Yanaka Cemetery
Yanaka Cemetery 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Cemetery
- Description: cemetery
- Also known as: “Yanaka Reien”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tokyo National Museum and National Museum of Western Art.
Tokyo National Museum
Museum
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The Tokyo National Museum or TNM is an art museum in Ueno Park in the Taitō ward of Tokyo, Japan. It is one of the four museums operated by the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, is considered the oldest national museum and the largest art museum in Japan. Tokyo National Museum is situated 680 metres southeast of Yanaka Cemetery.
National Museum of Western Art
Museum
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The National Museum of Western Art is the premier public art gallery in Japan specializing in art from the Western tradition. The museum is in the Ueno Park in Taitō, central Tokyo. It received 1,162,345 visitors in 2016. National Museum of Western Art is situated 1 km south of Yanaka Cemetery.
Tennō-ji
Buddhist temple
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Tennō-ji is a Tendai Buddhist temple of Japan, located in Yanaka, Taitō, Tokyo. The temple was erected by Nichigen in 1274. Tennō-ji is situated 270 metres north of Yanaka Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yanaka and Nezu.
Yanaka
Quarter
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Yanaka is a sector of Taito, Tokyo, Japan and, along with nearby Nezu and Sendagi neighborhoods in Bunkyo ward, together called Yanesen, is one of the few Tokyo neighborhoods in which the old Shitamachi atmosphere can still be felt.
Yanaka Cemetery
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Welsh—“Yanaka Cemetery” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Yanaka qəbiristanlığı”
- Basque: “Yanaka hilerria”
- Belarusian: “могілкі Янака”
- Breton: “Bered Yanaka”
- Catalan: “Cementiri de Yanaka”
- Catalan: “Cementiri Yanaka”
- Chinese: “谷中墓地”
- Chinese: “谷中灵园”
- Chinese: “谷中靈園”
- French: “cimetière de Yanaka”
- French: “Cimetière de Yanaka”
- French: “Yanaka-reien”
- Galician: “Cemiterio Yanaka”
- Georgian: “იანაკა”
- Georgian: “იანაკას სასაფლაო”
- Georgian: “იანაკის სასაფლაო”
- German: “Friedhof Yanaka”
- Greek: “νεκροταφείο Γιανάκα”
- Hungarian: “Yanaka Temető”
- Irish: “Reilig Yanaka”
- Japanese: “谷中墓地”
- Japanese: “谷中霊園”
- Korean: “야나카 령원”
- Korean: “야나카 영원”
- Korean: “야나카레이엔”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “gravstedet i Yanaka”
- Ossetian: “Янакæйы уæлмæрдтæ”
- Persian: “گورستان یاناکا”
- Polish: “Cmentarz Yanaka”
- Portuguese: “Cemitério Yanaka”
- Russian: “кладбище Янака”
- Russian: “Янака”
- Spanish: “Cementerio de Yanaka”
- Swedish: “Yanakas begravningsplats”
- Thai: “สุสานยานากะ”
- Turkish: “Yanaka Mezarlığı”
- Ukrainian: “цвинтар Янака”
- Vietnamese: “Nghĩa trang Yanaka”
- Welsh: “Mynwent Yanaka”
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