Over 85% wary of bad tourist behavior at Japan national parks: poll

Over 85% wary of bad tourist behavior at Japan national parks: poll

They don't like tourist behavior but they foreign currency from tourist.

Not surprising, is it? What with the continual drip, drip, drip of troublesome tourist news.

Nothing new under the Sun.

When I visit Japan, I am sick of seeing poor behavior. Come-on people, behave yourselves! Be aware of others, ....how do Japanese behave?

When I visit Japan, I am sick of seeing poor behavior. Come-on people, behave yourselves! Be aware of others, ....how do Japanese behave?

Yes, that’s so true. ‘When in Rome..’ right? But when it’s the Japanese drinking in the street, being rowdy; or when it’s Japanese being noisy, making a journey intolerable; there are very few complaints by other locals. Yet all we see in the press is ‘rowdy foreign tourists.’ It kind of sticks in the throat when all we do - most of us who live here anyway - is behave like the Japanese. We’re an easy target for the TV and web news outlets who try to provide for the perpetually outraged - the “See, I told you foreigners were trouble” types - because they know it sells. More clicks and less scanning channels to watch.

....how do Japanese behave?

Just like everybody else. I've seen more Japanese old men peeing, spitting and littering the street than foreigners.

Japanese always follow the rules... Except when they don't.

Currently, none of national parks in Japan have entrance fees, opening times or closing times, according to the Japan National Tourism Organization.

isn’t Shinjuku Gyoen a national park? They in fact raised fees a few years back.

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Just like everybody else. I've seen more Japanese old men peeing, spitting and littering the street than foreigners.

Japanese always follow the rules... Except when they don't.

Spot on.

Agreed that a lot of tourists are bad mannered and sometimes entitled and rude. However this happens all over the world, not only in Japan.

Japanese people need to evolve and adapt and realize that the world is way bigger than the Galapagost Japan, full of various cultures and customs. And yes, being uncivilized and rude is part of all cultures unfortunatelly. Being xenophobic about it, while earning for tourists money is hypocritical and callous to say the least.

how do Japanese behave?

pretty badly themselves.

obviously not EVERYONE, but there a lot of rude males for sure.

the problem here is, they are focusing on touristy places and looking at foreigners.

if you go to any suburb, rural area or non Kansai-Tokyo areas, you'll see a lot of Japanese people doing "inappropriate" things.

I blame the government though and the overall travel industry. if they quit promoting only Kansai and Tokyo, and attempt to spread people out around Kyushu, Hiroshima, Hokkaido or Shikoku, then maybe it will calm down a bit.

@shogun36

What is it about Japanese men that is rude?

Without concrete examples, it's just slander, right?

Please tell us about any rude behavior by Japanese men that you or the foreigners around you have encountered.

National parks though? This just feels like they are following the trend of bashing on foreigners. 99% of foreign tourists are in the cities. In a national park you might get 1 foreigner per 500 Japanese and I doubt it's the young noisy party goers finding their way out to national parks. Foreign tourists instances of misbehavior in those places probably doesn't make a dent. If anything I think that for Japanese tourists misbehavior or failing to understand how to behave in such areas probably increase a lot, as it's not the type of environment they are used to.

Not sure if I'm misunderstanding the word national park though, didn't think that included city parks.

The recent spate of foreign tourists doing stupid things, either to video themselves to upload on tik-tok or making some anti-Japan political statement has given foreign tourists a bad public image.

The Cabinet Office surveyed 3,000 people nationwide between July and August, and 1,750 people gave valid responses.

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The Cabinet Office surveyed 3,000 people nationwide between July and August, and 1,750 people gave valid responses.

a 58 percent valid response rate, I wonder if the other 42 percent just didn't respond, or if they gave invalid responses. I suspect the later, and wonder what they said about foreigners. I have been visiting Japanese national parks for almost 40 years, and I have seen a few incidents where visitors to the parks were inappropriate. All, as far as I could tell, were Japanese visitors to the Japanese national parks.

Not surprised at a lot of these comments gaslighting Japanese people who are angry over these misbehaving tourists.

That Japanese old men allegedly misbehave in public has zero relevance to foreigners doing dumb things in Japan. I have seen these types of videos and it makes me feel embarrassed. Foreigners using sacred structures as exercise props, foreigners recklessly dancing on trains/subways and harrassing passengers, foreigners just being plain disrespectful, ignorant, and hostile. The fact that so many of you cannot even criticize this outright shows your true colors. That some try to portray Japanese as 'racist' and 'xenophobic' for daring to be angry about things like people prancing on trains is ridiculous.

But Japan Today tends to attract this type of people that always gaslight and nitpick Japanese people. If I go to a YouTube video of foreigners acting badly in Japan, overwhelming majority of the comments are criticizing the behaviors and how shameful it is to Japanese society. Glad to see the majority have common sense.

Not many tourists visit National Parks.

The recent spate of foreign tourists doing stupid things, either to video themselves to upload on tik-tok or making some anti-Japan political statement has given foreign tourists a bad public image.

@ Ossan - true. There's been some poor behaviour.

But a good deal of the most heinous offences by tourists - certainly the anti-Japan political ones - are from a certain hugely populated nation to the West of Japan. They have by far the worst image among Japanese people. Tourist visas issued to that nation should be drastically cut.

National parks? Not really where hordes of foreign tourists hang out. Yes, probably we can find a few isolated instances of bad behavior, will increase if more visit national parks, but still? National parks?

A government survey released Friday showed that over 85 percent of respondents are concerned that the increase in foreign tourists visiting Japanese national parks could lead to more instances of bad manners and rule-breaking.

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The surge in foreign tourists has also brought into question whether park visitors should be charged fees for maintenance and facilities. Currently, none of national parks in Japan have entrance fees, opening times or closing times, according to the Japan National Tourism Organization.

Government survey, with a question about entrance fees. I suspect that's what it is about. Use the 'foreign threat' to charge Japanese. Save money. Like dynamic pricing for trains that is now allowed (but not used yet except somewhere in Kyushu I think) There too congestion due to tourists was one of the arguments, but of course the prices would (will) go up in golden week and long weekends. And the ones who get to pay more are not foreign tourists, but working Japanese. This here looks like a trial balloon to see if they can introduce entrance fees, 99% paid by Japanese.