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Ourakokusaibochi Oura International Cemetery

The history of the Nagasaki International Cemetery spans almost four centuries.

In 1858, an outbreak of cholera aboard a Russian warship led to the establishment of a Russian naval cemetery at Goshinji Temple in Inasa, where there was a Chinese cemetery and a Dutch cemetery at the time. However, because it was inconvenient to get from the foreign settlement to Goshinji Temple, Oura International Cemetery was established in Kawakami Town, adjacent to the foreign settlement, in 1861.

The overwhelming majority of those buried in this cemetery are American sailors who died while anchored in Nagasaki Port, but in 1867, they were cut down by Fukuoka feudal warriors in front of the gates of Maruyama Kagetsu, which led to diplomatic issues between Japan and Britain. There is also the grave of Robert Ford and John Hutchings, members of the Icarus crew.

The cemetery was closed in 1888, but the Sakamoto International Cemetery, opened in the same year, is where many foreign couples and children who stayed in Nagasaki for a long time were buried, as well as Takashi Nagai, author of "The Bells of Nagasaki." There is also the grave of a medical doctor.

More than 3 people from 20 countries, including the Chinese, Dutch, Russians, British, and Americans, are buried in these three international cemeteries. The gravestones of these people quietly tell us about the colorful history of Nagasaki, which flourished through exchanges with foreign countries.

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  • People sleeping in Oura International Cemetery-0

    Eugene Pinatere's tombstone

    People buried at Oura International Cemetery

    The Oura International Cemetery includes an Italian opera singer from a theater company touring port towns in China and Japan, and a sailor who went to Maruyama's red-light district, got drunk, fell asleep on a slope, and was killed by someone with a sword. It is characterized by the fact that foreigners who have just come and gone from Nagasaki, rather than permanent residents, are sleeping there.
    However, there are many people who settled in the settlement and were active in Nagasaki during the settlement era.
    Scottish-born Kenneth R. Mackenzie, who was the partner of Thomas B. Glover, and Mondrell, the wife of Archdeacon Harvard Mondrell of the Anglican Church of Japan (Church of England) and founder of the Anglican Dejima Seminary in Dejima. These include Eugène Pinater, a French businessman who imported materials for the construction of Oura Cathedral. As you enter the graveyard, the flower cross-shaped tombstone of Ms. Mondrell and the bed-shaped tombstone of Eugene Pinaterre, which is meant to remind you to rest, are particularly eye-catching.

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Address Kawakami-cho, Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture 850-0946
Phone 095-829-1127(Nagasaki City Property Utilization Division)
FAX 095-829-1248
Opening hours 8:00～18:00
Transportation access From Nagasaki Station, take the tram bound for Sofukuji, transfer to Shinchi Chinatown, take the tram bound for Ishibashi, get off at Ishibashi, and walk for about 7 minutes.
From JR Nagasaki Station East Exit, take the bus bound for Tagami Ohirabashi and get off at Kawakamicho, then walk for about 2 minutes.
Link URL Nagasaki web magazine "Nagajin"
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