Togo Shrine

It is located in Jingumae, Shibuya Ward, Tokyo. The deity enshrined is Togo Heihachiro no Mikoto. Togo was born in 1847 (Koka 4) and was a naval admiral from the Satsuma domain. He was hailed as a great general for defeating the Russian fleet in the Russo-Japanese War, and he also served the Meiji, Taisho, and Showa emperors and was revered by the people. Thanks to the efforts of the Admiral Togo Memorial Association, a foundation established immediately after his death in 1934 (Showa 9), the shrine was built in 1940 as a prefectural shrine. It burned down during war damage in 1945, and was rebuilt in 1964 (Showa 39). The annual festival is held on May 28th in commemoration of the Battle of Tsushima.

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東京都渋谷区神宮前に鎮座。祭神は東郷平八郎命(とうごうへいはちろうのみこと)。東郷は1847年（弘化4）生まれ、薩摩(さつま)藩出身の海軍元帥。日露戦争ではロシア艦隊を破って名将とうたわれ、また明治・大正・昭和の天皇に奉仕し、国民的に敬慕された。1934年（昭和9）の没後ただちに設立された財団法人東郷元帥記念会の尽力で、府社として40年に創建。45年戦災で炎上、64年（昭和39）再興された。例祭は日本海海戦にちなみ、5月28日。

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