Ryūtōsan Shrine
| Ryūtōsan Shrine | |
|---|---|
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Shinto |
| Deity | Ōmononushi (Konpira Gongen) Kunitama Okami Amaterasu Okami |
| Year consecrated | 1678 |
| Location | |
| Geographic coordinates | 35°06′03″N 129°01′57″E / 35.1008°N 129.0325°E |
| Location relative to modern-day Busan | |
| Glossary of Shinto | |
Ryūtōsan Shrine (龍頭山神社) was a Shinto shrine in Korea. It is the earliest shinto shrine in Korea: 139 built by workers of the local Japan House trade office in 1678. Such shinto may have served a purpose of expressing and maintaining a Japanese identity outside of Japan, while the Japanese and Korean people lived relatively close during this period.
It was a Kotohira shrine dedicated to Ōmononushi and the protection of sailors. In addition it, alongside all other nationally ranked shinto shrines in Korea enshrined Amaterasu and Kunitama as a pair.: 139
It was originally called Kotohira shrine (金刀比羅神社), before being renamed Ryūtōsan Shrine (龍頭山神社, Ryūtōsan Jinja).
It was destroyed after the liberation of Korea. Its former site is now part of Yongdusan Park.