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Japanese shrine aided by Ghost of Tsushima fans announces tourist ban
A Japanese shrine famous to video game fans has announced a ban on visits by tourists, following an "unforgivable act o…
Now, however, the Watazumi Shrine has announced a total ban on tourist visits, after an incident occured earlier this week on 23rd March described only as "a grave and unforgivable act of disrespect committed by foreigner(s)". Watch on YouTube Further details of the incident have not been released, though a message on the Watazumi Shrine's social media accounts states that, going forward, only worshippers will be allowed entrance. Unacceptable behaviour by tourists at the Watazumi Shrine is nothing new, Automaton reports, and a previous, controversial ban had seen South Korean visitors barred, after incidents of vandalism and abuse directed towards staff.
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