Yonezawa Uesugi clan cemetery, Yonezawa

Name: Yonezawa Uesugi clan cemetery
Address: Yonezawa, Japan
Telephone: +81 238-23-3115

#2 among attractions in Yonezawa

Temple, Buddhist architecture

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Facts and practical information

The Yonezawa Domain Uesugi clan cemetery is located in the city of Yonezawa, Yamagata. The cemetery contains the graves of the successive daimyō of Yonezawa Domain over a 390-year period, each housed in its own memorial wooden chapel. The cemetery was designated a National Historic Site in 1984. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 37°54'53"N, 140°5'29"E

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Yonezawa Japan

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+81 238-23-3115

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Day trips

Yonezawa Uesugi clan cemetery – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Yonezawa City Uesugi Museum, Yonezawa Castle, Ichinosaka ruins, Furushida-Higashi ruins.

1 miSE
Specialty museum, Museum
Yonezawa City Uesugi Museum, Yonezawa
25 min walk • Yonezawa City Uesugi Museum opened in the former grounds of Yonezawa Castle in Yonezawa, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, in 2001. The collection of some 18,800 objects includes the National Treasures Scenes In and Around the Capital, by Kanō Eitoku, and Uesugi Family Documents.
0.8 miSE
Forts and castles
Yonezawa Castle, Yonezawa
21 min walk • Yonezawa Castle is a flatland-style Japanese castle located in the center of the city of Yonezawa, southern Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. Throughout the Edo period, Yonezawa Castle was home to the Uesugi clan, daimyō of Yonezawa Domain.
0.7 miSW
Archaeological site
Ichinosaka ruins, Yonezawa
17 min walk • The Ichinosaka ruins is an archaeological site containing the ruins of an early Jōmon period settlement located in what is now part of the city of Yonezawa, Yamagata in the Tōhoku region of Japan. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1997.
1.2 miS
Archaeological site
Furushida-Higashi ruins, Yonezawa
31 min walk • The Furushida-Higashi ruins is an archaeological site containing the ruins of a large-scale Heian period residence located in what is now part of the city of Yonezawa, Yamagata in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 2000.