Japanese Cemetery Park
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Not to be confused with Japanese Cemetery (Colma, California).
The Japanese Cemetery Park (Japanese: 日本人墓地公園; rōmaji: Nihonjin bochi kōen) is a Japanese cemetery and park in Hougang, Singapore. It is the largest Japanese cemetery in Southeast Asia at 29,359 square metres, consisting of 910 tombstones that contain the remains of members of the Japanese community in Singapore, including young Japanese prostitutes, civilians, soldiers and convicted war criminals executed in Changi Prison. It was gazetted as a memorial park by the Singapore government in 1987.[1]
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Singapore Japanese Cemetery Park | |
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シンガポール日本人墓地公園 | |
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Established | 26 June 1891; 132 years ago (1891-06-26) |
Closed | 9 May 1973; 51 years ago (1973-05-09) |
Location | Hougang, Singapore |
Country | Singapore |
Coordinates | 01°21′55.50″N 103°52′36.40″E |
Type | Japanese cemetery |
Size | 30,000 square metres (7.4 acres) |
No. of graves | 910 |
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