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They definitely cannot enforce those. Now if you do enter with shoes AND damage the floor a bit*, I still doubt they could even enforce those. Even courts here
by franciscop 4y ago
They definitely cannot enforce those. Now if you do enter with shoes AND damage the floor a bit*, I still doubt they could even enforce those. Even courts here are not punitive in nature (they are restorative), so even if they sued you and won for going in with shoes, which I highly doubt, at most you'd have to pay for the damage they can prove that you made, which would be few thousand yens.
The only one I am a bit unsure is about guests, since they might technically be able to limit who goes around.
*if you do go with dirty shoes and make a mess is a different matter, I'm just talking about normal walking with shoes
- dan-robertson 4y agoPresumably local laws apply. I don’t have any idea whether fees like that would be allowed in Japan.
- CaptainZapp 4y agoDespite enforceable or not, it's considered extremely rude to enter a property wearing shoes in Japan. Do you want to be a good guest or an entitled douchebag? (I don't mean you personally).
- rjh29 4y agoI'm sure they had problems with people spreading dirt on the floor and a cleaning fee is perfectly reasonable, I just found the size of the penalties to be amusing.