Some prefectures do not have a Gokoku-jinja Shrine; Kanagawa Prefecture's being destroyed by fire during the war while being constructed (Yokoyama City War Memorial Tower was built after the war) and Tokyo (Tokyo Memorial Hall was built before the war, where the religious service is held according to Buddhist rites).
建設中に戦災で焼失した神奈川県（戦後、横浜市戦没者慰霊塔が建てられた）や、東京都（戦前より東京都慰霊堂があり、仏式で祭祀が行われる）と、存在しない都県もある。