Koma Shrine

The Koma Shrine is a shrine in Hidaka, Saitama, devoted to early Korean settlers of Japan. The shrine changed into founded in 716 CE by Prince Go Yak'gwang of the Goguryeo kingdom of Korea. The Prince changed into dispatched to Japan to garner assist for the Goruryeo Kingdom following an invasion with the aid of Silla and Tang dynasty China, however ended up settling in Japan, along with approximately 1,800 other Koreans.

Japanese emperor entitled prince Yakgwang as kingdom king role and the humans ruled the territory allocated until about 13C. Following the annexation of Korea by means of Japan, the Koma Shrine turned into used as a image by using Japanese government officers, together with Governor-General of Korea Jiro Minami, for the assimilation and unification of the Korean and Japanese humans.

In 1934 the Koma Jinja Hosan-kai was based which will preserve and restore the shrine, headed by means of then-Minister of Colonial Affairs Hideo Kodama.Koma Shrine maintained cultural relevance after World War II, and it become written approximately by means of outstanding Japanese authors which includes Eiji Yoshikawa and Ango Sakaguchi.