Japanese Cemetery Park

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Facts and practical information

The Japanese Cemetery Park is a Japanese cemetery and park in Serangoon, Singapore. It is the largest Japanese cemetery in Southeast Asia at 29,359 square metres, consisting of 910 tombstones that contain the remains of members of the Japanese community in Singapore, including young Japanese prostitutes, civilians, soldiers and convicted war criminals executed in Changi Prison. It was gazetted as a memorial park by the Singapore government in 1987. ()

Established: 26 June 1891 (133 years ago)Graves: 910Coordinates: 1°21'56"N, 103°52'37"E

Location

22 Chuan Hoe AvenueSingapore 549854 North-EastSingapore

Contact

+65 6468 0066

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Day trips

Japanese Cemetery Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Hougang Mall, Heartland Mall, Tou Mu Kung Temple, Cheng San Public Library.

1.3 miNE
Shopping centre, Shopping
Hougang Mall
33 min walk • Hougang Mall, previously known as NTUC Hougang Mall, is a suburban shopping mall in Hougang, Singapore. It is near Hougang Central Bus Interchange, as well as Hougang MRT station.
0.7 miSE
Shopping centre, Shopping
Heartland Mall
18 min walk • Heartland Mall is a shopping mall in Singapore. A relatively small shopping mall in comparison with other malls, it serves the neighbourhood of Kovan. It consists of four floors without a basement, and the fourth level occupied only by tuition centres.
0.7 miS
Temple
Tou Mu Kung Temple, Singapore/East Coast
19 min walk • The Tou Mu Kung Temple 斗母宮 is a Taoist temple situated on Upper Serangoon Road, Singapore. Worshipping the Empress Registrar of Birth or Doumu and Nine Emperor Deities, the temple has both Taoist and Buddhist influences. There are other temples dedicated to Tou Mu in many parts of China.
1.3 miNE
Library
Cheng San Public Library, Singapore/East Coast
33 min walk • Cheng San Public Library is a public library in Hougang, located inside Hougang Mall. It is the third library of the National Library Board to be located in a mall and the first to acquire and display works by local artists.
1.1 miE
Mosque
Masjid En-Naeem
30 min walk • The En-Naeem Mosque is a mosque located at the junction of Hougang Avenue 3 and Tampines Road, in Hougang, Singapore. It is built under the Mosque Building Fund by MUIS Mosque Management.
1 miSW
Church
Church of Saint Francis Xavier, Singapore/East Coast
27 min walk • The Church of St Francis Xavier is a Roman Catholic parish of the Archdiocese of Singapore, established in 1959 to cater to the needs of the residents of Serangoon Gardens as well as the neighbourhoods of Braddell Heights and Serangoon.
0.7 miS
Mosque
Masjid Haji Yusoff
18 min walk • The Haji Yusoff Mosque is a mosque located in Hillside Drive, off Upper Serangoon Road, Singapore. It is a Wakaf type of mosque. This redeveloped mosque is located in the Northeast part of the island was first built in 1896. It underwent redevelopment in 1995 and can now accommodate up to 400 people.
~1390 ftN
Mosque
Masjid Al-Istiqamah
7 min walk • The Al-Istiqamah Mosque is a mosque in Serangoon, Singapore which was completed in 1999. It is the only mosque in Singapore to have land allocated for it before the appointment of its Mosque Building Committee by the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore, MUIS.
0.5 miW
Temple
Sri Darma Muneeswaran Temple
14 min walk • Sri Darma Muneeswaran Temple is a Hindu temple in Serangoon North, Singapore. It is located at 17 Serangoon North Avenue 1. This temple has been in existence at the present site for more than a century.
1.5 miNE
Mosque
Masjid Al-Mawaddah
39 min walk • Masjid Al-Mawaddah is a mosque located in Sengkang, Singapore. It was opened on 21 May 2009.
1.3 miN
Village, Park
Kampong Lorong Buangkok
32 min walk • Kampong Lorong Buangkok is a village located in Buangkok in Hougang, Singapore. Built in 1956, it is the last surviving kampong located on Singapore Island in the 21st century.