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Japanese Cemetery

  • Address: 6 1/2 mi southeast from where Keomuku Hwy. dead-ends at Shipwreck Beach, on dirt road running along north shore, HI | Map It

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In 1899 sugar came to this side of Lanai. A plantation took up about 2,400 acres and seemed a profitable proposition, but that same year, disease wiped out the labor force. This authentic Buddhist shrine commemorates the Japanese workers who died.

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