About the site
Ryōzen Kannon is most notable for its towering Bodhisattva statue overlooking the bustling Higashiyama district, just down the road from Kyoto Ryōzen Gokoku Shrine. A functioning Buddhist temple, it is also home to a number of memorials to soldiers who died in the Asia-Pacific War and the wider Second World War. Visit the Hall to the Unknown Soldier for an international approach to war memorial in Japan.
War Heritage Tours project
This tour is part of the War Heritage Tour research project, inviting English- and Japanese-speakers to war heritage sites in Japan commemorating the Asia-Pacific War. Join for an interpretive experience where you will get to see the many ways a war can be remembered.
As a research project, participants will be asked to complete a survey after the tour, as well as consent to anonymous audio recording during the tour. Please refer to the Participant Information Sheet for more information.
Note: there is a ￥300 entry fee to access the site.
Disclaimer: this tour is part of the War Heritage Tour research project, offered freely for the purposes of research. It is not affiliated with the management of the site.
