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if you look at japanese restaurants in google maps, most of them are rated at 3 stars. japanese never give 5 stars at most its 4, and they will give lower for even the slightest inconveniences. if you see 4 stars above then that means there's a lot of tourists frequent there.
source, i've been there twice and was dumbfounded
Japanese people understand that average means 2-3 stars lol
Rating things 4-5 stars, or 7-8/10 on average makes way less sense to me
This is the same culture that will absolutely not speak out or ask for a change in ingredients for fear of dishonouring the chef and the staff.
Maybe face to face but of what I heard about the culture, talking behind the back is very rampant.
"Dishonoring" the chef makes it sound like there are still samurai running around. I don't think substitutions at restaurants rise to that level.
This suspiciously sounds like the youtuber "JapanEats".
It's almost like a quote.
When's the last time you checked ratings on maps? I just looked at Sakata, a small city in Tohoku with no shinkansen line, and plenty of the ratings were above 4 stars. Seemed to be the same all over the place.
I don't think japanese people are unique for leaving dumb reviews. Pretty sure you can find people in all countries saying shit like "store was closed when I went, 1 star".
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its pretty impossible to say a statement that blanket a whole country, but there is enough evidence to form the opinion
Maybe people near Tokyo are shittier about reviews? I dunno what to tell you. Guess I haven't spent much time outside Tohoku.
First random city I scrolled to north of Tokyo (in Fukushima):
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Very weird, I had no idea about this! I guess I'll keep it in mind if I ever find myself in Japan!