The torch is going to be snubbed by Buddhist monks according to the Kyoto News Agency (via GMA).
Kyodo News agency reports that a major Japanese Buddhist temple is refusing to host the Olympic torch relay.The report says Zenkoji Temple has pulled out of the relay plans, amid speculation that monks there sympathize with anti-Chinese government protesters in Tibet.
The report on Friday follows a series of protests of the torch relay as it has circled the globe over China’s crackdown on anti-government demonstrations in Tibet.
Zenkoji originally was scheduled to be the starting point for the relay in Japan in the mountainous Nagano region.
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