In just the first five months of 2026, nine major shrines and temples have burned across Japan.
・January 15: Suga Shrine, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka
・February 7: Horenji, Matsuyama, Ehime
・February 13: Hottoji, Kuma Highland, Ehime — 1 person died
・February 20: Shorinji, Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi — 5 people died
・April 24: Renshoji, Toyama City, Toyama
・April 27: Uruwashitsune Shrine, Nabari, Mie
・May 6: Furumachi Atago Shrine, Niigata City, Niigata
・May 16: Daishoji, Takaoka, Toyama
・May 20: Reikaido at Itsukushima Shrine, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima (World Heritage site)
These are not ordinary fires.
Many of these sacred places had stood for hundreds — some over a thousand — years.
I’m not a politician.
I’m not an activist.
I’m just an ordinary Japanese who loves this country.
Every time I see another irreplaceable piece of our history and culture go up in flames, I feel a quiet fear.
Japan was supposed to be the one place where this kind of thing almost never happened.
When did our temples and shrines start burning one after another?
🚨🇯🇵 | ¡TERRIBLE PERDIDA!
Otro templo histórico destruido en Japón. En Takaoka, así quedó el templo Daifuku-ji de 573 años, que fué consumido por el fuego el día sábado 16, el templo albergaba bienes culturales importantes y de valor incalculable, las autoridades afirman que fué provocado y se sospecha de inmigrantes ilegales que no comen cerdo. Japón está siendo atacado no solo físicamente, sino también a nivel cultural.
🇯🇵 Japanese politician Chikako Fujiwara is speaking out:
She’s warning against settling immigrants from Muslim countries.
Their culture simply doesn’t match Japan’s disciplined, and orderly society.
Japan is refusing to repeat Europe’s mistakes.
🇯🇵 I was really proud to see all of the protests against the construction of a new mosque in Fujisawa.
Islam has no place in our country. Please practice your religion in your own countries. 🙇🏻♀️
The LCBO’s decision to pull American liquor from its shelves is yet another example of government incompetence at its finest. The liquor has already been purchased, meaning taxpayers have already footed the bill. Instead of recouping that money by selling the stock to consumers, the LCBO is choosing to take a financial loss—wasting public funds in the process.
If they truly wanted to make a statement, they could have stopped future purchases while selling off the existing inventory. But instead, this is nothing more than a hollow gesture that accomplishes nothing except hurting Ontario consumers and their own bottom line. This is what happens when a government-run monopoly prioritizes virtue-signaling over basic business sense.