Japanese war cemetery — Local services in Cowra

This cemetery houses the remains of Japanese people who died in Australia during World War II. The gravesite of the 234 Japanese POWs, who died during the ‘Cowra breakout’ in 1944, are located here. The remains of Japanese airforce personnel, who were killed during WWII raids on Darwin, are also located at this gravesite. There is no admission fee to this location. You may also be interested in visiting the former prisoner of war camp - it is located about a kilometre away from this cemetery. The renowned Japanese garden is located about 2 kilometres from this cemetery - you’ll find it near...

We bought the kids here for a small ANZAC Day service and a chance to teach them about the history of Cowra and WW2. This was after seeing the Holographic display at the visitors centre and the prison camp. Seeing the cemetery last drove home the magnitude of what happened here. And to be here on ANZAC Day...

Hard to give a cemetery a rating. Five minutes drive from the Japanese Gardens is the Japanese War Cemetery which includes 2 well maintained areas, one for Japanese and another for Australian soldiers. Nearby is also the POW...