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  2. Meiji Shrine - Wikipedia

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    Meiji under construction in 1920 Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken, aerial view of Meiji Jingu, c. 1926. After the emperor's death in 1912, the Japanese Diet passed a resolution to commemorate his role in the Meiji Restoration. An iris garden in an area of Tokyo where Emperor Meiji and Empress Shōken had been known to visit was chosen as the ...

  3. Modern system of ranked Shinto shrines - Wikipedia

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    Chōsen Jingu [11] Seoul, Korea under Japanese rule: now extinct Kunitama Okami Amaterasu Okami. Fuyo Jingū: Buyeo County, Korea: never completed [23] Emperor Ōjin , Empress Kōgyoku, Emperor Tenji, Empress Jingū. Kantō Jingu: Lüshunkou District, Kwantung Leased Territory, China: now extinct Emperor Meiji Amaterasu Omikami. Nan'yō Shrine ...

  4. Meiji Shrine Outer Garden - Wikipedia

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    Meiji Shrine Outer Garden (明治神宮外苑, Meiji-jingū Gaien) is a Western-style garden in the Kasumigaokamachi neighborhood of Shinjuku Ward and the Aoyama neighborhood of Minato Ward in Tokyo. History

  5. Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery - Wikipedia

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    Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery (聖徳記念絵画館, Seitoku Kinen Kaigakan) is a gallery commemorating the "imperial virtues" of Japan's Meiji Emperor, installed on his funeral site in the Gaien or outer precinct of Meiji Shrine in Tōkyō. The gallery is one of the earliest museum buildings in Japan and itself an Important Cultural Property.

  6. Meiji Shrine Inner Garden - Wikipedia

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    During the Meiji period, the garden came under the supervision of the Imperial Household Agency and named Yoyogi Gyoen (Yoyogi Imperial Garden) and was frequently visited by Emperor Meiji and Empress Shōken. The garden contains a tea house, an arbour, a fishing stand and an iris garden. It has an area of 83,000 square meters and is open to the ...

  7. List of Jingū - Wikipedia

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    The following list encompasses only some, but not all of the Heian period Nijūnisha shrines (Twenty-Two Shrines); and the modern shrines which were established after the Meiji Restoration are not omitted. In the list below, these shrines are marked with "

  8. National Foundation Day (Japan) - Wikipedia

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    Route: 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi) from Jingu Gaien Ginkgo Avenue (Namiki-dori) -> Aoyama-dori-> Omotesandō-> Meiji Jingu. [41] Main event: a party to celebrate the founding of Japan (inside the Association of Shinto Shrines). [41] Participants: the parade section has circa 6,750 people and the Mikoshi section around 6,000 people. [41]

  9. Controversies surrounding Yasukuni Shrine - Wikipedia

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    Yasukuni Shrine is a privately owned Shinto shrine located in the heart of Tokyo, Japan. The Meiji Emperor built the shrine in 1886 to house the remains and souls of those who died in civil conflicts. [42] The shrine is now the memorial site for over 2.5 million people who have died in conflict, mainly in World War II.