Hiroshima Gokoku Shrine

Hiroshima Gokoku Shrine

nihongo|Hiroshima Gokoku Jinja|広島護国神社 is a Japanese Shinto Shrine in Hiroshima, Japan.

Overview

The original shrine was founded in 1868, the first year of the Meiji period, in nihongo|Futabanosato|二葉の里 Hiroshima. The shrine was established to mourn the Hiroshima-Han victims of the Boshin War.

In 1934 it was dismantled and moved to where the Hiroshima Municipal Stadium now stands, and in 1939 its name was changed to the Hiroshima Gokoku Shrine.

In 1945 it was destroyed by the atomic bombing [One of its three torii gates remained standing, and the buildings were destroyed. See http://www.pcf.city.hiroshima.jp/virtual/VirtualMuseum_e/exhibit_e/exh0702_e/exh070206_e.html] , and was rebuilt within the Hiroshima Castle in 1965 with the aid of donations from the citizens of Hiroshima.

The Hiroshima Gokoku Shrine is one of the most popular places for celebrating Hatsumode and Shichi-Go-San in Hiroshima.

See also

*Boshin War
*Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
*Hiroshima Castle
*Japanese Shinto Shrine
*Hatsumode
*Shichi-Go-San
*Hiroshima Toyo Carp

Notes

External links

* [http://www.h-gokoku.or.jp/ Hiroshima Gokoku Shrine] (in Japanese)


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