why the "Japanese only" shops?

why are there some shops in Japan who have a sign with Japanese only or prohibited for foreigners on it?

2009-08-10T07:59:02Z

http://www.debito.org/rizalsign.JPG

?2009-08-10T09:10:32Z

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The key to the sign here is that they do welcome non Japanese customers if they come with Japanese friends.

They also prohibit people that look like they belong to Japanese gangs or extremely drunk people.

Most likely they run a business that requires people to be able to listen to the directions or restriction, so they just require someone that can understand Japanese.

I looked the place up and it doesn't give me much information other than the location of it, but from the name of it, it can be a strip club or something similar to that. So you can understand they want to avoid any conflict, especially physical conflict that is caused by misunderstanding which can be avoided if you spoke the language.

Mira P2015-05-11T15:56:37Z

You will mostly see that kind of thing in "adult" businesses. A lot of times foreigners don t speak Japanese well and don t understand customs and practices well. They get in trouble in hostess bars, bath and massage places, and pink salons. This is especially true about soldiers. It s not being anti American. Stop and remember, a lot of these are 19 or 20 years old, no education, no world experience and away from home the first time. Just like young kids in a college town they can make a lot of trouble, even worse when they cant speak the language, but they are trained to fight.

mattingly2017-01-18T11:14:00Z

Japanese Only

IamAnthony2015-10-07T05:33:00Z

Because your underdeveloped foreign brain couldn't handle what's inside that building.

Also, because in the past foreigners have caused hardships for the businesses by either complaining about specific things back in their home countries or on the internet (i.e. porn or sex shops they disagree with which ends causing a huge backlash) or by doing actual physical damage to property.

Honestly though, most of these places will let you in if you talk to the workers for a minute or two in Japanese. If you can't, then you're out of luck.

?2016-04-04T01:43:26Z

Yes it is Domo or Arigatou or Domo Arigatou as said above, it is not with the Doumo, that much I know too. I study martial arts also and we use Japanese in the class only I am not a teacher I am still a student and this is how my Japanese Sensei taught us. I can't write out the kanji on my keyboard.

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