Karafuto Shrine

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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.

The Karafuto Shrine was abandoned in 1945 due to the Soviet takeover of the island, and it was demolished on November 17. The modern site of the shrine has a concrete building, with a commemorative plaque to mark Japanese-Russian relations. Next to the shrine's site is a Western-style boarding school.

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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