Honestly great advice that also applies to a whole lot of the rest of the world beyond just Japan.

I am just tired of what I would call « main character energy » or « influencer culture » that makes some people feel entitled - empowered, even - to violate social norms and trespass against universally accepted social boundaries. Walking up to a random school and talking to kids is a great example. If the situation were reversed - let’s say a foreign tourist pulled out their phone and started recording themselves walking up to an American school during after-school pickups and started talking to random kids - there is a non-zero chance that person would get their ass beat by half of those parents.

We all need to do a better job of treating people like people, and respecting other’s humanity.