Some regions enduring the old consciousness of province and region did not accept the war dead from other 'provinces' or regions even if he was from the same prefecture, which supposedly remains as the reason for this (for example, Hiroshima Prefecture has two Gokoku-jinja Shrines: one in the former Bingo Province and the other in the former Aki Province).
これはかつての令制国や地域意識が強く残っていた地域では同じ県出身者でも違う「国」や地域出身の戦没者を受け入れない例があり、それが尾を引いているからだと言われている（例えば広島県の場合、かつての備後国と安芸国にそれぞれ1社存在する）。