Shinjuku Gyoen (新宿御苑)
Oct 25, 2018, 1:33 pm
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Shinjuku Gyoen (新宿御苑)
Shinjuku Gyoen (新宿御苑) is a public park located east of Shinjuku station, 0.6 km (0.4 miles) from the station. The park has admission fee of 200 yen (US$ 1.76 or 1.56 Euro).
73 old man who worked at a ticket booth of the park admitted that because he could not speak any foreign language (non-Japanese) he was giving admission tickets to Gaijin (外人) without collecting admission fee. Park authority estimates that the man failed to collect approximately 25,000,000 yen (US$ 222,024 or 195 370 Euro) over time he worked at a ticket booth.
When this has become known to the authority on Jan. 2017 the man was put on dispensary with pay reduction to 1/10, but same month the man has quit the job.
So, any of you Gaijin who visited Shinjuku Gyoen thought the park is admission free, it is not!
73 old man who worked at a ticket booth of the park admitted that because he could not speak any foreign language (non-Japanese) he was giving admission tickets to Gaijin (外人) without collecting admission fee. Park authority estimates that the man failed to collect approximately 25,000,000 yen (US$ 222,024 or 195 370 Euro) over time he worked at a ticket booth.
When this has become known to the authority on Jan. 2017 the man was put on dispensary with pay reduction to 1/10, but same month the man has quit the job.
So, any of you Gaijin who visited Shinjuku Gyoen thought the park is admission free, it is not!
Oct 25, 2018, 2:00 pm
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Amazing story and shocking that no one noticed for so long. Surely there was a daily discrepancy between tickets and receipts.
I was there a week and a half ago. I did pay, but via vending machine. I wonder if that is why there are a couple of vending machines now.
I was there a week and a half ago. I did pay, but via vending machine. I wonder if that is why there are a couple of vending machines now.
Oct 25, 2018, 2:12 pm
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The news article I read indicated that this 73 years old man was erasing data from the computer each time he printed tickets and gave those out free, hence authorities did not notice this for a long time.
The old man did not speak a word of foreign language but knew how to erase data from the computer!
The old man did not speak a word of foreign language but knew how to erase data from the computer!
Oct 25, 2018, 4:05 pm
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Hi,
In april i was there with my mother and we got tickets at the vending machines and had to scan then at the barrier gates to get in. ( a QR code printed on the ticket IIRC)
Regards
TBS
In april i was there with my mother and we got tickets at the vending machines and had to scan then at the barrier gates to get in. ( a QR code printed on the ticket IIRC)
Regards
TBS
Oct 29, 2018, 10:20 am
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The news article I read indicated that this 73 years old man was erasing data from the computer each time he printed tickets and gave those out free, hence authorities did not notice this for a long time.
The old man did not speak a word of foreign language but knew how to erase data from the computer!
The old man did not speak a word of foreign language but knew how to erase data from the computer!
Oct 31, 2018, 1:34 pm
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