William has already written about this topic:
https://www.facebook.com/Kumamotoi/posts/1038759229530842
The article mentions a Japanese-language post on the Kato Shrine Facebook page that went viral. The address of the post is
https://www.facebook.com/katoujinja/posts/1588776678100412
The author of this Asahi article is Chihiro Ara who is also the author of a Japanese article that introduced this page: