is a castle structure in Hamada, Shimane Prefecture, Japan.
Current The castle is now only ruins, with some stone walls and earthworks. In 2017, the castle was listed as one of the Continued Top 100 Japanese Castles.
Gokoku Shrine
is a Shinto shrine located in Japan. It is a Beppyo shrine, or a shrine that is particularly notable in a certain way with a significant history to it. It is a Gokoku Shrine, or a shrine dedicated to war dead. Such shrines were made to serve to enshrine the war dead, and they were all considered "branches" of Yasukuni Shrine. They were renamed from Shokonsha in 1939. It is located in the ruins of Hamada Castle.
See also
Controversies surrounding Yasukuni Shrine Hero shrine Martial temple and Wen Wu temple National Revolutionary Martyrs' Shrine Eternal Spring Shrine Chinese Cultural Renaissance Ancestral shrine Gallant Garden Gokoku Shrines Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Arlington National Cemetery Valhalla (home to the souls of fallen warriors in Scandinavian mythology) Walhalla Shrine (a hall of fame in Germany honoring "commendable and honorable Germans") Eternal Spring Shrine The common end of myriad good deeds Greek hero cult
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