[OC] ‘Where are you from?’ – Sticker wall in Japanese Café
There is a Café in Uji (Japan, Kyoto region) in a very touristic area, where they ask the visitors/ customers to put a sticker on the location they are from. Interesting distribution (although not surprising) IMO.
i see those stickers in northern canada and i am having nunavut
hache-moncour on
Half the population of Madagascar came to visit one day I see
otzky_ on
Source: Map in Café “増田茶舗 TEA STAND SHOP” (Uji, Japan)
Tool: Camera
Robofcourse on
It would be quite interesting if people put where they are really from. Look at Greenland, Northern Russia, etc.
CuriousOnePlus on
BS. There’s literally no one living in the interior of Australia, it’s arid and uninhabited even by First Nations people.
There’s no water. No electricity. No food. No fuel.
Loki-L on
I assume most of the stickers in Greenland are from Americans who learned geography in American schools.
DIAXMEN on
Either the workers purposefully planted stickers in random places at the beginning so it doesnt seem empty or they get a lot of troll answers.
There is no way inland greenland has that many tourists come there, or pretty much all of africa. The dots are too neat too
manyhandz on
Given the average American’s grasp of basic geography, this map could mean anything.
AlwaysBeQuestioning on
Most likely a bunch of these will be randomly placed by people who thought it’d be funny or who wanted to put it somewhere unique rather than truthful.
– There are so few people living in Greenland and almost all live on the coast.
– Some stickers are in the middle of the Sahara. There are settlements there, but those people are very unlikely to end up in a random cafe in Japan. Let alone it happening multiple times for multiple different settlements.
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Those were the ones that stood out to me. The rest can be ascribed to “trying their best” and a little inaccuracy. For the USA, Europe and (South)East Asia this looks like a population density map, which makes sense because those countries are wealthy enough that the median person can afford to be a global tourist. In South America you can clearly see country capitals plus Rio and São Paulo.
New Zealand is a little close to Oz.
Oli4K on
Antarticans being left out again I see.
Tygret on
What’s the point if you’re going to fake it.
We got people living in Northeast Greenland (that’s a national park, nobody lives there). Also so many Greenland pins, and not a single person bothered to actually put it in Nuuk.
4 pins on Svalbard, only 1 in Longyearbyen. Nobody lives on the east coast.
Nobody lives on Franz Josef Land or Severnaya Zemlya either.
People living in uninhabited Nunvaut and even in the middle of the Hudson Bay.
That pin southwest of Chile makes no sense. Nothing there.
Africa is way too neatly distributed, they just didn’t even bother to make it look real.
diedalatte on
the Philippines doesn’t exist 😭
ProffesorSpitfire on
I seriously doubt this Japanese cafe had 14 visitors from Greenland, none of which were from the capital Nuuk, which makes up almost 30% of the population.
namewithanumber on
Living in a boat in the middle of the Hudson.
BaBaBaBaconbitz on
I thought Hawaii was just a jumble of extra stickers to use at first lol
Muramusaa on
Wow thats pretty dang cool woowee
Low_Cut_368 on
South East Asia is definitely over represented, which reflects their relative geographical proximity. Other than that it’s exactly as expected
titpetric on
Some saharan beduin enjoyed the cafe
jakonfire on
Cool to know only one sticker is from where I’m from! Thats pretty awesome
kimochii12 on
Ive been there and some of the spots are so condensed it created a yellow sticker mountain so I put mine somewhere random ☠️
AmericainaLyon on
Don’t think anyone’s mentioned Mexico yet, but I also highly doubt there were that many Mexican visitors, and if there were, about half would be concentrated from CDMX.
Mathyoublake on
Are there actually livable places down at the bottom left of the map where those random couple dots are??
Able_Tradition6365 on
About 20% of the Australian pins are clearly troll answers
Average_Guava on
Some of those pins are BS, because no one lives on the ice cap of Greenland lol
atTheRealMrKuntz on
looking at the spots in Greenland, i’m calling this bs
Competitive-Data-744 on
Russia needs to get out more.
aotus_trivirgatus on
Quite a few liars and/or approximators here.
The middle of the Algerian Sahara? Not likely.
The center of the Greenland ice dome? No freaking way.
jort93 on
I think staff put some? Cause why are the stickers in Greenland for example spread out like that? If there are visitors, you’d expect them to be form the capital, not from some forest in nowhere. Northern Canada is also not very believable.
mo9723 on
I can see that El Salvador is covered up fully by stickers, and just from having seen so many people’s IG stories over the last year: i fully believe it
TetyyakiWith on
Shoutout to Russian guys who lives on an island for nuclear wastes
leer0ybr0wn on
Global warming has made Iceland retreat a few hundred miles north east!
secretgirl3 on
A bunch from Greenland, but none from Faroe Islands? That’s a bit sus.
