan truly needs a strong and charismatic opposition figure that can unite the parties and create a real alternative to LDP

Jiminto (LDP) will never go out of power because it is the America party. CIA literally helped found it and backed it in domestic elections throughout the 1960-80s

This is a very bad idea you're proposing. Kyoto almost declared bankruptcy during the pandemic because of lack of tourists! If anything, the money that the tourists bring is helping the city financially. The Kyoto government need to stop blaming tourists (one of their major sources of income) and use that tourism money to improve the infrastructure as quickly as possible, and not use the money for stupid vanity projects that only help themselves and their cronies. It's already bad enough that the government and some of its locals are scapegoating tourists, price gouging them will only send a negative message that they are not welcome there. But if that's what they truly want, then by all means they should go for it, we'll see how long until the city goes into bankruptcy. As the saying goes, "don't bite the hand that feeds you."

"All Kyoto has to do is price gourge the tourist transportation" - if that was the first thing you proposed, you wonder why US cities are a laughing stock from European perspective? xD Dude, raising prices doesn't solve the issue. It eliminates the source ALONG with it's benefits. It is essentialy an economic version of stalinist's "No man=no problem" :D BTW, since you missed that info from the video or never been to Japan - Kyoto has one of the highest, if not the highest, costs of transportation in the country...and it's still shit beyond measure.

@@ffenixrising You don't seem to understand. Increasing prices doesn't mean less profits. It is a point the video partially makes too. Maybe the number of people will somewhat decrease, which would be good, but there will still be plenty paying the increased prices and making profit. Kyoto is just that attractive of a destination. Problem is can they distinguish between foreign tourists, Japanese tourists and Kyotoites.

@@DrAhzek I don't know, it was very functional without the tourists. Now I simple don't go there anymore.

@@AhidoMikaro Increasing the prices could be good in Kyoto’s case if they knew how to use the money wisely…and we can see they are inept because they have no incentive to do otherwise (Kyoto will be attractive regardless). Also, I was there when there was very little tourists (January-February 2023). It was still bizarre to see a bus transport like this. Like, why such bus models in the first place? You can use small buses with lots of room, no problem. Japanese for some reason waste a lot of space for nonfunctional stuff (like 1/4 of the bus is wasted on weird barriers/angles/stairs/platforms). Also, main routes could use bigger models to handle the people overflow to main areas of interest.