Gokoku Shrines

Gokoko shrines are Japanese shinto shrines made to for people who died in wars. They are considered "branches" of Yasukuni Shrine. They used to be called Shokonsha but the name was changed in 1939.

List of Gokoku Shrines

name	location	Beppyo	notes
Yasukuni Shrine	Tokyo	no	Traditional head shrine
Miyagi Gokoku Shrine	Sendai, Miyagi	yes
Akita Prefecture Gokoku Shrine	Akita (city)	yes
Yamagata Prefecture Gokoku Shrine	Yamagata	yes
Fukushima Gokoku Shrine	Fukushima (city)	yes
Ibaraki Prefectural Gokoku Shrine	Mito, Ibaraki	yes
Gunma Gokoku Shrine	Takasaki	yes
Chiba Gokoku Shrine	Chiba (city) Chūō-ku, Chiba	yes
Niigata Gokoku Shrine	Niigata (city) Chūō-ku, Niigata	yes
Toyama Gokoku Shrine	Toyama (city)	yes
Ishikawa Gokoku Shrine	Kanazawa	yes
Fukui Gokoku Shrine	Fukui (city)	yes
Yamanashi Gokoku Shrine	Kōfu	yes
Nagano Gokoku Shrine	Matsumoto, Nagano	yes
Gifu Gokoku Shrine	Gifu	yes
Shizuokaken Gokoku Shrine	Aoi Ward, Shizuoka City	yes
Aichi Gokoku Shrine	Naka-ku, Nagoya	yes
Mie Prefecture Gokoku Shrine	Tsu, Mie	yes
Shiga Prefecture Gokoku Shrine	Hikone, Shiga	yes
Kyoto Ryozen Gokoku Shrine	Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture	yes
Osaka Gokoku Shrine	Suminoe-ku, Osaka	yes
Hyogo Himeji Gokoku Shrine	Himeji	yes
Hyogo Prefecture Kobe Gokoku Shrine	Nada-ku, Kobe	yes
Nara Gokoku Shrine	Nara (city)	yes
Matsue Gokoku Shrine	Matsue	yes
Hamada Gokoku Shrine	Hamada, Shimane	yes
Okayama Gokoku Shrine	Naka-ku, Okayama	yes
Bingo Gokoku Shrine	Fukuyama, Hiroshima	yes
Hiroshima Gokoku Shrine	Naka-ku, Hiroshima	yes
Yamaguchi Prefecture Gokoku Shrine	Yamaguchi (city)	yes
Tokushima Gokoku Shrine	Tokushima (city)	yes
Ehime Prefecture Gokoku Shrine	Matsuyama	yes
Kochi Gokoku Shrine	Kōchi (city)	yes
Fukuoka Prefecture Gokoku Shrine	Chūō-ku, Fukuoka	yes
Saga Gokoku Shrine	Saga (city)	yes
Nagasaki Gokoku Shrine	Nagasaki	yes
Oita Gokoku Shrine	Ōita (city)	yes
Kagoshima Prefecture Gokoku Shrine	Kagoshima	yes
Miyazaki Gokoku Shrine	Miyazaki (city)	yes	Not a proper Gokoku Shrine but listed as equivalent due to having been finished after the war
Kumamoto Gokoku Shrine	Kumamoto	yes	Not a proper Gokoku Shrine but listed as equivalent due to having been finished after the war
Okinawa Gokoku Shrine	Okinawa	no
Hida Gokoku Shrine	Takayama, Gifu Prefecture	no
Aomori Gokoku Shrine	Aomori	no
Wakayama Gokoku Shrine	Wakayama (city)	no
Meguro Gokoku Shrine	Meguro	no
Iki Gokoku Shrine	Iki, Nagasaki	no
Kagawa Gokoku Shrine	Zentsūji, Kagawa	no
Kawanami Gokoku Shrine	Kawaminami, Miyazaki	no
Saitama Gokoku Shrine	Saitama (city)	no
Sapporo Gokoku Shrine	Sapporo	no
Tanao Gokoku Shrine	Hekinan	no
Tochigi Gokoku Shrine	Tochigi (city)	no
Nōhi Gokoku Shrine	Ōgaki, Gifu Prefecture	no
Hakodate Gokoku Shrine	Hakodate	no
Matsumae Gokoku Shrine	Matsumae, Hokkaido	no
Taiwan Gokoku Shrine	Taiwan	no

Gokoku Shrines Media

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  Yasukuni shrine the historical head shrine of the Gokoku shrines

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  Hiroshima Gokoku Shrine, the most famous Gokoku shrine in its own right

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  Horse racing at Tokyo Shokonsha in 1871