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Ryozen Gokoku Shrine

護國神社, Gokuku-jinja

This shrine was built to house the souls of all those who died in the Pacific War, from the Meiji Restoration uprisings and the Russo-Japanese War to the end of World War II. It is the first shrine in the nation to be officially recognized as a shrine for war dead.

Address
605 Seikan-ji Ryōzen-chō

Listing from Wikivoyage: Kyoto/Higashiyama, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Updated 27 Sept 2026. Something wrong? Tell us.