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Gokoku Shrines

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Gokoko shrines are Japanese shinto shrines made to for people who died in wars. They are considered "branches" of Yasukuni Shrine. They used to be called Shokonsha but the name was changed in 1939.[1]

List of Gokoku Shrines

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name location Beppyo notes
Yasukuni Shrine Tokyo no Traditional head shrine
Miyagi Gokoku Shrine [en] Sendai, Miyagi yes
Akita Prefecture Gokoku Shrine [ja] Akita (city) yes
Yamagata Prefecture Gokoku Shrine [ja] Yamagata yes
Fukushima Gokoku Shrine [ja] Fukushima (city) yes
Ibaraki Prefectural Gokoku Shrine [ja] Mito, Ibaraki yes
Gunma Gokoku Shrine [ja] Takasaki yes
Chiba Gokoku Shrine [ja] Chiba (city) Chūō-ku, Chiba [en] yes
Niigata Gokoku Shrine [ja] Niigata (city) Chūō-ku, Niigata [en] yes
Toyama Gokoku Shrine Toyama (city) yes
Ishikawa Gokoku Shrine [ja] Kanazawa yes
Fukui Gokoku Shrine [ja] Fukui (city) yes
Yamanashi Gokoku Shrine Kōfu yes
Nagano Gokoku Shrine [ja] Matsumoto, Nagano yes
Gifu Gokoku Shrine [en] Gifu yes
Shizuokaken Gokoku Shrine [ja] Aoi Ward [en], Shizuoka City [en] yes
Aichi Gokoku Shrine [en] Naka-ku, Nagoya [en] yes
Mie Prefecture Gokoku Shrine [ja] Tsu, Mie yes
Shiga Prefecture Gokoku Shrine Hikone, Shiga [en] yes
Kyoto Ryozen Gokoku Shrine [en] Higashiyama Ward [en], Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture yes
Osaka Gokoku Shrine [ja] Suminoe-ku, Osaka [en] yes
Hyogo Himeji Gokoku Shrine [ja] Himeji [en] yes
Hyogo Prefecture Kobe Gokoku Shrine [ja] Nada-ku, Kobe [en] yes
Nara Gokoku Shrine [ja] Nara (city) [en] yes
Matsue Gokoku Shrine [ja] Matsue yes
Hamada Gokoku Shrine [ja] Hamada, Shimane yes
Okayama Gokoku Shrine [ja] Naka-ku, Okayama [en] yes
Bingo Gokoku Shrine [ja] Fukuyama, Hiroshima yes
Hiroshima Gokoku Shrine [en] Naka-ku, Hiroshima [en] yes
Yamaguchi Prefecture Gokoku Shrine [ja] Yamaguchi (city) yes
Tokushima Gokoku Shrine [ja] Tokushima (city) yes
Ehime Prefecture Gokoku Shrine [ja] Matsuyama yes
Kochi Gokoku Shrine [ja] Kōchi (city) [en] yes
Fukuoka Prefecture Gokoku Shrine [ja] Chūō-ku, Fukuoka [en] yes
Saga Gokoku Shrine [ja] Saga (city) [en] yes
Nagasaki Gokoku Shrine Nagasaki yes
Oita Gokoku Shrine [ja] Ōita (city) yes
Kagoshima Prefecture Gokoku Shrine [ja] Kagoshima yes
Miyazaki Gokoku Shrine [ja] Miyazaki (city) yes Not a proper Gokoku Shrine but listed as equivalent due to having been finished after the war
Kumamoto Gokoku Shrine [ja] Kumamoto yes Not a proper Gokoku Shrine but listed as equivalent due to having been finished after the war
Okinawa Gokoku Shrine [ja] Okinawa no
Hida Gokoku Shrine [en] Takayama [en], Gifu Prefecture no
Aomori Gokoku Shrine [ja] Aomori no
Wakayama Gokoku Shrine [ja] Wakayama (city) no
Meguro Gokoku Shrine [ja] Meguro no
Iki Gokoku Shrine [ja] Iki, Nagasaki [en] no
Kagawa Gokoku Shrine [ja] Zentsūji, Kagawa [en] no
Kawanami Gokoku Shrine [ja] Kawaminami, Miyazaki [en] no
Saitama Gokoku Shrine [ja] Saitama (city) no
Sapporo Gokoku Shrine [ja] Sapporo no
Tanao Gokoku Shrine [ja] Hekinan [en] no
Tochigi Gokoku Shrine [ja] Tochigi (city) no
Nōhi Gokoku Shrine [en] Ōgaki [en], Gifu Prefecture no
Hakodate Gokoku Shrine [ja] Hakodate no
Matsumae Gokoku Shrine [ja] Matsumae, Hokkaido [en] no
Taiwan Gokoku Shrine [ja] Taiwan no

References

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  1. TAKAYAMA, K. PETER (1990). "Enshrinement and Persistency of Japanese Religion". Journal of Church and State. 32 (3): 527–547. ISSN 0021-969X.