Yoshimizu Shrine
| Yoshimizu-jinja 吉水神社 | |
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 The haiden, or prayer hall | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Shinto |
| Deity | Emperor Go-Daigo, Kusunoki Masashige |
| Location | |
| Location | Yoshino-yama, Yoshino-chō Yoshino-gun, Nara-ken |
  Shown within Japan | |
| Geographic coordinates | 34°22′03.5″N 135°51′42.75″E / 34.367639°N 135.8618750°E |
| Website | |
| www | |
 Glossary of Shinto | |
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]
References[edit]
- ^ "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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