Kishida has donated masakaki ornaments to the shrine at its spring and autumn festivals. In addition, Kishida sent a representative to the shrine to make a “tamagushi-ryo” cash offering using ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba didn't visit the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Oct. 17, the start of the shrine's autumn festival, but he made a ritual offering of "masakaki" evergreen twigs.