page_title: Death and funeral of Hirohito
section_title: Ceremony at the Imperial Graveyard
hierarchical_section_title: Death and funeral of Hirohito / State funeral / Ceremony at the Imperial Graveyard
caption_attribution_description: English: Hirohito's tomb in Hachiōji, Tokyo 日本語: 昭和天皇の陵墓, 東京都八王子市長房町の上円下方墳の武蔵野陵 中文: 昭和天皇的墓園, 位於東京都八王子市長房町.
context_page_description: On 7 January 1989, Hirohito, the 124th Emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, died in his sleep at 6:33 am after suffering from intestinal cancer for some time. He was 87. The late emperor's state funeral was held on 24 February, when he was buried near his parents at the Musashi Imperial Graveyard in Hachiōji, Tokyo.
context_section_description: Following the state ceremony, the Shōwa Tennō's coffin was taken to the Musashi Imperial Graveyard in the suburban city of Hachiōji for burial. At Emperor Taishō's funeral in 1927, the trip to the Musashi Imperial Graveyard was carried out as a 3-hour procession, but at the Shōwa Tennō's funeral, the trip was made by motor hearse and cut to 40 minutes. Several hours of ceremonies followed there, until the late emperor was laid to rest at nightfall, the traditional time to bury emperors.
caption: Emperor Shōwa's tomb in the Musashi Imperial Graveyard, Hachiōji, Tokyo
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