Yasukuni Shrine

Yasukuni Shrine (靖國神社) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference evidence, and a rights-cleared image of the site. Visit as a guest of a worshipping community: observe posted boundaries, keep rites and prayer unobstructed, and verify changing access information with the institution.

Yasukuni Shrine (Japanese: 靖国神社 or 靖國神社, Hepburn: Yasukuni Jinja; lit. 'Peaceful Country Shrine') is a Shinto shrine located in Chiyoda, Tokyo. It was founded by Emperor Meiji in June 1869 and commemorates those who died in service of Japan, from the Boshin War of 1868–1869, to the two Sino-Japanese Wars, 1894–1895 and 1937–1945 respectively, and the First Indochina War of 1946–1954. The shrine's purpose has been expanded over the years to include those who died in the wars involving Japan spanning from the entire Meiji and Taishō periods, and the earlier part of the Shōwa period. The shrine lists the names, origins, birthdates and places of death of 2,466,532 people. Among those are 1,068 convicted war criminals from the Pacific War, fourteen of whom were convicted with Class A crimes at the Tokyo Trial. Yasukuni is an active Shinto shrine and a politically contested memorial institution. Its register includes people convicted as Class-A war criminals after the Second World War. Visits by political leaders and interpretations of the shrine's museum remain contested in Japan and abroad. The record must neither glorify militarism nor erase the grief of families and communities affected by Japanese imperial warfare. Pilgrim Map presents this site through documented identity and living religious practice, not through star ratings or promises of transformation. Architecture and historical associations can help orient a visit, but they do not replace the meaning made by worship, teaching, memorial practice, service, and care. Visitors should distinguish institutional tradition from independently documented history, especially where a foundation narrative, miraculous account, political memory, or popular origin claim is involved. Approach slowly, read the room before acting, and allow regular worshippers to set the pace.

Yasukuni Shrine (Japanese: 靖国神社 or 靖國神社, Hepburn: Yasukuni Jinja; lit. 'Peaceful Country Shrine') is a Shinto shrine located in Chiyoda, Tokyo. It was founded by Emperor Meiji in June 1869 and commemorates those who died in service of Japan, from the Boshin War of 1868–1869, to the two Sino-Japanese Wars, 1894–1895 and 1937–1945 respectively, and the First Indochina War of 1946–1954. The shrine's purpose has been expanded over the years to include those who died in the wars involving Japan spanning from the entire Meiji and Taishō periods, and the earlier part of the Shōwa period. The shrine lists the names, origins, birthdates and places of death of 2,466,532 people. Among those are 1,068 convicted war criminals from the Pacific War, fourteen of whom were convicted with Class A crimes at the Tokyo Trial.

Yasukuni Shrine belongs to the living Shinto context documented by its institutional and exact-entity sources.

A map can show the threshold of Yasukuni Shrine; it cannot determine what the place means for every devotee. Quiet attention is more responsible than assigning a single mood, energy, or spiritual effect. Notice how people prepare to enter, where they pause, and which spaces remain protected, while avoiding imitation or intrusion.

The cited sources identify Yasukuni Shrine as an exact Shinto institution and provide the bounded historical context summarized here.

The site's present form reflects continuity as well as rebuilding, institutional change, and the work of successive communities. Specific claims are limited to the cited record.

Pause at the torii, use the purification basin when it is open, and approach the worship hall without blocking the central path. At the offering box, visitors commonly bow twice, clap twice, offer a silent prayer, and bow once; posted shrine guidance takes precedence.

Current practice and participation at Yasukuni Shrine follow the institution's own guidance. Do not infer permission from what another visitor does.

Notice the threshold, the order of movement, and the care given to sacred objects without turning observation into performance.

Begin with the site's present threshold rather than a checklist. Put away conversation and devices when worship is underway, yield to people making offerings or attending services, and accept closures without pressing for access. A respectful visit may be brief. Its value does not depend on witnessing a ceremony, entering every building, or producing photographs.

Use the official site and posted notices to distinguish public grounds from worship, residential, administrative, memorial, or conservation spaces.

Read Yasukuni Shrine through its living Shinto community alongside documented history, architecture, and urban context.

Institutional and exact-entity sources establish identity and bound the historical account. Unresolved or contested claims remain explicitly attributed.

According to its tradition, sacred meaning is encountered through worship, teaching, remembrance, and the relationships sustained by the community.

No paranormal, medical, therapeutic, or guaranteed transformative effect is claimed.

3-chōme-1-1 Kudankita, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 102-0073. Confirm the route, accessibility, opening status, and event-day restrictions through the official site and exact map record before travel.

No lodging recommendation is made; use current, independent accessibility and accommodation information.

Pause at the torii, use the purification basin when it is open, and approach the worship hall without blocking the central path. At the offering box, visitors commonly bow twice, clap twice, offer a silent prayer, and bow once; posted shrine guidance takes precedence.

Wear clean, modest clothing. Step around sacred ropes, barriers, and prepared ritual areas.

Photograph only from public areas and never during rites without permission. Ask before photographing worshippers, attendants, or the interior of the sanctuary.

Use only offering and donation channels authorized by Yasukuni Shrine; never leave substitute objects or food without permission.

Respect barriers, private rooms, protected fabric, sacred interiors, and any temporary restriction announced by staff.

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Sacred places within a half-day’s reach. Pilgrims often visit them together: walk one, stay for the other.

Tokyo Daijingu

Chiyoda City, Tokyo, Japan

0.7 km away

Akagi Shrine

Shinjuku City, Tokyo, Japan

1.4 km away

St. Ignatius Catholic Church

Kōjimachi, Tokyo, Japan

1.5 km away

Holy Resurrection Cathedral (Nikolai-do)

Chiyoda City, Tokyo, Japan

2.0 km away

Sources consulted when researching this page. Independent verification by readers is welcome.

1. 01靖國神社 — 靖國神社high-reliability
2. 02Yasukuni Shrine — Wikipedia contributors
3. 03靖国神社 — Japanese Wikipedia contributors
4. 04Wikidata entity Q242803 — Wikidata contributors
5. 05Yasukuni Shrine Google Maps place record — Google
6. 06File:2018 Haiden (Yasukuni Shrine).jpg — Wikimedia Commons contributors