A day at the Yasukuni Shrine
We spent a day at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, Japan. First we came across a group in uniforms with
Japanese flags, said to be Nationalist.
Have no idea about that. Then an
interview for a magazine. Next greeted
the group who arrived to pray with us inside the Shrine.
Photographs not allowed in the Shrine. Afterwards group and individual
photographs. Then saw Japanese Imperial
Army reenactors (in USA there are American Revolution and Civil War reenactors). Later photographed with them.
Saw what is said to be vans belonging to the Nationalist and
met one of them.
Rest of the day enjoyed meeting people on the grounds of the
Yasukuni Shrine. The weather was perfect
and enjoyed a day with good friends and very friendly people.
The Yasukuni Shinto shrine is dedicated to the soldiers and
others who died on behalf of Japan, registering near two and a half million
names enshrined. A visit to this shrine
by foreigners and notable Japanese brings with it scathing criticism from some
neighboring nations. Their complaint is
out of the two and a half million spirits honored at the Yasukuni Shrine;
around one hundred were convicted as war criminals by the International
Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE or known as Tokyo Trails or Tokyo War
Crimes Tribunal). Should be noted the
legitimacy of tribunal is in question by many.
Here is what is
interesting: During World War Two Japan
occupied around twenty-four nations and battled around twelve Allied
nations. Out of the twenty-four occupied
and twelve Allied nations, only two nations object to any official visitation
to the Yasukuni Shrine.
The commies in China object because they are commies and
that is what commies do, very simplistic.
South Korean constant moaning over this issue is interesting. South Korean and Japan share similar security
issues in reference to red-China and North Korea, yet the South Koreans allow
this issue to widen the distance between Tokyo and Seoul.
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