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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  • Shinto shrine
  • …lies at an elevation of 33 metres (108 feet)
  • Description: Shinto shrine in Tokyo, Japan
  • Also known as
    “Tōkyō Shōkonsha”
    “Worship Hall”
    “Yasukuni Jinja”
    “拝殿”
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Yūshūkan and Nippon Budokan.
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The is a Japanese military and war located within Yasukuni Shrine in . is situated 140 metres north of Yasukuni Shrine.
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The , often shortened to simply the… is situated 610 metres east of Yasukuni Shrine.
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is a flatland castle that was built in 1457… is situated 1¼ km southeast of Yasukuni Shrine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kudan-Kita and Kudan-Minami.
Kudankita is a district of , , Japan, consisting of four chōme.
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Kudanminami is a district of , , Japan, consisting of 1-chōme to 4-chōme.
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Part of the Banchō area, is an upscale…

Yasukuni Shrine

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Latitude
35.69407° or 35° 41′ 39″ north
Longitude
139.74313° or 139° 44′ 35″ east
Open location code
8Q7XMPVV+J7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 144379616
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­shrine
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: “مقدس ياسوكوني”
  • Arabic: “نصب ياسوكوني”
  • Azerbaijani: “Yasukuni məbədi”
  • Basque: “Yasukuni santutegia”
  • Belarusian: “Ясукуні”
  • Breton: “Santual Yasukuni”
  • Burmese: “ယာစုကုနိ ဗိမာန်”
  • Catalan: “Santuari Yasukuni”
  • Chinese: “拜殿”
  • 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”
  • Esperanto: “Yasukuni-Sanktejo”
  • Finnish: “Yasukuni-jinja”
  • Finnish: “Yasukuni-pyhäkkö”
  • Finnish: “Yasukuni-pyhättö”
  • Finnish: “Yasukuni-temppeli”
  • French: “Pavillon du culte”
  • French: “sanctuaire Yasukuni”
  • French: “Yasukuni-jinja”
  • German: “Yasukuni Schrein”
  • 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: “Haiden”
  • Japanese: “はいでん”
  • 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: “Храм Ясукуни”
  • Russian: “Ясукуни-дзиндзя”
  • Russian: “Ясукуни”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hram Jasukuni”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Yasukuni hram”
  • Slovak: “Jasukuni”
  • Slovenian: “Svetišče Jasukuni”
  • Spanish: “Salón de adoración”
  • 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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