I had a very enjoyable visit with my friend on Saturday the 10th. I think it’s a great price and the bridge and island are beautiful. You can spend a long time on the island and still find new things to explore. My only issue is with the ticketing machines and staff. I put in a 500 yen to pay for 2 adult tickets (200 yen each, 400 yen total). Instead of the machine giving our tickets back, it only gave us 100 yen change back and no receipt. We tried to explain the situation (in Japanese) to the employee but she waved us off without speaking to us. The other employee checked the machine and the machine misread my 500 yen as 100 yen (I assume it’s an issue with the new coins). The employees would no longer speak to us and made us stand in the corner while we tried to explain the situation, ignoring us. We ended up having to go pay again. In the end we bought 4 adult tickets for two people. I wish the machine gave a receipt or there was another way to verify the money entered into the machine, but there wasn’t. At the very least, I wish one of the employees would speak with us and try better to address the issue. I’m not sure if it’s because we are foreigners (my boyfriend is Taiwanese) but we had no issue communicating in Japanese. Otherwise, we had a wonderful time.