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Yanaka Cemetery | Japan Experience
Yanaka Cemetery was the graveyard of Tennoji Temple, located on the edge of the cemetery nearest Nippori Station. The famous Sakura-dori ("Cherry Blossom Lane") through the cemetery was the entrance pathway (sando) to Tennoji. However, the graveyard was appropriated by the Japanese government in 1872 …