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*''Established: 1920/11/1''
*''Japanese'': 明治神宮 ''(meiji jinguu)''
Meiji Shrine is a large [[Shinto shrine]] located in Shibuya-ku, [[Tokyo]]. It was established in 1920, in memory of [[Emperor Meiji]], who died [[1912|eight years prior]].
Discussions about building a shrine here in honor of Emperor Meiji and [[Empress Shoken|Empress Shôken]] began in 1915, the year after the death of the empress.
The shrine grounds cover roughly 700,000 square meters. Most of the shrine buildings were destroyed in the 1945 air raids, and rebuilt in 1958.
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==References==
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%98%8E%E6%B2%BB%E7%A5%9E%E5%AE%AE Meiji jingû]." ''Sekai daihyakka jiten'' 世界大百科事典. Hitachi Solutions, 2012.
==External Links==
*[https://maps.google.com/maps?q=%E6%98%8E%E6%B2%BB%E7%A5%9E%E5%AE%AE&hl=en&ie=UTF8&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=37.188995,86.572266&t=h&hq=%E6%98%8E%E6%B2%BB%E7%A5%9E%E5%AE%AE&z=15 Meiji Shrine on Google Maps].
[[Category:Shrines]]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
*''Japanese'': 明治神宮 ''(meiji jinguu)''
Meiji Shrine is a large [[Shinto shrine]] located in Shibuya-ku, [[Tokyo]]. It was established in 1920, in memory of [[Emperor Meiji]], who died [[1912|eight years prior]].
Discussions about building a shrine here in honor of Emperor Meiji and [[Empress Shoken|Empress Shôken]] began in 1915, the year after the death of the empress.
The shrine grounds cover roughly 700,000 square meters. Most of the shrine buildings were destroyed in the 1945 air raids, and rebuilt in 1958.
{{stub}}
==References==
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%98%8E%E6%B2%BB%E7%A5%9E%E5%AE%AE Meiji jingû]." ''Sekai daihyakka jiten'' 世界大百科事典. Hitachi Solutions, 2012.
==External Links==
*[https://maps.google.com/maps?q=%E6%98%8E%E6%B2%BB%E7%A5%9E%E5%AE%AE&hl=en&ie=UTF8&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=37.188995,86.572266&t=h&hq=%E6%98%8E%E6%B2%BB%E7%A5%9E%E5%AE%AE&z=15 Meiji Shrine on Google Maps].
[[Category:Shrines]]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
