Photo Gallery of The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery
Taking photographs and use of photographs are prohibited to those without permission from the cemetery office.
(Except those who are directly related with the cemetery)
Photographs taken along the designated route during the Open house (in lieu of donation) are permitted for personal use only.
Main Gate (Yamate-mon)
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* Poetry engraved on the gatepost.
The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power,
And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave,
Awaits alike th'inevitable hour,
The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Thomas Gray (1716-1777)
Original
Main Gate in the Taisho era designed by Jay.Hill.Morgan (he designed
The Christ Church, Bluff 111, Berrick-Hall, Negishi Racetrack,
Hexagonal Tower of Kantoh-Gakuin Miharu-dai)
This sculptured gate was seized during the World War II (Pacific War), and founded broken in pieces after the war.