Norm Nichols
Google
My family and I visited Zuisen-Ji Temple on July 19, 2020, and parked our vehicle in the parking lot near the admission office at the entrance of the temple. My spouse got out first to make sure we were allowed to park there, and paid the 200 yen each, for our visit. I was in the car, getting my son ready, and grabbing our belongings. We made the quick trip up to the temple and spent about 15 minutes walking around before returning. When we arrived at the bottom, my wife went to the bathroom, and I stood outside, examining the plants and bugs with my son. Suddenly, the elderly man in the admission building began yelling at me “parking no, GO,” beating on the window of the building, and was very aggressive. I showed him our tickets thinking maybe he thought I had not paid since my wife is Asian and I am white, but he persisted. We passed only one couple at the temple, it was around 1 pm, so they weren’t closing, and the parking lot had only one other vehicle parked. We were parked in the designated area, had only been there 20 minutes max, and were doing absolutely nothing wrong. I have lived in Japan for five years, and I have never been treated so poorly.
