Mt. Koya is registered as a World Heritage site. Many warlords from the Sengoku period have been laid to rest at this central holy site, and memorial monuments for various companies are dispersed around the mountain as well.

Our memorials, the “Apollo Tower” and the “Aircraft Crash Victim Memorial Monument,” are located here.

The “Apollo Tower” monument is, as the name implies, a monument modeled after the Apollo 11 rocket. 

It was erected in Okunoin Cemetery for the 20th anniversary of the Company’s founding in 1969 to comfort the souls of those who died in air raids during the time our company was known as the Kawanishi Aircraft Company Limited, as well as the executives and employees of ShinMaywa who died while working for the Company. (Completed in May 1970.)

It is designed after Apollo 11 because 1969 was the It is designed after Apollo 11 because 1969 was the year that Apollo 11 landed on the lunar surface, bringing humankind to the moon for the first time in history. As a company engaged in the aircraft business, we chose this form to express our admiration for the space industry.

The Aircraft Crash Victim Memorial Monument, located a short distance away, was erected in 1928 at the request of Seibe Kawanishi, the founder of Kawanishi Aircraft Company Limited. The monument was donated to the government after World War II, but was reconstructed in 1959 at Fumon-in Temple on Mt. Koya on the 10th anniversary of Shin Meiwa Industry Company Limited (the company name at the time).

Memorial services for both monuments are held every autumn. In addition, because of our involvement in the construction of the memorial monuments, we also participate in environmental conservation activities along the pilgrimage route to Mt. Koya and conduct “michibushin”—preservation of the pilgrimage route—as well.