https://news.tv-asahi.co.jp/news_society/articles/000479197.html
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　A man appeared in the temple grounds in the early hours of the morning, carrying what appeared to be a smartphone. He stood there for a while, then suddenly appeared. He kicked the fence repeatedly, slamming into it with his body. Then, he moved to the center of the fence, kicking it down and entering.
　Another camera also captured him kicking a sign and entering the temple grounds.
　The victim was Kenninji Temple in Kyoto City, a historic temple dating back approximately 800 years.
　The temple discovered the destruction of a signboard and wooden fence bolts on the grounds on the morning of the 30th of last month, just before the New Year.
Kenninji Temple Director of Internal Affairs Yoshihiro Ono stated
, "The bolts were there to prevent the door from opening. They were kicked hard and broke."
　The damage did not end there.
Kenninji Temple Director of Internal Affairs Yoshihiro Ono
stated, "There is a sign restricting bicycle access. It appears to be completely broken and broken beyond repair."
　The temple grounds are a residential road, and local residents can still access them. The temple is considering restricting access at night.
Kenninji Temple's Director of Internal Affairs Ono Yoshihiro
said, "It's more sad than unfortunate. We feel extremely shocked."
　The temple filed a complaint on the 2nd of this month.
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We don’t know if it was a Japanese national or a foreigner, but many racist Japanese users on Twitter have already started claiming it was probably a Chinese tourist who intentionally came to Japan to destroy cultural assets.
Their justification is that since a Chinese guy peed on Yasukuni Shrine, which enshrines Imperial Japan’s war criminals as “war heroes”, most Chinese must be agitated against Japanese and intentionally come as tourists to destroy Japan.
Can’t wait for this narrative to be the Kyoto version of kicking the deer
This kind of vandalism is especially shocking in Japan because of the traditional belief in Tenbatsu (divine punishment). The idea that such actions bring misfortune to oneself and their kin acts as a strong social and moral deterrent, which is why this behavior seems so surreal to the local community.
Japan and their sensationalist headlines. I thought American clickbait was bad.
Some minor vandalism is a far cry from destroys. I was expecting like the place to be ablaze with the headline. This is like the dueling headline the other day.
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Shrine to Japanese war criminals gets peed on, more tragic news at 11….
If those people who put babies on swords could see this they would be super disappointed
The economy is a total mess, so there will probably be more people acting like that.
It was a gaijin fo sho!!
You can tell from the cctv footage in the news report that the perpetrator was drunk when he committed the vandalism. Not the first time a drunk person has done such a thing.
Destroyed? How about mild to moderately vandalized. I originally thought it might have been arson based on the headline, not just a drunk dude breaking signposts and a gate.
Lol people in Japan on $1.5k usd salary a month sure have a lot of time. Hahaha