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TOKYO TOURS

Panoramic Tokyo
Day Tour

Tokyo Tours

Meiji Shrine, Asakusa Guest House, National Diet Building, Imperial Palace East Garden, Asakusa Temple, Ginza, Tokyo Bay Cruise, Rainbow Bridge & Odaiba.

Cityrama Tokyo
Afternoon Tour

Tokyo Tour

Tokyo Tower, National Diet Building, Imperial Palace Plaza, Asakusa Kannon Temple, Nakamise Shopping Street & Ginza.

Kyoto Highlights Day Tour from Tokyo
Kyoto Tour
The best of Kyoto in one day.
Kinkakuji Temple - Golden Pavilion
Kiyomizu Temple
Kyoto Imperial Palace
Nijo Castle
Heian Shrine
Sanjusangendo Hall
Kyoto Handicraft Center


YASUKUNI SHRINE

Yasukuni Shrine (靖國神社) is a controversial shrine to Japan's war dead, housing the souls of some 2.5 million people killed in Japan's wars — including convicted war criminals executed by the Allies.  The Yasukuni Shrine is located in Chiyoda ward Tokyo.

Yashukuni Shrine has been made more famous by the controversial visits to the Shrine by the former Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi. These visits have been particularly upsetting to countries attacked or invaded by Japan during World War II.

Yasukuni Shrine Tokyo
Yasukuni Shrine, Tokyo

The Yasukuni Shrine is a favourite haunt of right-wing groups in black loudspeaker-equipped trucks. Open daily and free entrance adjacent to Metro Hanzomon line Kudanshita station, or cross the bridge north from Kitanomaru Park.

 Yasukuni Shrine
Yasukuni Shrine, Tokyo

Yasukuni Shrine Pictures

Additional picture of Yasukuni Shrine and its surrounding can be found in our Japanese Picture Gallery.

The Yusukan War Memorial Museum (遊就館), adjacent to the shrine, is an odd collection of military paraphernalia (including human torpedoes and letters from kamikaze pilots) and one-sided descriptions of the war. Open daily from 9 AM to 5 PM, entry a rather steep ¥800.

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(Article based on Wikitravel article by Based on work by Paul N. Richter and Wikitravel user(s) Jpatokal and Nzpcmad. Article used under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 1.0.)

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Last edited on 23/10/09