A far-right figure in Japan criticized it as “bizarre” for Koreans visiting Japan to only look for cheap food such as convenience store lunch boxes.
On the 20th, Katsumi Murotani (室谷克實), who is regarded as an extreme right figure in Japan, said to Yukan Fuji, a conservative Japanese press, Sankei Shimbun, that “Koreans visiting Japan seem to be increasing at a fierce pace.” There are many ‘Japan travel diaries’ written by the younger generation on the Internet, and when you read them, you feel very strange why they are coming to Japan.”
Murotani said, “Most of the Internet posts of young Koreans who have been to Japan are attached with pictures. There are also pictures of downtown areas, landmarks, and historical sites, but there are quite a few pictures of the food they ate.” ) of crude assortments of sashimi, conveyor belt sushi, fast food, and convenience store bento boxes.”
He added, “Am I too old-fashioned to think ‘(must eat) local specialties at a little luxurious restaurant when I travel'”.
Muratani said, “Many Korean tourists are visiting Japan for a one-night, two-day schedule,” and evaluated that he couldn’t understand the true intention of eating meals at convenience stores for a short period of time during their visit to Japan.
He said sarcastically, “I saw reviews saying that Korean tourists stayed in guest houses or capsule hotels rather than hotels and saved money by sleeping in saunas.”
Murotani said, “It is embarrassing in Korea to have no overseas travel experience. A cheap and convenient way to escape that ‘shame’ is to go to Japan,” he insisted.
This is not the first time Murotani has criticized Koreans like this. He told the same media last February, “Young Koreans wear fake ‘Rolex’ wristwatches against the backdrop of an empty ‘Hermes’ box while having cup noodles for dinner and take pictures to show off.” It was also evaluated as a country of foreign guests (they look gorgeous on the outside, but they are empty on the inside).
Until now, he has published anti-Korean books such as ‘Evil Han Theory’, ‘Bunghan (collapsed Korea) Theory’, ‘Maehan (Foolish Korea) Theory’, and ‘Korea Betrayal’.
Source: Donga
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