In the farewell party of Kyoto University, held before the departure of students for the battlefront, they are said to have done a visit to Heian Shrine with the university president at the front, and to have prayed for the war's victory.
京都大学の学徒出陣壮行会では総長を先頭に平安神宮に参拝、必勝を祈願したという。