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Japan
001-000138, asia, examining, flag, imperial, japan, journalist, media, military, nationalism, nationalist, people, press, shrine, temple, tokyo, uniform, Yasukuni
Japan BW Series
Jean-Philippe DAIN
11 August 05
Jean-Philippe Dain
Tokyo prefecture
Tokyo
JPN
The news coverage at Yasukuni Jinja on the 60th anniversary of Japan's surrender, Chiyoda ward, Tokyo, Japan. The Yasukuni shrine is probably one of the well-known shrine in Japan. Not for its architecture or its design, but for the controversies in which it is involved. Nowadays, Yasukuni Jinja offers an amazing atmosphere, especially during commemorations. Group of schoolgirls, sightseeing tours, nostalgics of the imperial Japan, military-dressed nationalists, parades, policemen and monks, politicians, wounded people in wheel chair and middle-aged japanese coming to honour one of their family member victim of world war II mix with themselves.The Yasukuni shrine is probably one of the most well-known shrines in Japan. Not for its architecture or its design, but for the controversies in which it is involved. Nowadays, Yasukuni Jinja offers an amazing atmosphere, especially during commemorations. Group of schoolgirls, sightseeing tours, nostalgics of the imperial Japan, military-dressed nationalists, parades, policemen and monks, politicians, wounded people in wheel chair and middle-aged japanese coming to honour one of their family member victim of world war II mix with themselves.