It is no secret that Justin Bieber is no longer the innocent teen heart throb we fell in love with a few years ago. Recently, is seems Bieber has been getting only negative publicity between his alleged DUI and his bad temper tantrums. His most recent scandal took place just the other day when Bieber was in Toyko, Japan and decided to pull over and take a picture of himself with a shrine. Seems innocent right?

Well according to E News, this was not such an innocent stunt. "Toyko's Yasukuni Shrine is a controversial structure honoring Japanese criminals who committed horrific acts against China and other parts of Asia during World War II. The Biebs, seemingly unaware of its history, Instagrammed the photo of himself bowing before the shrine, writing, 'Thank you for your blessings.' When word got out to Bieber about the controversy of his photo, he quickly deleted it, took responsibility for his inernational faux pas and explained how it happened.'While in Japan I asked my driver to pull over for which I saw a beautiful shrine. I was mislead to think the Shrines were only a place of prayer,' he wrote. 'To anyone I have offended I am extremely sorry. I love you China and I love you Japan.'"

Just two hours after posting his apology, Justin still appeared to be upset by his mistake, Instagramming a solemn picture of himself, head bowed, staring at the floor sadly. Seems like Justin should have done his researched a little better before traveling to Japan.

Justin Bieber's instagram photo is a reminder of how important etiquette is when traveling to new and unfamiliar places. We have to really research and think about our actions before we do anything in order to avoid offending a culture and causing any controversy.

Here is the link to read the entire article and see the instagram pictures:

http://www.eonline.com/news/534739/justin-bieber-extremely-sorry-for-visiting-shrine-honoring-japanese-war-criminals