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Ryūtōsan Shrine

1678 establishmentsDemolished buildings and structures in South KoreaHistory of BusanKokuhei ShōshaKorea religion stubs
Kotohira shrinesShinmei shrinesShinto shrinesShinto shrines in KoreaShinto shrines in the Japanese colonial empire
Ryutosan Shrine circa 1930
Ryutosan Shrine circa 1930

Ryūtōsan Shrine (龍頭山神社) was a Shinto shrine in Korea. It is the earliest shinto shrine in Korea: 139  built by workers of the local Japan House trade office in 1678. Such shinto may have served a purpose of expressing and maintaining a Japanese identity outside of Japan, while the Japanese and Korean people lived relatively close during this period.It is a Kotohira shrine dedicated to Ōmononushi and the protection of sailors. In addition it, alongside all other nationally ranked shinto shrines in Korea enshrined Amaterasu and Kunitama as a pair.: 139 It was originally called Kotohira shrine (金刀比羅神社), before being renamed Ryūtōsan Shrine (龍頭山神社, Ryūtōsan Jinja).It was destroyed after the liberation of Korea. Its former site is now part of Yongdusan Park.

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Ryūtōsan Shrine
Yongdusan-gil, Busan Gwangbok-dong

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용두산미술전시관

Yongdusan-gil
48948 Busan, Gwangbok-dong
South Korea
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Ryutosan Shrine circa 1930
Ryutosan Shrine circa 1930
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