1. Cemetery Project Classification by Prefectures By: Yosuke Kawai Honors 291S

2. Hypothesis Null hypothesis: The plots will exhibit absolutely no patterns. Alternative hypothesis: The plots will exhibit patterns.

3. Figure 1. The cemetery plots of Moiliili Japanese Cemetery classified in terms of prefectures. (Colored In) Okinawa Yamaguchi Hiroshima Kumamoto Fukuoka Fukushima Niigata Miyagi Shiga (Striped) Gifu Kagawa Wakayama Okayama Kanagawa Fukui Tokyo

4. Prefecture% of Total Okinawa35.31 Yamaguchi17.53 Hiroshima10.31 Kumamoto7.47 Fukuoka4.38 Fukushima1.55 Niigata1.55 Miyagi0.52 Shiga0.36 Gifu0.26 Kagawa0.26 Wakayama0.26 Okayama0.26 Kanagawa0.26 Fukui0.26 Tokyo0.26 Blank19.33 Total100.13 Table 1: Percentage of Plots in terms of Prefectures

5. Trends? Analysis Majority of sections 1, 2, and 3 are Okinawan In these sections, the stones seem to be consecutive This trend can also be seen for Yamaguchi in plot 5 There is some congregation seen in Fukuoka as well, but Kumamoto, Fukushima, and Hiroshima are relatively scattered The rest have too little sample size to see a pattern

6. In the end… Not much more can be said about the layout of the gravestones (in terms of prefectures) unless higher level statistical tests are done. Generally, Okinawans dominate the cemetery plots. Consecutive patterns can be seen with Okinawa and Yamaguchi; indicating social structure and similar preference