Heijō Shrine (平壌神社, Heijō jinja) was a Shinto shrine located in Pyongyang while Korea was under Japanese colonial rule. The shrine was named after the Japanese name for Pyongyang. It was built in 1913 and ceased to exist after 1945. The shrine's main festival was celebrated every year on October 2nd.

In the Modern system of ranked Shinto Shrines, Heijō Shrine was a national shrine of the third rank, also known as kokuhei shōsha.

Heijō Shrine

Today, the location where Heijō Shrine once stood has been turned into a park. A statue of Kim Il-Sung was built where the shrine used to be

Heijō Shrine

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Historical page with photographs

Overseas shrines database

Kokuhei Shōsha

1945 disestablishments in Japan

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Shinto shrines in the Japanese colonial empire

Shinmei shrines

Heijō Shrine