This is a "highly controversial place" in the eyes of Westerners. But "controversial" is too vague and too aloof a word, as is the attitude towards WWII of the Japanese.
On the informal "Chinese New Year's Dinner", I just learned that Yoshi came from a diplomat family. Coming from a diplomat family and saying "I am not so familiar with the history", "that is the most diplomatic answer I've ever heard", as James or Max put it.
TJ once brilliantly summarized the public sentiment of the three countries: "Koreans, Chinese and Japanese, they all hate each other."
After some random surfing, I found this Space. This guy took many rarely-seen photos in the museum attached to Yasukuni--Yushukan.
http://jediliao.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!29FF4A5E063607DB!323.entry
http://jediliao.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!29FF4A5E063607DB!343.entry
http://jediliao.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!29FF4A5E063607DB!367.entry
http://jediliao.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!29FF4A5E063607DB!416.entry
The topic of Yasukuni never ends.
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