stackyFACTSIf you hate dealing with foreign tourists, seventeenth-century Japan is your utopia.
If you hate dealing with foreign tourists, seventeenth-century Japan is your utopia. Under the Sakoku policy, administrators instituted an absolute national lockdown that lasted for over two centuries. Citizens caught trying to leave the country were severely punished, and anyone who had managed to slip out was strictly forbidden from returning. It was the ultimate governmental 'do not disturb' sign hung on an entire archipelago.
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