Gokoku-jinja Shrine

Gokoku-jinja Shrine in Hiroshima
Address
2-21 Motomachi, Naka-ku
Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima-ken 730-0011 Japan Get Directions
Phone 082-221-5590
Website http://www.h-gokoku.or.jp/

“Gokoku” shrines are Shinto shrines designated as places of worship for those who have died in war. Originally constructed in 1868 to commemorate the Hiroshima-han victims of the Boshin War, Hiroshima Gokoku-jinja Shrine now enshrines 92,700 souls; the soldiers from the former Aki-no-kuni (now western Hiroshima Prefecture) who died in Japan’s wars up until the start of the Great East Asian War (as the 2nd World War post Pearl Harbor is known in Japan) and some 10,000 workers and volunteer corps stationed in Hiroshima who lost their lives to the A-Bomb.

The shrine is now located next to Hiroshima Castle.

Read more about Gokoku-jinja Shrine here.

 

Events at this venue

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  • tondo festival gokoku shrine hiroshima

    Tondo Festival at Gokoku Shrine

    Gokoku-jinja Shrine 2-21 Motomachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima-ken, Japan

    Hiroshima's most central and visitor-friendly new year tondo bonfire festival.

    Free

  • Naki-zumo Cry Baby Sumo at Gokoku-jinja Shrine

    Gokoku-jinja Shrine 2-21 Motomachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima-ken, Japan

    What better way to celebrate Children's Day than by dressing your baby up in funny clothes and making them cry in front of a big crowd.

    Free