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' inner sanctuary ') is a sacred Buddhist site and cemetery on Mount Kōya, in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. Opened in 835, it houses the mausoleum of Kūkai, founder of the Shingon school of esoteric Buddhism. It is considered the largest cemetery in Japan, with more than two hundred thousand graves and memorial monuments. [1] [2]
Tama Cemetery (多磨霊園, Tama Reien) in Tokyo is the largest municipal cemetery in Japan. It is split between the cities of Fuchu and Koganei within the Tokyo Metropolis. First established in April 1923 as Tama Graveyard ( 多磨墓地 , Tama Bochi ) , it was redesignated Tama Cemetery in 1935.
Yagoto Cemetery (Japanese: 八事霊園, Yagoto Reien) is one of the largest cemeteries in Nagoya, central Japan. It is located in the neighbourhood of Yagoto . The cemetery, which was established in 1915 during the Taishō era , [ 1 ] is civil in the sense that any resident of Nagoya, regardless of his/her religious orientation, can apply for ...
More than 100 temples make up Japan's largest cemetery, a sacred forested site where Buddhists frequently make pilgrimages. In addition to monuments honoring the souls of termites and puffer fish ...
These kofun are of the largest dimensions in the country. The Nintoku-tennō-ryō Kofun, is one grave mound which is a 486 metres (1,594 ft) long tumulus enclosed by a moat and a fortification which is 840 metres (2,760 ft) in length; this is said to be the largest such mound in the world. This cluster also has the Richū-tennō-ryō Kofun ...
Yanaka Cemetery (谷中霊園, Yanaka Reien) is a large cemetery located north of Ueno in Yanaka 7-chome, Taito, Tokyo, Japan.The Yanaka sector of Taito is one of the few Tokyo neighborhoods in which the old Shitamachi atmosphere can still be felt.
This is a list of cemeteries in Japan. ... (February 2011) Aoyama Cemetery, Tokyo [1] Hattori Reien; Kobe Municipal Foreign Cemetery; Okunoin Cemetery (Mount Kōya)
Cemetery in Comilla District, Chittagong Division and other locations; Search and collect the remains project learned 43 tombs are Japanese, searching since 2014. Bangladesh government granted permission to Japan for the collection of remains of war dead in July 2024, then the first collection from tomb of Cemetery in Comilla District to be scheduled for 24 war dead remains in November 2024.