Japanese Tourist Sites Telling Foreigners To "Stay Away"

Above, some foreigners have been breaking off flowers in Osaka Castle's gardens. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

When one is visiting another person's home, they should be on their best behavior, right?

The same goes when visiting a foreign country. In this case, Japan. Unfortunately, some foreign visitors to Japan have been behaving badly and acting like boors and louts. This is causing some attractions to Japan to not allow foreign visitors.

The Daily Mail (U.K.) reported:

The notoriously polite Japanese may find it difficult to say 'no', but a surge in bad behaviour from foreigners has led to some of the country's tourist attractions telling them to stay away. 

Incidents cited have included visitors playing loud music at sacred Buddhist temples, splashing in holy fountains, climbing on roofs to take better pictures, bringing their own food to eat in restaurants and using plates as ashtrays.  

Nanzoin's temple in Sasaguri, Fukuoka - which is a draw with its huge reclining Buddha - has gone to the lengths of posting signs in 12 languages telling non-Japanese travellers to stay away, after a series of verbal warnings failed.

Frankly, I can't blame the Japanese. These foreign morons who are ruining things for the rest of us. If you do visit a foreign country, leave your bad manners at home.

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