Heijō Shrine

was a Shinto shrine in Pyongyang while Korea was under Japanese colonial rule. The shrine was named after the Japanese name for Pyongyang. It was built in 1913 and ceased to exist after 1945. The shrine's main festival was celebrated every year on October 2nd.

In the Modern system of ranked Shinto Shrines, Heijō Shrine was a national shrine of the third rank, also known as kokuhei shōsha.

Category:Kokuhei Shōsha
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Category:Shinto shrines in the Japanese colonial empire
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Today, the location where Heijō Shrine once stood has been turned into a park. A statue of Kim Il-Sung was built where the shrine used to be

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Other websites
Historical page with photographs
Overseas shrines database

Category:1945 disestablishments in Japan
Category:Kokuhei Shōsha
Category:Shinmei shrines