Miyagiken Gokoku Shrine, Gokoku shrine in Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan

Miyagiken Gokoku Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Sendai, located on the site of the former main enclosure of Sendai Castle. It enshrines the spirits of more than 56,000 people from Miyagi Prefecture and neighboring areas who died in wars and conflicts since the Meiji Restoration.

The shrine was founded in 1904 as a Shōkonsha to honor war dead from the Second Army District, and it was renamed Miyagiken Gokoku Shrine in 1939. The main hall burned down during the Sendai air raid in 1945 and was rebuilt in 1958 using an old building from Ise Jingu.

The shrine is part of the Sendai Go-sha Meguri, a local pilgrimage to five shrines, and many residents stop here during the New Year holidays. Each December, young women are chosen as Fukumusume to welcome visitors and hand out lucky charms.

The shrine is easy to reach on foot or by public transport from central Sendai, and the grounds are open throughout the year. Visitors should dress respectfully and can wash their hands at the purification fountain before approaching the main hall.

Because the shrine stands on the site of Sendai Castle, some fans of the game Sengoku Basara mistake it for a shrine dedicated to Date Masamune and leave ema plaques with his image. In fact, Masamune is honored at a different shrine, and the spirits of Sendai domain soldiers who died in the Boshin War are not enshrined here.