I JUST spent time in Kyoto (Osaka is too expensive with the World's Fair going on) and the saying attributed most recently in memory to Anthony Bourdain, 'don't be a tourist, be a traveler' definitely applies. The signs they put up, in vain, asking people to not leave trash everywhere and a thousand other things natives consider common courtesy...
A barista acquaintance who opened a cafe near the mentioned Enoden line intentionally has a subtle sign with no direct visibility/access from the street to make it a place for locals and in turn keep the pace more relaxed. Another acquaintance opened a place near Shinjuku but so off the beaten path that you could miss it when biking by, but they're on Google Maps. My significant other always says 'coffee is community', and there's still people displaying that 'mad hope' in the younger generation.
I like the idea of the b-side cuts, I could act proud and mention I've been coming here and going out to the wilds where you're the first gaikokujin someone's ever seen, and they ask if you're an English teacher...
The people trying to run authentic small businesses can sometimes draw the simplest line by actually denying service to enforce not allowing photography, but Kyoto is well described as a natural disaster in those tourist corridors

A friend here in Kyoto used to frequent a little restaurant that suddenly became very popular once a nearby hotel started recommending it to guests, and the owner simply shut it down because he didn't want the levels of busy crowding that that led to.

Separately and unrelatedly, I've done translation work for a restaurant, to translate a sign that basically said "please don't review us online, even if you loved the food," because a lot of places just aren't equipped to handle the sheer amount of tourist traffic a lot of Japan has been experiencing in the past decade.