Cremation Ceremony
PHOTOS By KIMBERLY A. BAUTISTA
- Japanese Consul to Saipan Kinji Shinoda pays his respects during the Japanese Association for Recovery and Repatriation of War Casualties’ first cremation ceremony last Feb. 6 at the Banadera Trail in Marpi.
- Lt. Gov. Victor B. Hocog pays his respects during the Japanese Association for Recovery and Repatriation of War Casualties’ first cremation ceremony last Feb. 6 at the Banadera Trail in Marpi.
- Guests and dignitaries pay their respects during the Japanese Association for Recovery and Repatriation of War Casualties’ first cremation ceremony last Feb. 6 at the Banadera Trail in Marpi.
- The members of the Japanese Association for Recovery and Repatriation of War Casualties light the torches initiating the start of their first cremation on Saipan during their first cremation ceremony last Feb. 6 at the Banadera Trail in Marpi.
- Members of the Japanese Association for Recovery and Repatriation of War Casualties light the wooden logs during their first cremation ceremony last Feb. 6 at the Banadera Trail in Marpi.
- Members of the Japanese Association for Recovery and Repatriation of War Casualties put on fire the remains of 39 Japanese soldiers during a cremation ceremony last Feb. 6 at the Banadera Trail in Marpi.
- Members of the Japanese Association for Recovery and Repatriation of War Casualties put on fire the remains of 39 Japanese soldiers during their first cremation ceremony last Feb. 6 at the Banadera Trail in Marpi.
- The remains of 39 Japanese soldiers are cremated during the Japanese Association for Recovery and Repatriation of War Casualties’ first cremation ceremony last Feb. 6 at the Banadera Trail in Marpi.