Yoshimizu Shrine (吉水神社, Yoshimizu-jinja) is a Shinto shrine located on Mount Yoshino in Yoshino district, Nara, Japan. It is dedicated to Emperor Go-Daigo, and the samurai Kusunoki Masashige.

In 2004, it was designated as part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site under the name Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range. In 2014 the temple was embroiled in a scandal when it was discovered that head priest Satō Kazuhiko's private blog contained extreme hate speech towards Chinese and Koreans, in addition to him being the head of a local right-wing extremist group.[1]

Shoin (Important Cultural Property of Japan)

References

  1. ^ "中国はゴキブリ、韓国はダニ！安倍首相がヘイトスピーチ連発の宮司を大絶賛 - 本と雑誌のニュースサイト／リテラ". 本と雑誌のニュースサイト／リテラ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-08-17.

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