Japanese Graveyards
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Thu 2007/04/19 00:38
This is a picture of a typical Japanese graveyard. The norm is that a family buys some land and then builds a tomb to fit the rest of the family. G'ma, G'pa, mom, pop and yourself get to spend the rest of eternity together - at a cost.
The most expensive tombs I've been able to find is 5,980,000 yen (count those zeros!) in Yokohama. That 6 million yen is for 3 square meters. So you see - it not only costs a lot to live here - it also costs a lot to die here too ^^;
The Funeral will cost a bomb too and the most expensive I've been able to find is 2,191,980 yen here. I guess there are ways to make (lots of) money even from dead folks.
In general, families have the choice of burning or burying their members. When you die, how would you like to go?
My wife and I have decided to donate our organs and folks in Japan can register here if you want to do so too.
The most expensive tombs I've been able to find is 5,980,000 yen (count those zeros!) in Yokohama. That 6 million yen is for 3 square meters. So you see - it not only costs a lot to live here - it also costs a lot to die here too ^^;
The Funeral will cost a bomb too and the most expensive I've been able to find is 2,191,980 yen here. I guess there are ways to make (lots of) money even from dead folks.
In general, families have the choice of burning or burying their members. When you die, how would you like to go?
My wife and I have decided to donate our organs and folks in Japan can register here if you want to do so too.
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Wed 04/18 00:22 comments (46)
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Thu 03/22 01:33 comments (62)
It's very comendable that you decided to donate your organs. I also did aabout a year ago after an uncle of mine went trough hell after not getting a donner for an operation he needed.
(ID #46728) Posted on 2007/04/19 02:39
Shouldn't there be a "revived by dragonballs" option?
(ID #46730) Posted on 2007/04/19 02:41
Oh, by the way, do you have any idea when the registry for F fm will be open again? sorry for the douple post. :p
(ID #46731) Posted on 2007/04/19 02:41
Student Engineer
I've never really thought much on it, to be honest. Got too much in life to first. I suppose I would be buried, however there is just something I don't like about graveyards... I live close to one and I hate it. Not out of spite for the dead, but I don't like graveyards... never have
(ID #46732) Posted on 2007/04/19 02:44
anime/cosplay events organizer
wow! real estate is not only expensive for the living but also for the dead @@ if ever i'll move to the after life, i'd rather be burned/cremated and have my ashes by kept in a jar. this way, less space and the whole family and maybe even the clan could fit in one mausoleum
(ID #46733) Posted on 2007/04/19 02:44
WOW, that's too expensive =.=" However, I prefer my whole body to be buried or at least burn all in one piece.
(ID #46736) Posted on 2007/04/19 02:56
I have seen a documentary on this. I believe that prices are so high because of the lack of free space in Japan -again-, those HUGE high-quality marble tombstones and so on. I have also learned about cemeteries exclusively reserved for pets. Very special, if you ask me. I'd choose cremation, myself. My ashes would be dispersed to the four winds or be buried... I don't know yet and I am not really thinking about it right now. Each time I visit a graveyard and then exit it, I feel that Death takes us anywhere, anytime without any form of discrimination and that I am my time has not come yet... Let's enjoy life still we can! -Note: Fed to animals? You're kidding right?! lol-
(ID #46737) