The major regional town of Kanchanaburi contains some heritage from World War II.
Some sites—such as the house of the Thai trader Nai Boonpong Sirivejabhandu who smuggled food and medicine to the POWs, and the Japanese headquarters—can be found in the old town, which was the extent of Kanchanaburi during the war. Other sites—including the ‘Bridge on the River Kwai’ and the 1944 Japanese memorial—were some kilometres north of Kanchanaburi during the war (at Tha Markam). They have now been absorbed into the expanding town. Kanchanaburi also contains two Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries (Kanchanaburi/Don Rak and Chungkai) and several museums (the JEATH Museum on the bank of the Mae Khlong River, the JEATH and World War II Museum near the Bridge; and the Death Railway Museum (Thailand Burma Railway Centre) near the Kanchanaburi/Don Rak cemetery. [Map data source: ©2013 Google, Map data ©2013 Tele Atlas]