From Asahi:

On June 19 at around 12:20am, a fire burned stored linens at the dormitory for monks in training at the Ninna Mikkyo Institute, which is on the grounds of UN World Heritage Site Ninnaji Temple in Kyoto’s Ouchi, Omuro, Ukyoku. No one was injured. There had just been a fire in the same building the previous night which burned rags. The Ukyo Police are considering the possibility of this being a suspicious fire due to the fact that there was nothing flammable around in both cases.

Comment: Lest you think this is even less relevant than the Hankyu story, this temple is right near where both MF and I used to stay when we lived in Japan. [Ed note from MF: Saru lived just as close to Ninnaji as we did!]

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