Cemetery

Yanaka Cemetery

Area: Tokyo, Japan

Mon: 00:00–23:59
Tue: 00:00–23:59
Wed: 00:00–23:59
Thu: 00:00–23:59
Fri: 00:00–23:59
Sat: 00:00–23:59
Sun: 00:00–23:59
Hours: The official visitor hours for the cemetery grounds are not specified. The management office is open 08:30–17:30 and closed December 29–January 3.
How to visit: The grounds are accessible for walks; Nippori Station is about a 5–6 minute walk away. There is no parking inside.
Hours: Free entry
Hours: About 60 min

Why it is worth the detour

This atmospheric cemetery contains the grave of the last Tokugawa shogun and preserves the quiet, temple-filled character of old Yanaka.

Yanaka Cemetery is a historic site in Tokyo, notable for its connection to the Tokugawa shogunate and its beautiful cherry blossoms. It offers a glimpse into the old Shitamachi atmosphere.

What else is close by

The nearest places we have written up, with straight-line distance from here.

550 m
Yanaka Ginza
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900 m
Tokyo National Museum
Japan's oldest and largest museum (1872): samurai swords, Buddhist sculpture, kimono and the Horyu-ji treasures.
1.1 km
Nezu Shrine
Its richly decorated 1706 buildings, azalea garden and tunnel of red torii offer one of Tokyo's best-preserved Edo-period shrine settings.
1.1 km
Ueno Toshogu Shrine
A gilded 1651 shrine to Tokugawa Ieyasu that survived the 1868 battle, the 1923 earthquake and the 1945 raids intact.
1.2 km
National Museum of Western Art
Le Corbusier's only building in East Asia (1959, UNESCO), built around the Matsukata collection of Monet and Rodin.
1.4 km
Former Hakubutsukan-Dobutsuen Station
This unexpectedly grand little station opened in 1933 on former Imperial land to serve Ueno Zoo and the museums. Falling passenger numbers ended service in 1997, but its Western-style entrance survived closure and redevelopment as a sealed architectural ghost beside Ueno Park, occasionally opened for special programs.