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  20030815YasukuniJinja01.JPG - Usually, degrees of more than 35 degrees are nothing unusual in mid-August Japan. However, even in the rain, tens of thousands come to the Shrine every year on 15 August. In 2005, it was even more than 200.000. Yasukuni Jinja continues to be the center of controversy between Japan and its Asian neighbors such as China and Korea. The shrine serves as a symbol of Japanese colonialism and nationalism, and visits by Japanese prime ministers to Yasukuni remind these Asian countries that Japan has been slow to apologize for wartime atrocities and to publish school textbooks that give a balanced history of the war. About 2.5 million spirits of individuals who sacrificed themselves for Japan are worshipped at the shrine, but the inclusion of convicted war criminals such as Hideki Tojo causes the most controversy.  
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Usually, degrees of more than 35 degrees are nothing unusual in mid-August Japan. However, even in the rain, tens of thousands come to the Shrine every year on 15 August. In 2005, it was even more than 200.000. Yasukuni Jinja continues to be the center of controversy between Japan and its Asian neighbors such as China and Korea. The shrine serves as a symbol of Japanese colonialism and nationalism, and visits by Japanese prime ministers to Yasukuni remind these Asian countries that Japan has been slow to apologize for wartime atrocities and to publish school textbooks that give a balanced history of the war. About 2.5 million spirits of individuals who sacrificed themselves for Japan are worshipped at the shrine, but the inclusion of convicted war criminals such as Hideki Tojo causes the most controversy.
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