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Sakamoto International Cemetery

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Established
  
1888

Country
  
Japan

Location
  
Nagasaki

Owned by
  
City of Nagasaki

Sakamoto International Cemetery

Type
  
ExpatriateJapanese Christian

Address
  
1 Chome Sakamoto, Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan

Burials
  
Thomas Blake Glover, Takashi Nagai

Similar
  
Inasayama, Goshinji, Nagasaki Bus headquar, Ohashi Station, 長崎県営バス観光（株）

Nagasaki japan sakamoto international cemetery


The Sakamoto International Cemetery (坂本国際墓地, Sakamoto Kokusai Bochi) is located in Sakamoto in the Urakami area of the city of Nagasaki, Japan. The cemetery for foreigners was established following the 1888 closure of an earlier burial ground near the international quarter of the city. It is administered by the city government.

Contents

The original cemetery dates from 1888. A newer quarter, Shin Sakamoto (added in 1903), lies across the street. A Jewish cemetery is in Sakamoto, along with the graves of French soldiers and Vietnamese laborers who died during the Boxer Rebellion.

Notable interments

  • Thomas Blake Glover, 19th century trader; along with son Tomisaburo Kuraba and Tomisaburo's wife Waka.
  • Sigmund D. Lessner, merchant and founder of Japan's first synagogue. A bust of Lessner marks his grave.
  • Takashi Nagai, survivor of the nuclear bombing of the city, and his wife.

    • References

    Sakamoto International Cemetery Wikipedia
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