At first I thought the bunny had drawn a building for the local nazi group, but then I remembered that a lot of Asian countries don't have that same association with the symbol that the west does. That made a whole lot more sense.
IDK Japanese people should know exactly what it means. They were nazi Germany's allie in the war.
However I know if you draw the design with arms turned one way it's the nazi symbol, if you draw the arms the other way it's just some old religious symbol. I want to say buddhist, but don't quote me on that. The trouble is I don't remember which way is which. And I don't really want googling nazi stuff in my search history. So I'm going to be outraged by the nazi bunnies to be on the safe side.
Yeah lol I came to the comments just for this. The swastika was originally a Buddhist symbol, and in countries where Buddhism is popular its pretty much the symbol of Buddhism, on par with he cross for Christianity. It dosen't quite have the same weight as the cross, but it is still a very popular symbol used throughout history in buddisht art and architecture. So the symbol likely is just to denote the local Buddhist temple.
While the nazi party did appropriate the symbol, it still exists across numerous ancient statues and temples. As a result, in those countries, the swastika's tie to the nazi party is secondary to its religious meaning, since most people growing up there will see the symbol numerous times in Buddhist imagery before they ever learn any sort of WWII history.
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