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Japan really should charge tourists four times more
The swarm of visitors to a Japanese castle has prompted the city it’s in to suggest higher prices for foreigners – much higher.
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The mayor of Himeiji city, suggested that foreign tourists ought to pay more than the ¥1,000 (S$8.40) the castle currently charges for admission.
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Step out of the train station at Himeji, a mid-sized Japanese city about 80km from Osaka, and one thing grabs the eye.
Himeji Castle, a centuries-old fortress once home to the great Japanese unifier Toyotomi Hideyoshi, is the best surviving example of such structures from the Warring States era, many of which were destroyed in air raids during World War II.
