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is a Shinto shrine located on the island of Koror, in Palau. The shrine was the ''ichinomiya'' of the government of the Japanese mandated territory of Nanyo; it was established in 1940. It was designated for the veneration of Amaterasu Omikami.〔Peattie, Mark R. (1988). ( ''Nanʻyō: the rise and fall of the Japanese in Micronesia, 1885–1945,'' p. 226. )〕 ==History== The process which lead to the establishment of the shrine began mid-1930s when the regional planning agency (''Nan'yō Takushoku'') was charged with the Japanization of Micronesia.〔Guichard-Anguis, Sylvie ''et al.'' (2009). ( ''Japanese Tourism and Travel Culture,'' p. 181. )〕 The chief advocate for the shrine was Domoto Teiichi, who had been the Private Secretary to the Governor of Nanyo since 1936.〔 The enshrinement ceremonies took three days, November 1–3, 1940 (''Showa 15, 1st–3rd day of the 11th month''). The shrine was situated at Koror because it was the Japanese colonial capital. From the outset, the Nan'yō Shrine was officially designated one of the ''Kanpei-taisha'' (官幣大社), meaning that it stood in the first rank of government-supported shrines.〔Peattie, ( pp. 225–229. )〕 The shrine was construed by the Japanese government as marking "a step forward in the sacred task of constructing a New East Asian Order."〔Peattie, ( p. 229. )〕 When the Allied forces threatened Palau in late 1944, the sacred symbols of the shrine were evacuated to Japan by submarine. The shrine remained untouched by American bombing; but Japan's defeat in World War II ended this colonial administration and a sense of reverence for the shrine structures which were dismantled for use in rebuilding Koror. Only the stone steps to the upper platform and the great stone lanterns still remain as evidence of the former shrine precincts.〔Peattie, ( p. 339 n61. )〕 In 1983, plans were developed for a reconstruction of the shrine at its former site,〔 and a miniature replica of the original shrine was completed with the funding of private sponsors from Japan in 1993.〔(南洋神社 ), Asahi Shimbun, September 21, 2009〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nanyo Shrine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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