Society
Shenyang Floods and a Debunked 'Foreigner Pricing' Row in Kyoto
Videos said to show Shenyang streets flooding into a 'giant aquarium' with fish swimming past storefronts, and a collapsed parking-garage retaining wall spilling out construction waste, fed familiar Japanese mockery of Chinese infrastructure — though none of the footage could be traced to primary news reporting. Meanwhile, a visiting YouTuber's claim that a Kyoto restaurant charges foreigners higher prices backfired after viewers noted the video never compared identical menu items, and the restaurant's online reviews were flooded with hostile ratings. Japanese comments mixed scorn for shoddy construction with anger at the unverified accusation — and some argued Japan should simply make dual pricing official.