Hirohara Shrine
| Hirohara Jinja Hirohara Shrine 紘原神社 | |
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Hirohara shrine in 2024 | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Shinto |
| Sect | Jingūkyō |
| Deity | Amaterasu |
| Festival | Taishō Hōtai no Hi (大詔奉戴日) (8th of every month) |
| Ownership | North Sumatra Provincial Government |
| Year consecrated | August 11, 1944 |
| Location | |
| Location | Jalan R.A. Kartini No.36, Madras Hulu, Medan Polonia, Medan, North Sumatera, Indonesia |
| Geographic coordinates | 3°34′49.674″N 98°40′15.9312″E / 3.58046500°N 98.671092000°E |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Suzuki Hiroyuki |
| Date established | 1905 |
| Groundbreaking | 1 April 1943 |
| Completed | 4 July 1944 |
| Site area | 148.500 m² |
Glossary of Shinto
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Hirohara Jinja (紘原神社, Hirohara Jinja; lit. "Hirohara Shrine" or "Kuil Hirohara" in Indonesian) is a former Shinto shrine located in Medan, Indonesia. The shrine was built in 1944 by the 2nd Guards Division of the former Imperial Japanese Army. It is situated slightly inland from the North Sumatra Governor’s Office, formerly known as the East Coast Provincial Office during the Japanese occupation of Indonesia.
The shrine is believed to be the last remaining surviving shrine building among those built by the former Japanese Imperial Army in various parts of the Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere and, likely, the last Shinto shrine building in Southeast Asia. The shrine remained after the war and is then used as a meeting place for the local rich as the Medan Club. The building was designated as a heritage site and protected by the Medan city Government, though the future of the site is uncertain.