Since the end of World War II, the Japanese have been constitutionally barred from keeping a regular army and only permitted to have a Self-Defense Force. That makes the changing of the guard an exceptional event for them, and they never fail to snap a lot of pictures.
日本在二次大戰後實施「非戰憲法」，沒有正規軍隊，只有所謂的「自衛隊」，因此對忠烈祠的士兵交接很感興趣，不斷忙著拍照合影。