Syonan Jinja

Syonan Jinja ('Shonan Shrine') was a Shinto shrine dedicated to Amaterasu built by the Japanese Imperial Army at MacRitchie Reservoir, Singapore, during the Japanese occupation; designed by Major Yasuji Tamura to be the greatest Shinto shrine in occupied Asia, it was completed on 7 May 1942 and burned down by the Japanese on 15 August 1945, just before their surrender. Only scattered ruins remain in the Central Catchment Nature Reserve; the site was declared a historic site by Singapore's National Heritage Board in 2002 but remains closed to the public.