Comments by "XSportSeeker" (@XSpImmaLion) on "Graffiti found many times on Japan's prestigious shrines" video.

  1. I said this is what is going to start happening more and more as tourism grows way back when a similar case happened in Arashiyama. Do people remember this? Happened before the pandemic. It is just the way it is. Most tourists don't behave like that, but when you get an influx that is getting close to 3 million a month, even if just 0.001% of tourists behave like assholes, what you have is still 3 thousand of them behaving like assholes. Crimes, vandalism, and general problems are just going to start happening more and more, and tourist locations in Japan will need to start preparing better for this volume of tourists more and more. Which usually translates into physical barriers, pay to visit, unfriendly locals and police, prejudice, bad attitude towards non-locals, and the list goes on. Unfortunate as it may be, this is just the reality when it comes to numbers like those. If things continue to trend this way, I'm sorry for those who admires certain things about Japanese culture and receptiveness towards foreign tourists, but the reality of the situation will force the change. And usually, it's not great. Everyone who has lived their lives in places which became highly sought after tourist attractions will know all too well how this goes.
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