Japanese Cemetery

E104573

cemetery historic site

The Japanese Cemetery in Colma, California, is a historic burial ground established for Japanese immigrants and their descendants, reflecting the community’s cultural and religious traditions.

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Label	Occurrences
Japanese Cemetery canonical	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cemetery ⓘ historic site ⓘ
associatedWith	Japanese American community in Colma ⓘ Japanese American community in the San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ
commemorates	Japanese immigrants in California ⓘ descendants of Japanese immigrants ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalTraditionsReflected	Japanese funerary customs ⓘ Japanese memorial practices ⓘ
ethnicCommunityServed	Japanese Americans ⓘ Japanese immigrants ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	contains historic grave markers ⓘ reflects Japanese cultural and religious traditions in burial practices ⓘ serves as a site of cultural memory for Japanese Americans ⓘ used for multi-generational family burials ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificanceFor	Japanese American families with ancestral ties to Colma ⓘ Japanese diaspora in the United States ⓘ
hasFunction	place of ancestor veneration ⓘ site for memorial ceremonies ⓘ
hasTypeOfBurials	family plots ⓘ in-ground burials ⓘ
heritageCategory	Asian American historic site ⓘ ethnic cemetery in the United States ⓘ
heritageType	Japanese American heritage site ⓘ
isPartOf	network of ethnic cemeteries in Colma ⓘ
languageOfInscriptions	English ⓘ Japanese ⓘ
locatedIn	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Colma, California ⓘ Northern California ⓘ San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ San Mateo County, California ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
notableFor	gravestones with Japanese inscriptions ⓘ historic association with Japanese immigrant community in the San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ traditional Japanese-style grave markers ⓘ
primaryUse	burial ground ⓘ
regionServed	San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ surface form: San Francisco metropolitan area
religiousTraditionsReflected	Buddhism ⓘ Japanese folk religion ⓘ Shinto ⓘ
servesAs	burial place for Japanese immigrants and their descendants ⓘ
usedFor	annual or periodic memorial visits by families ⓘ religious observances related to the dead ⓘ

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Input

Subject: Japanese Cemetery
Description of subject: The Japanese Cemetery in Colma, California, is a historic burial ground established for Japanese immigrants and their descendants, reflecting the community’s cultural and religious traditions.

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Colma → hasCemetery → Japanese Cemetery ⓘ