Hachiman Jinja (Saipan)

Hachiman Jinja
Location Lot nos. H 300-11 & H 300-4, Kannat Taddong Papago, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
Coordinates 15°10′48″N 145°45′40″E / 15.18000°N 145.76111°E / 15.18000; 145.76111Coordinates: 15°10′48″N 145°45′40″E / 15.18000°N 145.76111°E / 15.18000; 145.76111
Area 1.2 acres (0.49 ha)
Built 1944 (1944)
Architectural style Japanese Shinto Shrine
NRHP Reference # 03000549[1]
Added to NRHP June 21, 2003

The Hachiman Jinja is a derelict Shinto shrine off Kagman Road on the island Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands, and one of the few on those islands to survive relatively intact. The shrine, dedicated to the kami Hachiman, was probably built in the 1930s by the Japanese administration of the South Pacific Mandate as part of a program to Japanize the large number of Ryukyuan and Korean workers on the island. The shrine survived the World War II Battle of Saipan in remarkably good condition, although its main torii fell, and two komainu (dog-like statues) were lost. The main honden received some maintenance in the 1970s, and the property has received some maintenance from a local landholder.[2]

The shrine was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Hachiman Jinja" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-04-14.


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