Foreigners' cemetery in Hakodate

The foreign cemeteries (gaijin bochi) in Japan are chiefly located in Tokyo and at the former treaty ports of Nagasaki, Kobe, Yokohama, and Hakodate. They contain the mortal remains of long-term Japan residents, and are separate from any of the military cemeteries. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1778x1202, 690 KB) Foreigners cemetery, Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1778x1202, 690 KB) Foreigners cemetery, Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan. ... Tokyo ) , literally eastern capital, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and includes the highly urbanized central area formerly known as the city of Tokyo which is the heart of the Greater Tokyo Area. ... Megane-bashi (Spectacles Bridge) Nagasaki ) (help· info), literally long peninsula, is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture. ... Kobe ) is a city in Japan located on the island of Honshu. ... Yokohama (Japanese: 横浜市; -shi) is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan. ... View of Hakodate from Mountain Hakodate (函館市; -shi) is a city and port located in Oshima, Hokkaido, Japan. ...

Tokyo

The Tokyo foreign cemetery is a section of the Aoyama Reien municipal cemetery in Aoyama, Tokyo. It is currently (2005) under threat from the city's bureaucracy which is planning to make a park on the site and has posted Kanpo notices in front of endangered graves for which fees have not been paid by families of the deceased. These notices expire at the end of September 2005 - after which the graves may be removed and reburied elsewhere. Tokyo ) , literally eastern capital, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and includes the highly urbanized central area formerly known as the city of Tokyo which is the heart of the Greater Tokyo Area. ... Aoyama (青山; lit:Blue mountain) is a neighborhood of Tokyo, located in the northeastern Minato Ward. ...

According to the cemetery’s rules, if a plot’s 590 yen per square metre annual fee is unpaid for five years, a notice goes up and the plot will be razed one year later. 78 plots in Aoyama Reien were flagged on October 1, 2004 and many of them are in the foreign section. They are therefore at risk of removal after September 30, 2005.

These are the graves of expatriates from the Meiji era, men and women who promoted Western ideas and practices in Japan—doctors, educators, missionaries, and artists. Many of them were o-yatoi gaikokujin. History of Japan Paleolithic Jomon Yayoi Yamato period ---Kofun period ---Asuka period Nara period Heian period Kamakura period Muromachi period Azuchi-Momoyama period ---Nanban period Edo period Meiji period Taisho period Showa period ---Japanese expansionism ---Occupied Japan ---Post-Occupation Japan Heisei The Meiji period (Japanese: Meiji Jidai 明治時代 ) (1868–1912... The o-yatoi gaikokujin or oyatoi gaikokujin (お雇い外国人 — hired foreigners, foreign employees) were foreign specialists, engineers, teachers, mercenaries and more, hired to assist in the modernization of Japan. ...

Famous non-Japanese buried at Aoyama Reien include the British minister plenipotentiary Hugh Fraser who died in the post in 1894, Captain Francis Brinkley, Guido Verbeck, Henry Spencer Palmer, Edoardo Chiossone, Joseph Heco, Edwin Dun, Mary True and several others. The following is a chronological list of British heads of mission (ministers and ambassadors) in Japan, 1859–2004. ... Hugh Fraser ( February 22, 1837– June 4, 1894) headed the British Legation in Tokyo as Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary in the final stages of the negotiations which led to the signing on July 16, 1894 of the revised treaty (called the Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Commerce and Navigation) between... Captain Francis Brinkley (1841-1912) died aged 73 in Tokyo in October 1912. ... Guido Herman Fridolin Verbeck (or Verbeek) was born on January 28, 1830 in the Dutch city of Zeist. ... Major General Henry Spencer Palmer (1838-1893) was born at Bangalore, India on April 30, 1838. ... Edoardo Chiossone (1833 - April 11, 1898) was born in Arenzano, near Genoa, in 1833. ... Joseph Heco (1837-1897), was a fisherman from the province of Sanyodo (Japan), who went to sea in 1850. ...

