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This article deals with the Ky ngs ng Hokuk Sinsa [Seoul National Patriotic Shrine], which was built by the Japanese colonial government in Seoul, Korea during the wartime period. After the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937, many military personnel were killed in the war. Since the Korean volunteers were able to joined the Japanese military units in 1938, Koreans were included in the death roll. Japanese government decided to change the Sh konsha [Temple for the War Dead] into the Hokuk Sinsa (National Patriotic Shrine) in Japan Proper so that the colonial government in Korea decided to construct new shrines for the war dead in the Namsan [South Mountain], Seoul and Nanam, the northeastern city for 20th and 19th Divisions each. The former, with the government and “civil contribution,” was completed in late 1943 while the latter was still incomplete at the end of the war. The shrine was used for the memorial service for the war dead, for caring the military relatives, and for the inculcation of the wartime spirit. However, the site was restricted to the military usage so that the postwar Korea did not have to memorize the wartime symbol. After the Korean liberation from Japan in August 1945, with the influx of the refuges from North Korea, North Koreans, especially Northwesterners occupied this site for dwellings, erected many makeshift buildings, and bargained with the Seoul Metropolitan Government in order to secure their stay. With the help of North Korean christians, the site was secured for the Northwesterner’s dwellings and for christian schools such as the Soong i Women’s School and Soongsil Men’s School. This aptly symbolize the regime change from the Japanese militaristic to Christian/anti-communist postwar Korean regime.