Syonan Shrine
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Syonan Jinja (昭南神社, Shōnan Jinja, lit. "Shōnan Shrine") was a Shinto shrine at MacRitchie Reservoir, Singapore. Built by the Japanese Imperial Army during the Japanese occupation of Singapore in World War II, the shrine was destroyed directly before British forces re-occupied Singapore.[1]
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Syonan Jinja Shōnan Shrine 昭南神社 | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Shinto |
Deity | Amaterasu |
Type | Shinto shrine |
Location | |
Location | MacRitchie Reservoir, Singapore |
Geographic coordinates | 1°20′53.6″N 103°48′49.7″E |
Architecture | |
Date established | May 7, 1942 (1942-05-07) |
Destroyed | August 15, 1945 (1945-08-15) |
Glossary of Shinto |
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Located deep inside the Central Catchment Nature Reserve (CCNR), the National Heritage Board (NHB) declared the site a historic site in 2002, although no plans have been made public so far to develop or make any significant changes to the site since the war.[2]