Skip to content
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
See

Treasure house of Karafuto Shinto Shrine

Сокровищница главного синтоистского храма губернаторства Карафуто

This little cottage used to be part of the main Shinto shrine of Karafuto. Built in 1911 by the Japanese, war trophies from the Russo-Japanese war were placed here and later on gifts from the emperor like a bronze bell and a golden sword were added to the collection. During Russian times these were moved to local museums or disappeared and the cottage was used as a storage building and a summer house. It is still a summer house, but there is a small treasury and a spring on the premises.

Listing from Wikivoyage: Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Updated 28 Sept 2026. Something wrong? Tell us.