2008 Japan Trip - Yasukuni Shrine

Yasakuni Shrine, or Yasukuni Jingu, is a very controversial shrine in Tokyo that commemorates war dead from Japan's history. It actually enshrines some war criminals from World War II, making it controversial especially among Chinese and Koreans. Hideki Tojo is among them.

There is also a museum connected called Yasakun, which is incredible if you like Japanese history.

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[wildcop]

the name of the museum is Yu-syu-kan or Yu-shu-kan instead of yasakan, but it's okay :) nice vid though.

[Xytrasx]

Thank you, I am glad a Japanese person is watching these and can help :)

[Animegamer04]

That's pretty cool dude...I never knew they honored dead dogs and horses in shrines. I got an question... did they have some actual samurai swords on display in that Museum or was it more based around world war 2 items?

[Xytrasx]

Yes, they did have samurai swords. It is mainly based on the history from 1550-1945. It is very good.

[MasterAsra]

Looks like a cool place! The museum looked pretty cool too, did you have to pay extra to get in there, or was it a part of the 800 yen admission?

Any idea what those red arrows at the beginning of the video were for?

[Xytrasx]

Actually I think they were just for pointing out the fact that there were small shops where people were selling stuff.

[2008venom]

@Cobe1976

Japanese are so polite, gentle, and modest people generally. They hardly get angry, but they are so brave when they got angry. There were many Chauvinistic actions in China, and victims were Japanese in many cases. Just Gogle "The Boxer Rebellion".

Even after that, for example, 250 innocent Japanese civilians including women and children were killed at Tungchow (Tongzhou), near Beijing, in 1937. Just Google "The Tungchow Mutiny".

[Cobe1976]

They honor dead dogs and horses, while they tortured and killed millions of Chinese and other Asians...

[maoqiao]

Ilived on the place where soviet concentration cams were. in my childhood there were only fields of human bones till the hirizon. and soviet union (the allee killed in ukraina in 1931 during one winter 7 million ukrainians) but none is talkilg about holocaiust! Soviets killed 41 million piople but whu cares where you are not circumcised???

[JJJGGG888]

General Nogi lost two of three sons by the Russo-Japanese War. However, General Nogi expressed respect to the general of Russia exactly immediately after the end of war. Honor is such.

The problem of Yasukuni Jinja is a problem whether he can understand pride and the respect to the dead. therefore, people -- a person with a low degree could not understand.

It is just a problem of China or Korea.

[Mihorin51]

Your videos are great!

I'd like to mention that they had samurai swords till 1867(the end of Edo period).

[wildcop]

fyi, the name of the shrine is Yasukuni instead of yasakuni