Funeral business in Japan is getting better. The number of funeral homes in Japan has quadrupled in the past 15 years, and the Japanese are crazy about their funeral planning service. They choose coffins, make-up, hairstyles, take test photos of themselves.
Contents:
- What is a rehearsal funeral?
- Funeral for trial - what is the burial ceremony in Japan?
Japanese culture surprises Europeans at every turn. In recent years, love hotels, the so-called love hotels visited by 500 million people annually. The hotel rooms are very spectacularly decorated, there are hundreds of different sex toys that couples can use to fulfill their erotic whims.
This is not the only Japanese fashion that may seem exotic to Europeans. Another popular trend, and macabre, is the funeral industry service that the Japanese are crazy about. It consists in a trial organization of … your own funeral.
What is a rehearsal funeral?
"Survive your funeral" is a service that the Japanese use in funeral homes. It consists in the trial organization of the burial from A to Z. The person interested chooses a coffin, decorations and materials for the inside. Then he goes inside and checks that the inside is comfortable.
What seems to be a macabre quirk to the Japanese is completely natural. Not only do they lie down in the coffins without resistance, but they also make trial make-ups and hairstyles, use the services of a tailor to design clothes for the last journey. Later, they take photos which are displayed in the last farewell room. Relatives and friends visit this place and cry over the photo of the deceased.
And it is not known if we can envy the Japanese distance to ourselves and the ability to accept our own death. It is worth emphasizing, however, that this is not the only difference between Europeans and Japanese. The new fashion is a consequence of the burial ceremony, which is very extensive in Japan.
Funeral for trial - what is the burial ceremony in Japan?
A funeral ceremony in Japan has strict rules. Is divided intofour stages, and each of them is governed by specific rules.
- farewell to the deceased in his home - only the relatives of the deceased participate in farewell at home
- night vigil at the coffin - friends and family are watching over the house
- main funeral ceremony - This event is public. Everyone can come to them, but they must remember to behave properly. Mourners should wear black suits (men) or black dresses / kimonos (women). You should also make a condolence donation (up to 30,000 yen). If a close or extended family member is unable to attend the funeral, send a condolence telegram
- cremation
Interestingly, the cemeteries in Japan are also different from ours. Due to the prevalence of cremation, cemeteries in Japan are places with multi-story crypts. In order to find the crypts of loved ones, all you need to do is hold your identification card against the reader and this is an easy way to find the right way.
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