Ryozen Kannon, Kyoto
The Ryozen Kannon is a war memorial built in 1955 to commemorate those who died in the Pacific War during World War II.
The Ryozen Kannon is a war memorial built in 1955 to commemorate those who died in the Pacific War during World War II. It has a 24 metre high concrete and steel statue of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara (Kannon) who embodies compassion, tablets with names of the 2 million Japanese who died in World War II, and an altar with soil from every Allied cemetery from the Pacific theater.
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Ryozen Kannon and Nearby Sights on Map
Ryozen Gokoku Shrine
Kodai-ji Temple
The Kodai-ji Temple was built in 1606 in the memory of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and his wife Nene by Tokugawa Ieyasu
Ryozen History Museum
The Ryozen Museum of History traces the history of Japan in the Bakumatsu at the end of the Edo period and the subsequent Meiji Restoration in the 19th – 20th century
Higashi Otani Mausoleum
The Higashi Otani Mausoleum contains the mortal remains of priest Shinran Shonin, the founder of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism
Maruyama Park
Yasaka Shrine
Kiyomizu Temple
The Kiyomizu-dera on Mt Otowa is an 8th century Buddhist temple dedicated to Senju-Kannon
Chion-in
Chion-in is the sacred headquarters of the Jodoshu sect founded by priest Honen in 1175
Higashiyama-ku
