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Find sources: "Karafuto Shrine" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (November 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Karafuto Shrine, 1930s **Karafuto Shrine** (樺太神社, *Karafuto jinja*) was a [Shinto](/source/Shinto) shrine in [Toyohara](/source/Toyohara), [Karafuto Prefecture](/source/Karafuto_Prefecture) in what is now [Sakhalin Oblast](/source/Sakhalin_Oblast), Russia.[1] The shrine was established in 1911, and its main annual festival was held on August 23. [Kami](/source/Kami) enshrined here included [Okunitama](/source/Kunitama) no kami (大国魂神), [Ōkuninushi](/source/%C5%8Ckuninushi) (as 大己貴神) and [Sukunabikona](/source/Sukunabikona) (少彦名命). It was formerly a national shrine of the first rank (国幣大社, *kokuhei taisha*) in the [Modern system of ranked Shinto Shrines](/source/Modern_system_of_ranked_Shinto_Shrines). Following the Soviet occupation of southern Sakhalin, the shrine would continue to operate until repatriation was completed in 1949. It would later be demolished alongside other Japanese institutions and monuments. There are currently plaques marking the former location of the Karafuto Shrine, and two of the shrine's [Komainu](/source/Komainu) are now placed at the entrance of the [Sakhalin Regional Museum](/source/Sakhalin_Regional_Museum).[2] ## See also - [Nishikubo Shrine](/source/Nishikubo_Shrine) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Japanese_Journal_Religious_Studies_Vol_Issue_pp_A_Concept_of_Shinto_-_37_1_47–74_-_1-0)** Suga, Kōji (2010). ["A Concept of "Overseas Shinto Shrines""](http://dl.ndl.go.jp/view/download/digidepo_9592041_po_833.pdf?contentNo=1&alternativeNo=) (PDF). *[Japanese Journal of Religious Studies](/source/Japanese_Journal_of_Religious_Studies)*. **37** (1). [Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture](/source/Nanzan_Institute_for_Religion_and_Culture): 47–74. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0304-1042](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0304-1042). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [423956666](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/423956666). Retrieved 19 November 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Urbansky, Sören; Barop, Helena (2017). "Under the Red Star's Faint Light: How Sakhalin Became Soviet". *Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History*. **18** (2): 283–316. 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