I’m with you there, but at the same, I think we should ask what constitutes the f***ing. Btw, I’m not taking a side here, as there’s much left out of the reporting

Sacred sites around the world have often been shaped by competing interests and plural traditions—Japan included. Cultural properties protections are meant to preserve the site, but this can pit structure against practice in unforeseen ways. Is the legal system equipped to answer these questions?

What’s considered practice; what’s considered vandalism? Should it rest on who performs the act, or on what their faith is?

Sad man!

Who’s that?

This is a look at intersections between Shugendō and tourism, mostly contemporary but with some historical context and thinking about religion and tourism is useful. It owes to the work of Yamanaka Hiroshi, who graciously responded to the presented version.

Good news! How the f*** did it get that far in the first place... And what happens next?

Good for them!

Wow. Pillaged land, pillaged relics.