Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery
This landmark is a reminder of Yokohama's heritage as a port city. It was established in 1854 with a grant of land from the shogunate. The inscriptions on the crosses and headstones attest to some 40 different nationalities whose citizens lived and died in Yokohama. Although the first foreigners to be buried here were Russian sailors assassinated by xenophobes in the early days of the settlement, most of the 4,500 graves are English and American; about 120 are of the Japanese wives of foreigners.
