The Yasukuni Shrine in Ri Nation was in Kudankita of Chiyoda, Dongjing, and was dedicated to the soldiers and their families who had died in wars since the Meiji Restoration era. Most of them were soldiers of the Ri Nation who took part in the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Pacific War, including some thirty thousand of the Takasago Volunteers. The shrine complex comprised several buildings housing prayer halls such as Reijibo Hōanden, Honden, Haiden, Tori, Yūshūkan, Chōzuya, and many others.
The priests of the shrine had been waiting for Koizumi Junichiro since this morning, and they had received his notification only last night. All of them were made aware that the governor of Dongjing would visit today.
