Nipponzan-Myōhōji has Peace Pagodas (Stupas) in locations around the world.

In 1947, he began constructing Peace Pagodas as shrines to World peace.

This was the first Peace Pagoda in the western world.

San Francisco's Peace Pagoda is on the Japan Center site.

Google Maps street view of the Peace Pagoda.

The Peace Pagodas built since the 1947 unite religious and secular purposes in one symbol drawn from Buddhism.

Now, Professor Gregory said, the order is part of the fabric of the community, and people refer to the structure as "our Peace Pagoda."

He is best known world-wide for his decision in 1947, to begin constructing Peace Pagodas in many locations around the world, as shrines to world peace.

Nearby, there is a Buddhist Temple and a Peace Pagoda.

This new pagoda is named the Uppatasanti or "Peace Pagoda".