日本一公園售票員因害怕外國人 免費贈數萬張門票

An attendant at a popular garden in the heart of Tokyo has cost the facility tens of millions of yen because he was "too frightened" to ask foreign visitors to pay the admission fee.

東京市中心一處熱門公園的一名售票員，因“太害怕”開口向外國遊客收取門票費，導致該公園損失數千萬日元。

The attendant, who is in his early 70s, admitted failing to collect the fees for Shinjuku Gyoen national garden after an investigation was launched following a tip-off by another employee.

在新宿御苑國家公園的另一名員工告發此事之後，有關部門展開了調查，最後這位70歲出頭的售票員承認自己沒有收取門票費。

The unnamed man, who has since retired, reportedly said he had stopped collecting admission fees from foreigners of 200 yen for adults and 50 yen for children in April 2014, and had continued to allow foreign visitors in free of charge for about two and a half years.

這位未具名的售票員事發後就退休了，據報道，他2014年4月就開始停止向外國成人和小孩收取門票費，該公園的成人票價是200日元，兒童票價是50日元，自那以後約有兩年半時間，他一直讓外國遊客免費進入。

As a result an estimated 160,000 people entered the garden without paying.

由此導致的結果是，估計有16萬遊客在此期間免費入園。

The environment ministry, which manages the garden, said that it had lost at least 25 million yen as a result.

管理該公園的日本環境省表示，由此造成的損失至少有2500萬日元。

Local reports said the man told ministry investigators that being yelled at by a non-Japanese visitor years ago had made him scared of overseas guests.

據當地媒體報道稱，這名售票員向環境省調查員透露，多年前曾有一名外國遊客衝他大吼大叫，這使得他非常害怕外國遊客。