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Scarier than a haunted house? Kyoto hidden-meaning “mean” manners escape house on the way

Would you like some rice with green tea and pickles?”

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Kyoto’s “ikezu” culture of backhanded compliments explained in hilarious souvenir sticker series

Behind the calm, polite face of a Kyotoite is an angry woman who wants to shout at you for being so uncultured.

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