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Yasukuni Shrine

Yasukuni Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in . It was founded by Emperor Meiji in June 1869 and commemorates those who died in service of Japan, from the Boshin War of 1868–1869, to the two Sino-Japanese Wars, 1894–1895 and 1937–1945 respectively, and the First Indochina War of 1946–1954.
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  • Opening hours: 6:00 AM—6:00 PM
  • Type: Religious organization
  • Description: Shinto shrine in Tokyo, Japan
  • Also known as: “Tōkyō Shōkonsha”, “Yasukuni Jinja”, and “東亰招魂社”
  • Address: 九段北三丁目, 千代田区, 東京都 102-8246
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Yūshūkan Japanese military & war museum and Embassy of Tunisia.

Museum
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The Yūshūkan is a Japanese military and war located within Yasukuni Shrine in . As a museum maintained by the shrine, which is dedicated to the souls of soldiers who died fighting on behalf of the Emperor of Japan including convicted war… is situated 110 metres north of Yasukuni Shrine.

Government office
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is a government office, which is situated 200 metres south of Yasukuni Shrine.

Sports venue
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The , often shortened to simply Budokan, is an indoor arena in , Japan. It was originally built for the inaugural Olympic judo competition in the 1964 Summer Olympics. is situated 620 metres east of Yasukuni Shrine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sanbanchō and Kitanomaru Park.

Neighborhood
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Part of the Banchō area, is an upscale, mostly residential district of , , . As of June 2020, the population of this district is 3,666 in 1,707 households.

Quarter
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is a public park in , central , , just north of the . It is the location of the indoor sports and performance venue, the Science Museum, and the .

Quarter
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is a neighbourhood in northwest of . It has a shopping street at its center, lined by numerous cafés and restaurants. It is served by Tokyo Metro Tozai Line and Toei Oedo Line.

Yasukuni Shrine

Latitude
35.69437° or 35° 41′ 40″ north
Longitude
139.74314° or 139° 44′ 35″ east
Elevation
33 metres (108 feet)
Inception
August 6th, 1869
Open location code
8Q7XMPVV+P7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 266281850
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­religious
Geo­Names ID
7911180
Wiki­data ID
Q242803
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Yasukuni Shrine” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ضريح ياسوكوني”
  • Arabic: “معبد ياسوكوني”
  • Arabic: “نصب ياسوكوني”
  • Azerbaijani: “Yasukuni məbədi”
  • Basque: “Yasukuni santutegia”
  • Belarusian: “Ясукуні”
  • Breton: “Santual Yasukuni”
  • Burmese: “ယာစုကုနိ ဗိမာန်”
  • Catalan: “Santuari Yasukuni”
  • Chinese: “東京招魂社”
  • Chinese: “靖国神社”
  • Chinese: “靖國神社”
  • Chuvash: “Ясукуни храмĕ”
  • Croatian: “Yasukuni hram”
  • Czech: “Svatyně Jasukuni”
  • Danish: “Yasukuni-helligdommen”
  • Danish: “Yasukuni-tempelet”
  • Dutch: “Yasukuni-schrijn”
  • Dutch: “Yasukuni”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ضريح ياس و كونى”
  • Esperanto: “Sanktejo Jasukuni”
  • Esperanto: “Yasukuni-Sanktejo”
  • Finnish: “Yasukuni-jinja”
  • Finnish: “Yasukuni-pyhäkkö”
  • Finnish: “Yasukuni-pyhättö”
  • Finnish: “Yasukuni-temppeli”
  • French: “sanctuaire Yasukuni”
  • French: “Sanctuaire Yasukuni”
  • French: “Yasukuni-jinja”
  • German: “Yasukuni-Jinja”
  • German: “Yasukuni-Schrein”
  • German: “Yasukuni-Shinto-Schrein”
  • German: “Yasukuni-Shintō-Schrein”
  • German: “Yasukuni”
  • Hebrew: “יאסוקוני”
  • Hebrew: “יסוקוני”
  • Hebrew: “מקדש יסוקוני”
  • Hindi: “यासुकुनी मंदिर”
  • Hungarian: “Jaszukuni-szentély”
  • Indonesian: “Kuil Yasukuni”
  • Indonesian: “Yasukuni”
  • Italian: “Santuario Yasukuni”
  • Italian: “Tempio di Yasukuni”
  • Japanese: “Yasukuni Jinja”
  • Japanese: “やすくにじんじゃ”
  • Japanese: “戦争神社”
  • Japanese: “東京招魂社”
  • Japanese: “靖国”
  • Japanese: “靖国神社”
  • Japanese: “靖國神社”
  • Korean: “야스구니진쟈”
  • Korean: “야스쿠니 신사”
  • Korean: “야스쿠니”
  • Korean: “정국신사”
  • Latin: “Yasukuni”
  • Literary Chinese: “靖國神社”
  • Malay: “Kuil Yasukuni”
  • Mongolian: “Ясүкүни сүм”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Yasukuni-helligdommen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Yasukuni-skrinet”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Yasukuni-tempelet”
  • Norwegian: “Yasukuni-helligdommen”
  • Persian: “معبد یاسوکونی”
  • Polish: “Chram Yasukuni”
  • Polish: “Świątynia Yasukuni”
  • Polish: “Yasukuni Jinja”
  • Polish: “Yasukuni-jinja”
  • Polish: “Yasukuni”
  • Portuguese: “Santuário Yasukuni”
  • Portuguese: “Templo Yasukuni”
  • Russian: “Святилище Ясукуни”
  • Russian: “Храм Ясукуни”
  • Russian: “Ясукуни-дзиндзя”
  • Russian: “Ясукуни”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hram Jasukuni”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Yasukuni hram”
  • Slovenian: “Svetišče Jasukuni”
  • Spanish: “Santuario Yasukuni”
  • Spanish: “Tōkyō Shōkonsha”
  • Spanish: “Yasukuni Jinja”
  • Swedish: “Yasukuni Jinja”
  • Swedish: “Yasukuni-templet”
  • Swedish: “Yasukuni”
  • Swedish: “Yasukunihelgedomen”
  • Swedish: “Yasukunitemplet”
  • Thai: “ยาซูกูนิจินจา”
  • Thai: “ศาลเจ้ายาซูกูนิ”
  • Turkish: “Yasukuni Tapınağı”
  • Ukrainian: “Святилище Ясукуні”
  • Ukrainian: “Храм Ясукуні”
  • Ukrainian: “Ясукуні дзіндзя”
  • Ukrainian: “Ясукуні-дзіндзя”
  • Vietnamese: “Đền Tĩnh Quốc”
  • Vietnamese: “Đền Yasukuni”
  • Vietnamese: “Đông Kinh Chiêu Hồn xã”
  • Vietnamese: “Tĩnh Quốc thần xã”
  • Vietnamese: “Yasukuni”
  • Wu Chinese: “靖國神社”
  • Yue Chinese: “靖國神社”

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