Prophet of the Way =E3=81=AE=E3=83=A1=E3=83=83=E3=82=BB=E3=83=BC=E3=82=B8:

> Yasukuni Shrine is about 10-15 minutes from Jimbocho Intersection.
> The huge black Torii gate is visible to the east.  The shrine is between
> JR Ichigaya and Subway Kudanshita.
>
> Inside is a museum with some war artifacts, and letters by soldiers which
> the shrine reveres.  Mr. Koizumi, Prime Minister of Japan says he wants
> people to understand that he visits the shrine with prayers for an end of
> wars.  Critics say that the shrine's messages are not in line with that.
>
> Article by Christopher Reed, author of 'The Bubble Economy'
> http://www.counterpunch.org/reed10192005.html
>
> 'Listen to the Voices from the Sea' (Kike Wadatsumi no Koe)
> http://www.jcu.edu.au/aff/history/reviews/weaver.htm
> A collection of letters and diary entries by students who went to the war.
> People who read this book are opposed to Yasukuni rhetoric.

Why? Because they fall for the propaganda when ignoring what men and
boys like these actually did (yet apparently denied doing) while
spouting their poetry? Did they also read views like Reed's, which is
more representative of the truth?