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Mostly off topic, but... I was surprised to see two listed in South Korea, and at least the one in Seoul (Gimpo Airport) seems outdated - the map links to a ph

Mostly off topic, but... I was surprised to see two listed in South Korea, and at least the one in Seoul (Gimpo Airport) seems outdated - the map links to a photo that looks at least 50 years old. (I found some Korean articles about a shrine in Ulleung Island that was repurposed by residents to a shrine for the "sea spirit," though I couldn't verify if it's the one shown on the map.) * During Japan's rule over Korea, Japan built shinto shrines all over Korea and forced Koreans to gather and worship the empire. Suffice it to say that these buildings didn't survive Korean independence.

kugoretz 2y ago
Thanks for your thoughtful engagement with my map! Grey pins are historical torii that do not exist anymore. I haven't really started mapping all of the some 1,600 colonial and settler shrines during Japan's modern imperial expansion, but have included a few. I'm sure there will be many more to add to South Korea in the future. The pin for Ulleung is not an exact location, like you said, I've only found vague information about it so far, but I've seen a photo of it.