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Yasukuni Shrine facts for kids
Yasukuni is a controversial Shinto shrine in Tokyo. Right-wing Japanese politicians visit the shrine to pay respects to the war dead, but this is seen by China and Korea as a provocative act as Japanese war criminals are enshrined there.
Images for kids
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Tōkyō Shōkonsha in 1873
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King of Thailand, King Rama VII (Prajadhipok)'s visit to the Yasukuni Shrine (May 1931)
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Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh visiting Yasukuni Shrine (October 1931)
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French Navy officers' visit to Yasukuni Shrine (May 1933)
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The United States Navy officers' visit to Yasukuni Shrine (July 1933)
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German Navy officers' visit to Yasukuni Shrine (March 1937)
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The Mitama Festival at Yasukuni Shrine
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Yasukuni Mitama Lanterns
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Haiden with purple curtains in the Niinamesai
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Yasukuni Shrine's haiden
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Syagō Hyō
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Nōgakudo
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The nameboard of Nōgakudo
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The entrance to the Yūshūkan
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Shōkonsaitei
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Kōuntei
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Japanese 17 sen (1943), 27 sen (1945) and 1 yen (1946) stamps which depict the Yasukuni Shrine's Torii and honden)
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Japanese 7 sen stamp depicting Yasukuni Shrine's honden
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Empire of Japan 50 sen banknote with Yasukuni Shrine
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French circus on the grounds of Shokonsha shrine, 1871
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Yasukuni (Kudan) sword (inscription: Yasuhiro)
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The center of Yasukuni (Kudan) sword (inscription: Yasuhiro)