Issues: Museums and Memorials

British Commonwealth War Cemetery

The Yokohama British Commonwealth War Cemetery is situated near central Yokohama in a place called Hodogaya.  The cemetery was constructed in 1945 by the Australian War Graves Group and is the only British Commonwealth cemetery in Japan as well as the only war cemetery in Japan administered by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

The cemetery consists of four main national-sections:
1) The United Kingdom section
2) The Australian section
3) The Canadian and New Zealand section
4) The Indian Forces 1939-45 section

A Cross of Sacrifice stands in sections 1, 2, and 3.  Instead of a cross in section 4, a large pylon stands.  Additionally, on the north wall within section 4 is a commemoration of those who died while serving in Japan during the U.S.-led occupation (1945-1952) for whom no burial or cremation information exists.