Fattwins 0 Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 yasukuni jinja Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 Here's an account of a visit by renown Middle East correspondent Robert Fisk. http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=15&ItemID=4579 If I was in Tokyo, I had the time, and it didn't involve financially supporting them (e.g., if it's free or you can sneak in), I might go. As a.n.other gaijin in Japan, I don't think it would mean anything. Link to post Share on other sites
brett_jackson 0 Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 That's an interesting read Mr Wiggles. I've actually not heard of this place until reading that article and doing a quick Google to find out more. I read that yasukuni jinja is a different experience to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, which I will be visiting in a week or two when I get to Japan. Is that true? And if so in what way? Is it that one shrine focuses on war and the other on peace? Link to post Share on other sites
slow 0 Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 I had been to Yasukuni Jinja twice. For summer festival and cherry blossom viewing. I remember I had same impression when I went there fist time and when I went to National Defense Academy in Yokosuka. I felt like I had time tripped. Link to post Share on other sites
BigSausage 0 Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 I went without knowing much about it or the controversy. Only spend a short time there, nothing too special. Link to post Share on other sites
merryJim 1 Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 Do they charge to get in? Link to post Share on other sites
akibun 0 Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 I don't want to go there. I wish PM also did not go. Link to post Share on other sites
kintaro 0 Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 My wife used to work for a Chinese based B2B companay that was very near Yasukuni Shrine and I visited the shrine out of interest. It is not particularly important if you go or not unless you are the prime minister of japan who should know better than to go in a way of saying "I don't really give a fk what you think" to his neighbors. If koizumi & Co. need to pray for the war criminals of past, I don't see why they can't do it the solace of their own homes. But then, of course, as is koizumi & Co., I am culturally insensitive. Link to post Share on other sites
brit-gob 9 Posted December 4, 2004 Share Posted December 4, 2004 merryJim - from what I remember, no. Link to post Share on other sites
DumbStick 13 Posted December 5, 2004 Share Posted December 5, 2004 The only thing remarkable about it is the controversy. If you want a temple/shrine experience, theres plenty better places to go. Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted December 13, 2004 Share Posted December 13, 2004 An article that mentions Koizumis visits here: http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Japan/FL11Dh04.html Link to post Share on other sites
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