During the Japanese Occupation , Japanese troops built Syonan Jinja , a Shinto shrine ( Syonan-to was the Occupation name for Singapore ) , similar to the Yasukuni Shrine in Japan but of a smaller size , at Bukit Timah .
During the Japanese Occupation , the Japanese troops built a Syonan-to Shinto shrine ( Syonan-to was the Occupation name for Singapore ) , similar to the National Shinto in Japan but of a smaller size , at Bukit Timah Hill .