This cemetery can be found at the south end of the town of Honomu just past the school grounds - there are no signs indicating the cemetery's name.

Photo taken June 8, 2013

GPS Location: 19.866596, -155.111740
or 19°51'59.7"N 155°06'42.3"W

Take Mamalahoa Highway and head north of Hilo. Turn left on Honomu Road and drive until you reach the cross street, Old Mamalahoa Highway then turn left. Drive down on the Old Mamalahoa Highway turn right after Honomu Gym into driveway. Drive down towards the left until paved road ends and entrance to the cemetery will be visible in the background.

GPS and photograph show the entrance to Honomu Community Cemetery aka Honomu Cemetery, Honomu, North Hilo, Island of Hawaii (Big Island), Hawaii; located on private land once owned by C. Brewer & Co. This cemetery was established for the immigrants (and their families) who worked at Honomu Sugar Co., owned & operated by C. Brewer & Co. Honomu Cemetery contains Japanese, Portuguese, Puerto Rican, Filipino, Spanish & Nova Scotian immigrants including their children born abroad or in Hawaii.

Honomu Cemetery Tidbits:
During the late 1890s, a Japanese cemetery was established in Honomu (possibly the Honomu Community Cemetery a.k.a. Honomu Cemetery which is the largest Japanese immigrant burial site in Honomu).

The Buddhist Church and Honomu Pensioners Club (Social Club) maintain a community cemetery by cleaning it (circa early 1970s).

At 10:26am, on April 26, 1973, a 6.2 magnitude earthquake (7 second duration & felt statewide) caused damages (over $5.6 million) centered within a 12 mile radius of Honomu, the epicenter. The earthquake caused damages at Honomu Cemetery, such as, toppled/rotated/moved headstones & grave structures, cracks in tombstones & markers, large & heavy grave structures were broken, ground shifting under graves, and landslides with headstones & graves.

Currently, for over 10 years, on the third Saturday of every month, Pastor John L. Trusdell, Jr. (Living Waters Assembly of God) & community member volunteers, maintain the grounds at Honomu Cemetery. You are kindly invited to volunteer service at Honomu Cemetery.