Overview
- Japan, a club in Mexico City’s Roma Norte, said in an Instagram post that U.S. citizens must pay a 5,000‑peso cover, with discounts that cut entry to 350 pesos for other nationalities, 250 for Mexicans and Latin Americans, and 150 for students and teachers.
- Owner Federico Crespo said the pricing answers insults and policy attacks from President Trump and described it as a political stance rather than hostility toward American visitors.
- He said money from the higher fees goes to staff to ease rising rents, longer commutes, and other costs linked to the city’s tourist boom.
- The club’s follow‑up post stressed respect for individuals and aimed to spur debate on how Latin Americans are treated in the U.S. and how mass tourism affects locals.
- The announcement drew tens of thousands of likes and broad coverage, with no legal action or official response reported so far, and it could prod other venues to test tiered pricing or push authorities to revisit tourism and housing rules.