Kyoto Ryozen Gokoku Shrine
Kyoto Ryozen Gokoku Shrine
Left image: Tomb of Sakamoto Ryōma, in Kyoto Ryozen Gokoku Shrine, Kyoto.
Right image: Tomb of Sakamoto Ryōma (detail).
Right image: Tomb of Sakamoto Ryōma (detail).
The Kyoto Ryozen Gokoku Shrine ( 京都霊山護国神社 Kyōto Ryōzen Gokoku Jinja) is a Shinto Shrine located in Kyoto, Japan. It honors the heroes of Japan, especially from the period of the Bakumatsu period and the Meiji Restoration,[1] most famously Sakamoto Ryōma and his associate Nakaoka Shintarō, who are buried side-by-side in the shrine.
The Ryozen Museum of History is next to this shrine.[1]
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Coordinates: 35°00′00″N 135°46′59″E / 35.00000°N 135.78306°E
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