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Japanese Cemetry Park Overview
This tranquil park will transport you to Japan with its gorgeous floral arches and endearing Japanese architecture, thanks to its well-kept, zen-like surroundings. For more than a century, this park has served as the final resting place for a variety of Japanese people in Singapore, spanning from destitute migrants struggling to make a living on the coasts to wealthy merchants and even World War II military officers. This tranquil area is much more than a cemetery, and as you explore it, you’ll discover decades of history.
Initially, the gravestones in Japanese Cemetery Park belonged to Japanese escorts who never returned to their native country. After World War I, as more Japanese merchants and traders arrived in Singapore, the Japanese population prospered. Numerous merchants and businessmen were also cremated at the cemetery after their deaths, and their tombstones and memorial monuments were magnificent.
Japanese Cemetry Park Highlights
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The largest Japanese cemetery in Southeast Asia and the first Japanese cemetery in Singapore.
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The sprawling 30,000 square metre Japanese Cemetery Park has around 1000 graves of Japanese civilians and soldiers.
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Thousands of Japanese troops, marines, and airmen were slain in World War II, and their ashes are interred in the Japanese Cemetery Park.
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The Japanese Cemetery Park is where Singapore’s early Japanese community is buried.
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Home to some of the beautiful heritage trees, manicured gardens, intricately crafted sculptures, tombstones, and floral pathways.
