Statue of Ushiwakamaru & Benkei — Local services in Kyoto

Yoshitsune MINAMOTO is well known as a tragic hero. About 800 years ago, a large inside war broke out between the two major factions, Genji and Heike, fighting for supremacy over Japan. Yoshitsune was the younger brother of Yoritomo MINAMOTO, the General of Genji military. He fought bravely for his brother and won the war, but was later falsely accused of treason and forced to suicide. Benkei was one of the faithful retainers of Yoshitsune. He was a strong rough man. But after losing a duel with Yoshitsune here at Gojo Bridge, he became Yoshitsune's...

牛若丸弁慶像： 牛若丸（源義経）と弁慶が出会ったと語られる五条大橋。橋の西詰には可愛らしい牛若丸と弁慶が立ち回りする像が建っています。しかし、二人が出会った当時はこの五条大橋橋は存在しなかったんです。もともと、五条大路（現在の松原通）に架かっていたものを豊臣秀吉が方広寺大仏殿を建立する際に架け替えさせ、名前もこちらを五条の橋としたたんです。 Ushiwakamaru Benkei Statue: Gojo Ohashi Bridge is said to be where Ushiwakamaru (Minamoto no Yoshitsune) and Benkei met. At the west end of the bridge, there is a statue of cute Ushiwakamaru and Benkei fighting. However, at the time the two met, this Gojo Ohashi Bridge did not exist. It was originally built over Gojo Oji (now Matsubara Dori), but when Toyotomi Hideyoshi built the Great Buddha Hall of Hokoji Temple, he had it rebuilt and renamed...

We came here to see the statue because it is one of the scenes in Conan movie series. The statue is very cute, and there are lots of people wearing kimono on the street nearby. Quite...