Yasukuni Shrine is a Shinto Shrine which is the traditional religion of Japan that commemorate Japan's war victims.
Access:
Take the Subway to Kudanshita Station, heading to Exit 1.
You can see the scenery around like this picture.
Moving along this arrow.
Passing through under the Big Gate that called "Torii".
Omura Masujiro(1824 - 1869) Statue.
He was a Japanese Military leader and theorist and known for founding the Imperial Japanese Army.
Take this way.
The chrysanthemum of the Imperial crest.
Emperor is a Shinto's high priest.
The role of Emperor makes hang together between The Deity of Shinto and Human being.
This shrine was built in 1869 for purpose of enshrining those who have died in war for Japan. Currently, 2.5 million souls are enshrined here.
On July 8, 1853, the U.S. Navy Commodore Perry's fleet into the Tokyo Bay and
threatened to attack if Japan did not begin trade with the America. Japan said that we want America to wait for the answer for one year.
This Cannon was installed along the Tokyo Bay in preparation for the war against
Commodore Perry's fleet for his second visit.
Shachihoko, depicted as a mythical creature with a Tiger's head and its body of Fish in which widely used to install on the roof of the castle as a guardian deity.
Obon festival at Yasukuni Shrine is an annual event for commemorating ancestors which is believed that during the period of Obon(July, 13 - July, 16) the ancestor's spirits return to this world. Lanterns are hung in order to guide their spirits along the streets. Decorates a Shrine with flowers and pictures.
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