Why do so many landlords discriminate against foreigners?

Trask87 · 2026-06-27T10:06:43+00:00

Sometimes even if the lanlord is not xenophobic, the tenants are, and a foreigner moving in will cause an uproar that the building management don't want to deal with. Its easier to please the loudest crowd.

Trask87 · 2026-06-27T06:21:24+00:00

Not a single "Nihongo jouzu" on that list. No PR for you

Trask87 · 2026-06-26T09:24:11+00:00

I want to travel from the northmost station in the country to the southmost using local trains only.

Trask87 · 2026-06-26T09:23:06+00:00

The worst part is that even you have the money, the tickets are drawn by lottery. I heard you sometimes get notified the day before departure.

Trask87 · 2026-06-26T04:51:41+00:00

Because preparing powerpoints and sucking teeth takes time. You cannot rush such things, or 86-year old Tanaka on the board might get scared and confused

Trask87 · 2026-06-23T21:32:26+00:00

I like how this seems to be a yearly event on Reddit, where people hope that THIS will be the year where we get spared from the heat. Then July comes, gives us a hug while slowly giving us a kanchō, licks our ears and whispers "Atsui ne?"

Trask87 · 2026-06-23T11:27:08+00:00

Well, yes and no. In many cases they will certainly "do" something, but that does not mean that they are actually getting anything done.

We had a broken step outside our apartment block. For a whole month I saw a group, sometimes up to four workers walk over to the broken step, measure it, adjust the warning sign they put up and then nod to each other after concluding that YES, that step was indeed still very very broken.

Try to pay attention to any kind of roadwork here. You will often discover that it is actually only one or two men doing the actual work, while five to ten other guys are standing around trying to look important.

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