Japanese Cemetery Park

Singapore Japanese Cemetery Park
シンガポール日本人墓地公園
Entrance to the Japanese Cemetery Park
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Details
Established26 June 1891; 133 years ago (1891-06-26)
Closed9 May 1973; 51 years ago (1973-05-09)
Location
Hougang, Singapore
CountrySingapore
Coordinates01°21′55.50″N 103°52′36.40″E / 1.3654167°N 103.8767778°E / 1.3654167; 103.8767778
TypeJapanese cemetery
Size30,000 square metres (7.4 acres)
No. of graves910
The Prayer Hall of the Japanese Cemetery Park in Chuan Hoe Avenue, Singapore

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]

  1. ^ Bose, "Japanese War Dead", pp. 53—59.