Ornery-Practice9772 on
i would not stick my real country
cloud_t on
Well, this data is almost certainly fake.
Valdemar_Sling on
I think the Greenlanders might be trolling tho.
Wise-Candle9832 on
I am surprised the Americans were even able to locate their country.
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I see people live on top of glaciers
i see those stickers in northern canada and i am having nunavut
Half the population of Madagascar came to visit one day I see
Source: Map in Café “増田茶舗 TEA STAND SHOP” (Uji, Japan)
Tool: Camera
It would be quite interesting if people put where they are really from. Look at Greenland, Northern Russia, etc.
BS. There’s literally no one living in the interior of Australia, it’s arid and uninhabited even by First Nations people.
There’s no water. No electricity. No food. No fuel.
I assume most of the stickers in Greenland are from Americans who learned geography in American schools.
Either the workers purposefully planted stickers in random places at the beginning so it doesnt seem empty or they get a lot of troll answers.
There is no way inland greenland has that many tourists come there, or pretty much all of africa. The dots are too neat too
Given the average American’s grasp of basic geography, this map could mean anything.
Most likely a bunch of these will be randomly placed by people who thought it’d be funny or who wanted to put it somewhere unique rather than truthful.
– There are so few people living in Greenland and almost all live on the coast.
– Some stickers are in the middle of the Sahara. There are settlements there, but those people are very unlikely to end up in a random cafe in Japan. Let alone it happening multiple times for multiple different settlements.
.
Those were the ones that stood out to me. The rest can be ascribed to “trying their best” and a little inaccuracy. For the USA, Europe and (South)East Asia this looks like a population density map, which makes sense because those countries are wealthy enough that the median person can afford to be a global tourist. In South America you can clearly see country capitals plus Rio and São Paulo.
New Zealand is a little close to Oz.
Antarticans being left out again I see.
What’s the point if you’re going to fake it.
We got people living in Northeast Greenland (that’s a national park, nobody lives there). Also so many Greenland pins, and not a single person bothered to actually put it in Nuuk.
4 pins on Svalbard, only 1 in Longyearbyen. Nobody lives on the east coast.
Nobody lives on Franz Josef Land or Severnaya Zemlya either.
People living in uninhabited Nunvaut and even in the middle of the Hudson Bay.
That pin southwest of Chile makes no sense. Nothing there.
Africa is way too neatly distributed, they just didn’t even bother to make it look real.
the Philippines doesn’t exist 😭
I seriously doubt this Japanese cafe had 14 visitors from Greenland, none of which were from the capital Nuuk, which makes up almost 30% of the population.
Living in a boat in the middle of the Hudson.
I thought Hawaii was just a jumble of extra stickers to use at first lol
Wow thats pretty dang cool woowee
South East Asia is definitely over represented, which reflects their relative geographical proximity. Other than that it’s exactly as expected
Some saharan beduin enjoyed the cafe
Cool to know only one sticker is from where I’m from! Thats pretty awesome
Ive been there and some of the spots are so condensed it created a yellow sticker mountain so I put mine somewhere random ☠️
Don’t think anyone’s mentioned Mexico yet, but I also highly doubt there were that many Mexican visitors, and if there were, about half would be concentrated from CDMX.
Are there actually livable places down at the bottom left of the map where those random couple dots are??
About 20% of the Australian pins are clearly troll answers
Some of those pins are BS, because no one lives on the ice cap of Greenland lol
looking at the spots in Greenland, i’m calling this bs
Russia needs to get out more.
Quite a few liars and/or approximators here.
The middle of the Algerian Sahara? Not likely.
The center of the Greenland ice dome? No freaking way.
I think staff put some? Cause why are the stickers in Greenland for example spread out like that? If there are visitors, you’d expect them to be form the capital, not from some forest in nowhere. Northern Canada is also not very believable.
I can see that El Salvador is covered up fully by stickers, and just from having seen so many people’s IG stories over the last year: i fully believe it
Shoutout to Russian guys who lives on an island for nuclear wastes
Global warming has made Iceland retreat a few hundred miles north east!
A bunch from Greenland, but none from Faroe Islands? That’s a bit sus.
i would not stick my real country
Well, this data is almost certainly fake.
I think the Greenlanders might be trolling tho.
I am surprised the Americans were even able to locate their country.
People in Hawaii and Philippines living in water
Do people really live in that part of Greenland?
Les africains et les russes sont casaniers !