Mamonzan cemetery was established in 1882 (Meiji 15) by the then Ministry of the Navy as a burial site for naval servicemen who died in battle or died in the line of duty.
Once a year, the township government sponsored a ceremony that alternated between Shinto and Buddhist ceremonies.
The cemetery is home to 1,592 soldiers who shared the same fate as the warships "Kawachi" and "Tsukuba" and are buried here.
The cemetery was transferred from the Ministry of Finance to the city in 1951, and graves of citizens are also located there.
A graveside service is held every May. Beautiful higanbana (cluster amaryllis) flowers can be seen around the autumnal equinox.
Mamonzan Cemetery is located on a hill in Yokosuka City's Negishi-cho 1-chome and 2-chome. Some of the monuments and graves in the cemetery are as follows.
-- Monument for the martyrdom of the warship Kawachi
-- Monument for the martyrdom of the warship Tsukuba
-- Monument for the martyrdom of the warship Kanto
-- Monument for the dead of the warship Aihou in Beijing
-- Monument for the dead of the Shanghai Incident
-- Monument for the dead of the Fourth Fleet 》Monument for the dead of the war
-- Crematoriums for the war dead of the Branch Kanto Incident and the Greater East Asia War
-- In addition, there are 279 graves of those who died in battle or died in the line of duty, totaling 1,592 graves.
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