Ryozen Kannon Kyoto photo copyrighted by: Brian McMorrow Memorial prayers are held four times daily in a shrine that houses memorial tablets of Two million Japanese who died in the war. Towering above the surrounding buildings and trees on the lower slopes of Higashiyama mountain, this white 24-meter concrete statue of Kannon (the Bodhisattva of
Mercy) was built in 1955 by a transportation company.
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