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Karafuto Shrine

Coordinates: 46°57′27″N 142°45′38″E / 46.9574°N 142.7606°E / 46.9574; 142.7606
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Karafuto Shrine, 1930s

Karafuto Shrine (樺太神社, Karafuto jinja) was a Shinto shrine in Toyohara, Karafuto Prefecture in what is now Sakhalin Oblast, Russia.[1]

The shrine was established in 1911, and its main annual festival was held on August 23. Kami enshrined here included Okunitama no kami (大国魂神), Ōkuninushi (as 大己貴神) and Sukunabikona (少彦名命).

It was formerly a national shrine of the first rank (国幣大社, kokuhei taisha) in the Modern system of ranked Shinto Shrines.

See also

References

  1. ^ Suga, Kōji (2010). "A Concept of "Overseas Shinto Shrines"" (PDF). Japanese Journal of Religious Studies. 37 (1). Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture: 47–74. ISSN 0304-1042. OCLC 423956666. Retrieved 19 November 2017.

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