Tourists misbehave – city is now locking out holidaymakers. Anyone who ignores the signs must pay a fine of 10,000 yen (around 62 euros) Kyoto is “not an amusement park’ – after residents complain, the district is closed to tourists.
Tourists had repeatedly harassed the geishas while they were working and taken photos of them without asking. City council member Isokazu Ota said some of the holidaymakers were behaving like amateur paparazzi.