Hokkaidō Gokoku Shrine
Hokkaidō Gokoku Shrine (北海道護国神社, Hokkaidō Gokoku jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Asahikawa, Hokkaido at 1 Chome-2282-2 Hanasakicho, Asahikawa, Hokkaido 070-0901. It was established in 1902, and enshrines Raijin (雷電大神), Sarutahiko Ōkami (猿田彦大神), and other kami. It is a Gokoku Shrine, or a shrine dedicated to war dead. Such shrines were made to serve to enshrine the war dead, and they were all considered "branches" of Yasukuni Shrine. They were renamed from Shokonsha in 1939. 63,141 people are enshrined there. See also
List of Shinto shrines in Hokkaidō
 Controversies surrounding Yasukuni Shrine
 Hero shrine
 Martial temple and Wen Wu temple
 National Revolutionary Martyrs' Shrine
 Eternal Spring Shrine
 Chinese Cultural Renaissance
 Ancestral shrine
 Gallant Garden
 Gokoku Shrines
 Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
 Arlington National Cemetery
 Valhalla (home to the souls of fallen warriors in Scandinavian mythology)
 Walhalla Shrine (a hall of fame in Germany honoring "commendable and honorable Germans")
 Eternal Spring Shrine
 The common end of myriad good deeds
 Greek hero cult

References

External links
Official website
Hokkaido Shinto listing

Shinto shrines in Hokkaido
Gokoku shrines