Statue of Takayama Hikokurō

Meeting point

There is a statue of Takayama Hikojiro, bowing towards the imperial palace. As mobile phone was not popular, this was the meeting point. At that time, Keihan Sanjo was a terminal station and the stati...

For fans of the Samurai history!!!

Original Text

For fans of Japanese history, especially the samurai, if they are walking through the Shijo bridge, they will meet with this statue of the famous samurai of the Edo period, Hikokuro Tak...

Kyoto's important statue of saamurai

Original Text

Stop by while connecting the bus to Wat Silver. Nothing much And there is no description in English Causing to find more information later Which is a monument of whom is important, which is said to be a statue of important Samouri ...

I will turn to the palace and worship.

Original Text

It is a statue at the foot of Sanjo Ohashi Bridge. I passed by by tour bus every day. He is a samurai in Gunma Prefecture who is counted as one of the three strange people of Kansei. When he learned that his ancestor was Mr. Nitta who served Emperor Go-Daigo, he awakened to the aspirations of the emperor who respected the emperor. That's why he turned toward the palace and fell down and worshiped.

It's a good place to meet.

Original Text

This is the second review. This is a field tour because the theme of this year's Kyoto Tourism Examination is "Historical Person who became a statue watching over Kyoto". I don't know if this is the best place to meet Sanjo.