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Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko offer silent prayers before an altar during a memorial service for those who died in the war, during a ceremony marking the 64th anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II, at Budokan Hall in Tokyo on Saturday.
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Ranger_Miffy
This is very dignified.
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tclh
Sasuga Japanese style, sugoi! White and yellow chrysanthemums form the shape of a grave which resembles Mt Fuji, symbol of Japan.The whole picture is so solemn, I am moved.
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Dewaashita
nice shot.
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BurakuminDes
Hmmmm ... wonder if they will have the guts to visit their most sacred of shrines, Yasukuni? I'd imagine the spirits of quite a lot of their relatives and connections are there. Visiting Yasukuni seems to be coming back into vogue. I agree, it is quite a cute decoration.
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Dewaashita
For those that honored their country with their service, it is wise, decent and respectable to honor the dead.
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mushroomcloud
You have to admit, the 2 atomic bomb blasts that flattened Hiroshima and Nagasaki, hence ending the war was truly the most wise, decent, and respectable thing for the United States to have done.
The acts might have killed over 200,000 Japanese, but war is war. And the fact that these atomic blasts saved millions of Japanese, and potentially hundreds of thousands of allied lives is truly the most wise and decent gesture ever witnessed by man kind.
Akihito and Michiko should be thankful. If their country didn't surrender, they wouldn't be here today offering silent prayers.
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