Drunk Tourist Topples Kyoto Temple's Samurai-Era Relic

The tourist, entering through a kitchen door, damaged the temple's main hall railing, designated a Kyoto Prefectural Cultural Heritage Site. Later, he returned sober, expressing remorse through a translation app, stating, 'This was the biggest mistake of my life. I'm truly sorry.'
An intoxicated American tourist in Kyoto's Shoden Eigen-in Temple broke a historic railing, then apologized via translation app, highlighting overtourism's impact on Japan's cultural sites.