kuri wrote:
> "John W." <worthj1970@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
> > I need an explanation. If his grave is in Aichi, then what's in
> > Yasukuni?
>
> Nothing. You didn't know that ?
>
> Yasukuni only contains the kami.
>
> Seriously, the problem is human knowledge about kamis is so poor that we
> don't even have a proven efficient technology to deshrine a kami from there.
> Also, supposing they manage to deshrine Tojo, as the guy was extremely
> popular, they cannot be sure the other kamis (the *good ones*, those that
> are only B-series  war criminals) will stay there, it's likely they'll
> follow their general.

That's only natural.

> And well, supposing they take an exorcist there and he says he sucessfully
> deshrined Tojo, there will be people to doubt that was effective.
>
I've seen enough ghost documentaries on TV to know it's really hard to
get rid of a spirit once it's settled in.

> You know what makes me laugh in that story ?
> The Chinese+Koreans+other anti-Yasukuni whiners believe firmly that the
> Japanese kamis don't exist. So if kamis don't exist, that means Yasukuni is
> empty, and all that fuss is about nutcases visiting an empty nutshell.
>
That's true.

But the Koreans seem to have been fairly quiet, or at least growing
quieter. I think opening that country to Japan's culture was a great
leap forward. China has something to gain by fostering anti-Japan
sentiment; Korea really doesn't.

John W.