U.S. tourist arrested for scratching messages on a sacred shrine gate in Tokyo, angering locals.

A 65-year-old American tourist was arrested in Tokyo for defacing the Meiji Jingu shrine by scratching letters onto a wooden gate with his fingernails. This incident, seen as a prank, is one of several recent cases of tourist misbehavior in Japan. Local residents are frustrated by such etiquette breaches, especially as Japan aims to double its annual tourist numbers to 60 million by 2030.

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