Some of my own pictures to share with you. Click for full screen. Being a photo blog, there are no commentaries. The photos speak for themselves.
Saturday, March 16, 2013
Saturday, March 9, 2013
Japanese Cemetery Park
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| Japanese Cemetery at Chuan Hoe Avenue, Singapore |
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| Graves of "Karayuki-san", 19th century Japanese prostitues in Singapore, for whom the cemetery was originally built. |
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| Large Jizo statue |
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| The cemetery was created from a former rubber plantation in 1891. Six original trees were kept. |
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| War Memorial to the Japanese Army, Navy and Martyrs. |
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| Memorial to 21 WW2 Japanese soldiers. |
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| Donors Plaza |
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| Salyuki Temple Hall |
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| Salyuki Temple Hall |
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| Jizo |
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| Tomb of Baisen, founding Priest |
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| This memorial marks the location where the ashes of 10,000 WW2 Japanese soldiers were buried after removal from the Syonan Chureito that was at Bukit Batok Hill. |
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| WW2 memorial to the Japanese soldiers of Nanyo. |
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| Tomb of Tagajiro Futaki, founder of the Japanese Cemetery. |
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| Grave of the Japanese POW who built the memorials in secret during captivity in Singapore. |
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| Caretaker Zhang whose dedication to maintaining the cemetery was honoured by the Japanese community giving him a burial plot within the cemetery. |
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| Tomb of Field Marshal Terauchi Hisaichi, Supreme Commander of Japanese Forces Southern Army. |
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| Salyuki Temple Hall |
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| Chamber of Bones, where remains are kept prior to burial. Also contains the remains of Yamamoto Otokichi, 1st resident Japanese in Singapore |
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| Tomb of Baisen, founding priest |
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| Six small Jizo statutes. |
Labels:
Japanese Cemetery,
Karayuki-san,
POW,
Singapore,
Terauchi,
WW2
Sunday, March 3, 2013
City Hall to Bugis
Labels:
Bugis,
City Hall,
Singapore City
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