寺田屋京都Sakamoto Ryoma is perhaps the most worshiped man in Japan today.
And he has been dead for more than 150 years.
He was born a low-ranking samurai in rural Kochi Prefecture in southern Japan. In his short life - he lived until his early thirties - however, he left quite a legacy.
Prior to being assassinated in central Kyoto on his thirty-third birthday, in December 1867, he organized a band of warriors and attempted to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate.
In March of the same year, assailants attacked and nearly killed Ryoma at the Teradaya Inn, in Fushimi, Kyoto.
As the site of the actual assassination - the Omiya Inn - no longer survives (a convenience store is at the location), the Teradaya Inn attracts busloads of tourists.
The Inn is now a museum and preserved more or less as it was in the 19th century. Sword cuts from the attack on Ryoma remain in the inn.
Today he is revered as a "pure hero."
Information
263 Minamihama-cho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto
Telephone : 075 622 0243
Hours: 10:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. (entry until 3:30 p.m.); closed Mondays
Access: Keihan Line to Chushojima Station.
Fee: 400 yen
For those cycling, it is about 45 minutes from City Hall to Fushimi.
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