Nanyo Shrine - Nanyo Shrine

Japanese: 南洋神社 - なんようじんじゃ

This shrine was built by Japan on Koror Island in the Palau Islands of Micronesia. In 1919, the Treaty of Versailles placed the former German South Seas Islands under Japanese mandate. As the inhabitants of Micronesia were under the influence of Christianity, the Japanese government did not initially force Japanization out of consideration for the League of Nations. However, after Japan withdrew from the League of Nations in 1933, Japanese influence began to be strengthened, and plans were made to build a shrine as the general guardian deity of the South Seas Islands. On November 1, 1940, the main building of the Kanpei Taisha Nanyo Shrine, dedicated to Amaterasu Omikami, was completed on Armis Hill on Koror Island, where the South Seas Agency was located, and a dedication ceremony was held.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

ミクロネシアのパラオ諸島のコロール島に日本が建てた神社。1919年，ベルサイユ条約によって，旧ドイツ領の南洋群島は日本の委任統治領となった。ミクロネシア住民はキリスト教の影響下にあったので，当初日本政府は国際連盟への配慮から日本化を強行しなかったが，33年に国際連盟を脱退すると，日本色の強化が始まり，南洋群島の総鎮守としての神社の創建が計画された。40年11月1日，南洋庁があったコロール島のアルミズの丘に，天照大神を祭神とする官幣大社南洋神社の社殿が完成し，鎮座式が行われた。

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