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The Mitama Festival | How Yasukuni Honors the Dead

Visitors walk beneath a towering torii gate at Yasukuni Shrine during the Mitama Festival, flanked on both sides by rows of glowing yellow lanterns with black kanji characters. Some attendees wear traditional yukata, and beams of light shine upward into the night sky, creating a dramatic summer evening atmosphere.

All things considered, Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine is an interesting place. Originally founded by the Meiji emperor, the shrine was first established in 1869 following the conclusion of the Boshin War. Since its inception, Yasukuni Shrine has been dedicated to those…

  • Donny Kimball
  • July 22, 2016
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