 The military band which accompanied Perry's squadron also performed occasionally in the grounds of this time, making it the site of the first Western music concert in Japan.William Heine, a German painter who accompanied the Perry Expedition, made a lithograph of one of these events, a copy of which is displayed at Ryōsen-ji.The temple has a small museum, which displays a number of artifacts related to Commodore Perry, the Black Ships, and contact between Japan and the West.