At the upper end of this cemetery are the graves of the odd-numbered (third, fifth, seventh, ninth, and eleventh) generations of the lords of the Mori and their wives. In front of each pair of graves is a stone pillar recording the achievements of the lord and lady buried beneath it. Near the top of these pillars, the male crest (one line, three dots) and female crest (three-leaf arrowhead leaves) of the Mori family are engraved. The pillars sit upon stone turtles, each with a unique face.
Surrounding these graves are hundreds of stone lanterns. Each was paid for by a retainer of the Mori to show his devotion. On August 15th the lanterns are lit, and their holes covered with paper as part of Obon, a Buddhist festival honoring ancestral spirits.