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Yasukuni Jinja (Yasukuni Shrine)
LinkLocated in Ichigaya, Tokyo near the Imperial Palace
Yasukuni Jinja (Yasukuni Shrine) was originally known as the Tokyo Shokonsha, was founded by Imperial command, in June 2, 1869 for the worship of "the divine spirits of those who sacrificed themselves for their country". During the Sino Japanese War, Second Sino Japanese War and Pacific War (December 1941-September 1945), the remains of Japanese war dead in the form of cremated ashes were interned here, and kamikaze pilots would tell each other to "meet at Yasukuni" after they died in combat.

Yūshūkan 遊就館 (Yasukuni Museum)
Located next to the shrine is a war and military museum


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