Tokyo's Shinjuku Gyoen national park to sell entrance tickets online

Nice to see them joining the world in the 21st Century!

An hour to go through a turnstile? Can't they learn a lesson or two from Shinjuku Station? It's easy walking distance if they want to do some research.

Selling tickets online makes more sense than their previous solution, having some old fella let gaijin in for free because he was too scared to talk to them.

500yen to see some grass and trees?

Has the world gone mad?

Wow, that's big news in hi-tech Japan. I hope JR follows soon with train tickets...

500yen to see some grass and trees?

Has the world gone mad?

You should see how much tax payers cash abe spent on his sakura viewing

"50- yen to see some grass and trees".

Sankeien garden in Yokohama is similarly sized and costs 700 yen.

This will deter embezzling ticket takers from pocketing people's admission money and then pretending that "scary foreigners" barged past him without paying because he was too scared to demand their tickets.

Remember that fraudster employee a few years ago? Most pathetic excuse for embezzlement I'd ever seen.

Ward tax, it should be a free attraction showcasing the city

I wonder if the tickets are refundable or transferable if you buy them in advance and it’s poring down rain on the day you booked them for.

Starting Thursday, visitors will be able to buy tickets online with credit cards from private vendor "asoview!"

Is Aso Taro going in "legit" business? Also I was under the impression that tax money would pay for Parks and Rec...

Lining up and paying money to enter a public park is wrong.

Can I order by fax?