John Ohkuma :
I imagine Paris has the same problem we experience in Tokyo, where some spots have become so famous with tourists that they 'have to' go there to all take the same selfies and have the same experiences like it's a social requirement, some of them entirely contrived because it's from a movie. But it's also kind of filtered; most places, no tourists; they don't go to the real local places, because it's intimidatingly foreign to them, they don't speak the language, don't know the manners, and they're not interested in learning or even exploring a little. And we can tell the difference between someone who may be from a foreign country originally, like me, but who actually lives here and is a local, and a tourist on sight, how they're dressed, their behavior, how they walk up to the cashier habitually rather than looking like they're about to take an oral exam or else make demands for their expectations as a 'guest' where they're not a guest as if the whole country is a giant theme park.
2026-07-21 22:42:44