Togo Shrine
東郷神社Heihachiro Togo was born in Kagoshima City in 1847 as the fourth son of the Satsuma clan officer Togo Kichiemon, and died on May 30, 1934, at the age of 88 in Sanbancho, Kojimachi, Tokyo.
In 1871, at the age of twenty-four, he studied in England and trained as a naval officer for seven years. Since then, he has devoted himself to military service, and in the Russo-Japanese campaign of 1904 and 8 (1904, 5), he commanded the fleet as Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet, and in particular, in the Battle of the Sea of Japan on May 27 and 8, 38, he welcomed the Baltic Fleet of Russia and raised the Z flag on the flagship Mikasa, defeated it, and achieved a complete victory, famous in the history of world naval warfare, and saved the national crisis.
In 1914, as the president of the Higashinomiya Imperial Academy, he fulfilled the important responsibility of educating the then Crown Prince and the Emperor, and fulfilled the three periods of the Meiji, Taisho, and Showa periods. For his achievements, he was awarded the honor of Marshal of the Navy and Marquis of the First Order of Merit 1st Class, and as a man of high character and honesty without shadows, he came to be respected not only by the people of Japan but also by the people of the world as "Admiral Daitogo".
In September 1940, the Marshal Togo Memorial Association was established, and with the support of all the national admirers, the founding ceremony was held in May 15 (1940), and it became a prefectural shrine, and in May 1945, when it was on the verge of being a separate official shrine, it was completely burned by war damage in May 1945. After the war, the shrine was dedicated to a temporary hall, and in May 1964, with the goal of celebrating the 30th anniversary of the festival, the Reconstruction Worship Association was established in May 33, and with the great support of worshippers from all over the country, the shrine was reconstructed, and on May 27, 39, the Imperial Relocation Festival was held, which was completed on the 28th, and the 30th anniversary festival was held in a grand manner as well as the dedication festival. Since the 59th year of the same year (1984) is equivalent to the 50th anniversary of the reconstruction of the festival gods, it took several years to improve the precincts such as the shrine awarding station, the transparent wall, the four lanterns of the West Sando, the reconstruction of the Kitasando torii gate, the renovation of the pond, the new well, and the reconstruction of the storehouse relocated from the former Togo residence, and in May of the same year, the 50th annual grand festival, followed by the death anniversary festival and the 50th anniversary graveside festival (Otama Cemetery), were strictly renovated.
In 1990, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Imperial Throne, we completed the renovation of the shrine hall, the maintenance of the shrine pond, the collection of the shrine office and the Warakuden, the new construction, and the commemorative publication as a commemorative project with the donations of all the worshippers.