You know how in Japanese games you'll have these shop keepers and salesmen NPCs just standing around in the middle of nowhere waiting for customers? I mean non-Japanese games have that too but it started with Japanese games like zelda and final fantasy and stuff.
That's not just in games. When I lived and traveled in Japan, I would run into these...real-life NPCs, running these restaurants in pretty much deserted towns, like in Yokohama where you won't see a peson on the street, or in restaurants, and yet the waitresses are just...standing there, like statues, in this deserted town, in this restaurant with no customers in it...smiling like they're ready to greet customers. I saw this in multiple countryside restaurants and it was just bizarre. I was literally the only person around walking through this barren town, you'd think everything was closed, and yet all the vacant restaurants, food stands etc are still being manned by staff just...standing there, smiling, like NPCs in a game. Has anyone been to Japan and run into that?
That's not just in games. When I lived and traveled in Japan, I would run into these...real-life NPCs, running these restaurants in pretty much deserted towns, like in Yokohama where you won't see a peson on the street, or in restaurants, and yet the waitresses are just...standing there, like statues, in this deserted town, in this restaurant with no customers in it...smiling like they're ready to greet customers. I saw this in multiple countryside restaurants and it was just bizarre. I was literally the only person around walking through this barren town, you'd think everything was closed, and yet all the vacant restaurants, food stands etc are still being manned by staff just...standing there, smiling, like NPCs in a game. Has anyone been to Japan and run into that?
