[oblio]

Do you know the history of the shrine? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiji_Shrine

It's far from a "few idiots". The place is super controversial. A nice place, but super controversial, politically.

[rcombine]

Are you maybe thinking of Yasukuni? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasukuni_Shrine

[oblio]

Yeah, my bad, wrong link.

[YeGoblynQueenne]

Yes, I know what the Meiji shrine is.

Like I say above, why do a few idiots waving flags at Meiji mean that _the entire country_ needs to be "taken down" like the OP says?

I stress that this is "Japan"- the whole of Japan. Not the idiots waving flags at Meiji. Are all Japanese nationalist assholes?