Yanaka Cemetery

At the Yanaka cemetery

The Yanaka Cemetery ( Japanese 谷中霊園 , Yanaka Reien ) is one of the oldest cemeteries in Tokyo and is located in the Bunkyō district . The last shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu is buried here.

description

The cemetery, founded in 1874 and originally called Yanaka Bochi ( 谷中墓地 ), has an area of over 100,000 m² and houses over 7,000 Buddhist , Shinto and Christian graves . A section of the cemetery houses the tombs of the Tokugawa - Clans , but which is closed to the public. Yanaka Cemetery has its own police station.

Directions

The cemetery is a 1-minute walk from JR Nippori Station (South Exit) and five minutes from JR Nishi-Nippori Station.

Graves of famous people

Aoyama Tanemichi (1859-1917), medical doctor
Arisaka Nariakira (1852–1915), Lieutenant General
Enchi Fumiko (1905–1986), writer
Hiroshi Inagaki (1905–1980), film director, screenwriter and actor
Hirotsu Kazuo (1891–1968), writer
Hitachiyama Taniemon (1874-1922), sumo wrestler
Kaburagi Kiyokata (1878–1973), painter
Kashiwado Tsuyoshi (1938-1996), sumo wrestler
Kawakami Tōgai (1828-1881), painter
Kikuchi Dairoku (1855–1917), mathematician, minister of education and professor
Makino Tomitaro (1862–1957), botanist
Miyagi Michio (1894–1956), koto player and composer
Mizuno Toshikata (1866–1908), woodcut artist and teacher
Nikolai of Japan (1836–1912), monk
Ninagawa Noritane (1835–1882), civil servant, art historian, archaeologist and art collector
Sasaki Nobutsuna (1872–1963), writer
Shibusawa Eiichi (1840–1931), entrepreneur
Shimamura Shun'ichi (1862-1923), neurologist
Shishi Bunroku (1893-1969), writer
Takehiro Irokawa (1929–1989), writer
Tochigiyama Moriya (1892-1959), sumo wrestler
Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1837–1913), the 15th and last Japanese Shogun
Tsunenohana Kan'ichi (1896–1960), the 31st yokozuna
Ueda Bin (1874–1916), poet, critic, translator and enlightener
Ukai Gyokusen (1807–1887), professional photographer
Yokoyama Taikan (1868–1958), painter