To those considering moving to Japan, let me be honest with you.
Last week, a 300-year-old shrine in Niigata burned down.
It wasn't the first. Shrines, pig farms, graveyards, set on fire and desecrated.
Things we've quietly protected for centuries are disappearing, one after another.
If you cannot honor our gods, please don't come.
If you cannot eat pork, please don't come.
If you cannot accept cremation, please don't come.
This is a sincere request from us.
If you come to Japan, you will be unhappy, and so will we.