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The is located in Sakamoto in the Urakami area of the city of Nagasaki, Japan. The cemetery for foreigners was established following the 1888 closure of an earlier burial ground near the international quarter of the city.〔(長崎文化ジャンクション 長崎文化百選 #065 ) (Nagasaki Prefecture official web site) (Retrieved on June 6, 2009)〕 It is administered by the city government.〔(長崎市有墓地条例 ) (Nagasaki City web site) (Retrieved on June 6, 2009)〕 The original cemetery dates from 1888. A newer quarter, Shin Sakamoto (added in 1903), lies across the street. A Jewish cemetery is in Sakamoto, along with the graves of French soldiers and Vietnamese laborers who died during the Boxer Rebellion.〔(長崎・坂本国際墓地に眠る人々【ここは長崎ん町】 ) (Retrieved on June 6, 2009)〕 ==Notable interments== *Thomas Blake Glover,〔(長崎文化ジャンクション 長崎文化百選 ) #055 (Nagasaki Prefecture official web site) (Retrieved on June 6, 2009)〕 19th century trader; along with son Tomisaburo Kuraba and Tomisaburo's wife Waka. *Sigmund D. Lessner, merchant and founder of Japan's first synagogue. A bust of Lessner marks his grave.〔〔(Cemeteries ) (part of the (Nagasaki Foreign Settlement ) Web site) (Retrieved on June 6, 2009)〕 *Takashi Nagai, survivor of the nuclear bombing of the city, and his wife. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sakamoto International Cemetery」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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