Site in Yokohama, a city neighboring Tokyo. Thousands of people from over 40 different countries are buried in this cemetery, after Yokohama became a major port in the newly-opened Japan and became home to many foreigners. It was requested by Perry for the burial of Robert Williams, a marine on his ship, and eventually was used for foreigners in general who died in Japan. The founding of this cemetery demonstrated one of the many changes brought about by Western presence in Japan, and shows the beginning of Westernization.
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