Japanese Cemetery was founded in 1901 and is located at 1300 Hillside Boulevard in Colma, California.

This cemetery has brought together the Japanese community in California and has worked with Buddhist, Shinto, and Christian religious organizations.

[2] In 1901, the Jikei-kai Japanese Benevolent Society of California purchased 2 acres (0.81 ha) of land in Colma to create a cemetery, and some graves from Laurel Hill and Masonic Cemeteries in San Francisco were moved here.

[4] In 1906, the Meiji-era Emperor of Japan provided a grant to help bury Japanese in California.

[1] The site lacks the extensive landscaping typical of the other park-like cemeteries in Colma; most paths are paved with concrete or gravel, and a traditional Japanese garden lies just outside the entrance of the columbarium.