Two UNESCO World Heritage sites in west Japan, Shimogamo Shrine and Kinpusenji Temple, are the latest victims of vandals who are bent on defacing such sites with a liquid, police said.
The police said they found more than a dozen stains on the floor and elsewhere at Shimogamo Shrine in Kyoto's Sakyo Ward on Saturday. Traces of the liquid were found at eleven locations, including on important cultural properties such as the Maidono, a dance stage used for festivals, they said.
A security guard first found the stains at around 10:30 a.m. during a routine patrol, the temple said.