By YOSHIAKI KONISHI/ Staff Writer
November 3, 2021 at 09:00 JST
The national flags of Japan and the United States are hoisted in front of the Edison monument at Iwashimizu Hachimangu shrine on Oct. 15. A message from Richard Mei Jr., the U.S. Consul General, read during the ceremony says it will be unlikely for another Shinto shrine to hoist the Star-Spangled Banner. (Yoshiaki Konishi)
YAWATA, Kyoto Prefecture--Iwashimizu Hachimangu shrine here is a government-designated national treasure, but it is also home to a relatively unknown monument dedicated to Thomas Edison (1847-1931). [Read More]
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