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Yasukuni Shrine

靖国神社
alternative words: Yasukunijinja Shrine, Yasukunijinja, Yasukuni-jinja, Yasukuni jinja, Yasukuni
keywords: shrine , tokyo
related topics: Tokyo Prefecture
related web sites: http://www.yasukuni.or.jp
explanation: Shrine located in Tokyo Prefecture at Kudan district. Initially founded in 1869 in order to enshrine the victims of Japanese civil war since 1853, those of all the subsequent wars like Russo-Japanese war of 1905 and WWII have been also added: now the number of enshrined souls is about 2.5 millions. The beauty of its cherry blossom trees in Spring is well known by inhabitants of Tokyo.

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