42 Watazumi Shrine bans all tourists. Originally they wanted to ban just foreigners, but because of "negative reactions" (most likely people called them racists') they've extended the ban to "all tourists", including Japanese tourists. Rather cowardly move on their part (soranews24.com) posted 2 months ago by Telia 2 months ago by Telia +46 / -5 Real-life Ghost of Tsushima shrine announces ban of all “tourists,” but there’s some fine print After years of dealing with ill-mannered visitors, Watazumi Shrine has had enough with what it calls “the destruciton of Japanese culture.” 18 comments share 18 comments share save hide report block hide replies
I need to visit Japan before they just close off the country to outsiders entirely (again.)
Not all outsiders, just the global south.