{"id":10776,"date":"2019-11-05T15:13:21","date_gmt":"2019-11-05T06:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2019\/nov\/05\/geisha-selfies-banned-in-kyoto-as-foreign-tourism-boom-takes-toll"},"modified":"2019-11-05T15:13:21","modified_gmt":"2019-11-05T06:13:21","slug":"geisha-selfies-banned-in-kyoto-as-foreign-tourism-boom-takes-toll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=10776","title":{"rendered":"Geisha selfies banned in Kyoto as foreign tourism boom takes toll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Geisha neighbourhoods threaten to fine visitors amid growing complaints of harassment and property damage<\/p>\n<p>Authorities in Kyoto have banned photography in parts of the city\u2019s main geisha neighbourhood, amid a flurry of complaints about harassment and bad behaviour by foreign tourists in the quest for the perfect selfie.<\/p>\n<p>The ban, introduced recently on private roads in the city\u2019s Gion district, includes a fine of up to 10,000 yen (\u00a370), as Kyoto and other sightseeing spots in Japan grapple with the downside of a boom in visitors that is expected to last long after next summer\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/olympic-games-2020\">Tokyo Olympics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2019\/nov\/05\/geisha-selfies-banned-in-kyoto-as-foreign-tourism-boom-takes-toll\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Geisha neighbourhoods threaten to fine visitors amid growing complaints of harassment and property damageAuthorities in Kyoto have banned photography in parts of the city\u2019s main geisha neighbourhood, amid a flurry of complaints about harassment and bad&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":151,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,88],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-japan"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/151"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10776"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10777,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10776\/revisions\/10777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}