The Foreign Section Trust [1] has recently been formed to campaign to preserve the foreign part of the cemetery.

Nagasaki

The Sakamoto international cemetery in Nagasaki includes the grave of the Scottish merchant Thomas Blake Glover. Megane-bashi (Spectacles Bridge) Nagasaki ) (help· info), literally long peninsula, is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture. ... Thomas Blake Glover. ...

Tales of the Nagasaki International cemeteries [2].

Kobe

The Kobe cemetery is on Mount Futatabi in a pleasant woodland location and has the graves of many long-term residents, including Alexander Cameron Sim. Kobe ) is a city in Japan located on the island of Honshu. ... Alexander Cameron Sim (1840-1900) was born in Aberlour, Scotland on August 28, 1840. ...

Yokohama

The Yokohama cemetery includes among many others the grave of Charles Lennox Richardson, murdered in the Namamugi Incident in September 1862, John Wilson, and that of Charles Wirgman. Yokohama (Japanese: 横浜市; -shi) is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan. ... Charles Lennox Richardson was the English merchant from Shanghai who was in Japan and was murdered by the Satsuma retainers of Shimazu Hisamitsu on September 14, 1862. ... The Namamugi Incident, as depicted in a 19th century Japanese woodcut print. ... John Wilson was the Anglicized name of Captain Frederick Walgren, a Swedish sailor and o-yatoi gaikokujin (foreign professional) who was active in the development of British-Japanese ties in the late 1800s. ... Charles Wirgman is a cartoonist, creator of the Japan Punch and illustrator in Japan for the Illustrated London News. ...

On the weekends of the Spring, Summer and Fall (from noon to 4:00 p.m.), the cemetery is opened up to the public in lieu of a small donation to help with the upkeep of the premises. Visitors will get a small pamphlet showing graves of interest, and they can also view the museum at the site. These events are organized by the Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery Foundation [3] who is responsible for the upkeep and general maintenance of the cemetery, which in Yokohama is considered a very important Historic Spot.

The Yokohama Cemetery has undergone recent revisions inspired by a generous request by Seiji Ozawa, whose parents-in-law are buried in the gaijin bochi in Yokohama. Seiji Ozawa (小澤征爾; Ozawa Seiji, born September 1, 1935) is a Japanese conductor. ...

Furthermore Yokohama is also home to a War Cemetary and monument housing British and Commonwealth War Dead. The War Grave themselves are split up according to nationality with sections for British, Australian & New Zealand as well as Indian graves.

Hakodate

The Hakodate cemetery includes the grave of a mariner from the fleet of Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry. View of Hakodate from Mountain Hakodate (函館市; -shi) is a city and port located in Oshima, Hokkaido, Japan. ... Matthew Calbraith Perry (1794-1858). ...

See also

• o-yatoi gaikokujin
• Heads of the United Kingdom Mission in Japan
• Anglo-Japanese relations
• Franco-Japanese relations

The o-yatoi gaikokujin or oyatoi gaikokujin (お雇い外国人 — hired foreigners, foreign employees) were foreign specialists, engineers, teachers, mercenaries and more, hired to assist in the modernization of Japan. ... The following is a chronological list of British heads of mission (ministers and ambassadors) in Japan, 1859–2004. ... This page describes the history of the relationship between the United Kingdom and Japan. ... The history of Franco-Japanese relations (Japanese: 日仏関係, Nichi-Futsu kankei) goes back to the early 17th century, when a Japanese samurai and ambassador on his way to Rome landed for a few days in Southern France, creating a sensation. ...

External links

• The Foreign Section Trust - formed in 2005 to preserve the foreign section of Aoyama cemetery in Tokyo.
• Tales of the Nagasaki International Cemeteries
• Tokyo scraps eviction policy for tombs of foreigners in Japan - Asahi Shimbun, October 20, 2005

• The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery Foundation - Foundation formed in 1900 to maintain the Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery