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    A Gokoku Shrine (Japanese: 護国神社, romanized: Gokokujinja, lit. 'national defense shrines') is a shrine dedicated to the spirit of those who died for the...
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    classified Shinto shrines as either official government shrines or "other" shrines. The official shrines were divided into Imperial shrines (kampeisha), which...
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    Hiroshima Gokoku Jinja (広島護国神社) is a Japanese Shinto Shrine in Hiroshima, Japan. The original shrine was founded in 1869, the first year of the Meiji period...
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  • This is a list of notable Shinto shrines in Japan. There are tens of thousands of shrines in Japan. Shrines with structures that are National Treasures...
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    Shrine Hero shrine Martial temple and Wen Wu temple Eternal Spring Shrine Chinese Cultural Renaissance Ancestral shrine Gallant Garden Gokoku Shrines...
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    the Nōhi Gokoku Shrine. In Takayama, there was the Hida Shōkonsha (飛騨招魂社), which was later renamed the Hida Gokoku Shrine. These two shrines, however...
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    The Kyoto Ryozen Gokoku Shrine (京都霊山護国神社, Kyōto Ryōzen Gokoku Jinja) is a Shinto Shrine located in Kyoto, Japan. It honors the heroes of Japan, especially...
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    Shinto Shrines were merged into Jinja Honcho (the Association of Shinto Shrines) to form a private religious corporation. ... Yasukuni Shrine, however...
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    Nagasaki Gokoku Shrine (Japanese: 長崎護国神社) is a Gokoku Shrine located in Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It is dedicated to the spirits of the approximately...
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    Miyagiken Gokoku Shrine (宮城縣護國神社, Miyagiken gokoku jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. It enshrines the kami of "martyrs...
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    137.20111°E / 36.68972; 137.20111 Toyama Gokoku Shrine (富山縣護國神社, Toyamaken gokoku jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Toyama, Toyama Prefecture, Japan...
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  • Sarutahiko Ōkami (猿田彦大神), and other kami. It is a Gokoku Shrine, or a shrine dedicated to war dead. Such shrines were made to serve to enshrine the war dead...
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    Gokoku Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in the Sannomaru compound, next to Nagoya Castle, in central Nagoya, Japan. Media related to Aichiken-Gokoku-jinja...
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    Hida Gokoku Shrine (飛騨護國神社, Hida Gokoku Jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. The shrine is designated to the people from...
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    Martyrs' shrines or hero shrines (Chinese: 忠烈祠) are religious buildings used in Chinese hero cults. They are a kind of Ci Shrine, which is a separate...
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  • Shōkonsha (大垣招魂社). The shrine was replaced by the Gifu Gokoku Shrine in nearby Gifu after it was completed in 1940. The shrines two festival days are April...
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    Okubo's hand and said, "Enough Saigo " He is enshrined at Kyoto Ryozen Gokoku Shrine, where his tomb is located. His heir Shojirō, who had studied for ten...
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  • given to them. Since these shrines are listed in the Beppyō of the regulations, they are called "Beppyō Shrines". The Beppyō shrine will be given special treatment...
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    Ishiba has not visited the shrine since he gained his first cabinet post in 2002. He instead visits his local Gokoku Shrines every 15 August. He is also...
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    Revolutionary Martyrs' Shrine Eternal Spring Shrine Chinese Cultural Renaissance Ancestral shrine Gallant Garden Gokoku Shrines Tomb of the Unknown Soldier...
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  • In 2012, it was reported that he and his executives had visited Kobe Gokoku Shrine in Hyogo Prefecture, HQ early on New Year's Day, which was closed to...
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    insisted all defendants were not guilty. The Yasukuni Shrine and the Kyoto Ryozen Gokoku Shrine have monuments specially dedicated to Pal. Radhabinod...
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    on August 24. Okazaki ordered Hatano and others to go to the Matsue Gokoku Shrine, since he himself continued under police observation. He went to the...
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    believed to strengthen the blessing endowed on each crying child. At the Gokoku Shrine in Hiroshima, babies are dressed in kimono and seated facing one another...
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  • Miyazaki Gokasho, Shiga Gokenin Gokinjo Monogatari Gokoku-ji Gokoku-ji (Okinawa) Gokoku Shrines Goku Junior Golden Light Sutra Golden Week (Japan) Gomashio...
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    period and the Meiji Restoration. The Museum is next to the Kyoto Ryozen Gokoku Shrine. Kyoto Cultural Guide by John H. Martin, Phyllis G. Martin p.65 Official...
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    Since then, Shinto shrines were built in the major cities between the Meiji and Taishō period, while the majority of Shinto shrines in Taiwan were built...
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    August 20, 1864(1864-08-20) (aged 24) Kyoto, Japan Buried Kyoto Ryozen Gokoku Shrine, Kyoto, Japan Allegiance Chōshū Domain Battles / wars Battle of Shimonoseki...
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    meaning Koi Castle) houses a museum of life in the Edo period. Hiroshima Gokoku Shrine is within the walls of the castle. Other attractions in Hiroshima include...
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    simple] the smallest shinto shrine Toyama Glass Art Museum Toyama International Conference Center Toyamaken Gokoku Shrine Yasuda Castle ruins, National...
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