Phallic worship at WWII suicide site???
SAIPAN, NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS, JAPAN – JUNE 26:..prayers at a monument to the hundreds of Japanese civilians and soldiers who jumped off Banzai Cliff…
I suppose it makes sense to put a fertility shrine at a suicide site of the “virgin” nursing students…sort of.
Today, Japan’s emperor and empress are flying to Saipan to pay homage to these war dead at Banzai Cliff which is called that after the cry ”long live the emperor” that the soldiers shouted before throwing themselves over the edge.
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June 28th, 2005 at 12:41 pm
Japan emperor sees WWII memorial in Saipan
Associated Press, Mon, Jun. 27, 2005
SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands - Bowing deeply atop a cliff where his countrymen plunged to their deaths during a key World War II battle, Japan’s Emperor Akihito paid tribute Tuesday to the tens of thousands who died on this tiny Pacific …Akihito, in a dramatic gesture, offered prayers Tuesday at “Banzai Cliff,” which owes its name to the shouts of “banzai” – a cheer wishing long life to the emperor – by Japanese who plunged to their deaths rather than face capture by the American troops.
The royal couple later visited monuments to the American troops.
In a surprise stop, he also paid his respects at the Korean war dead memorial….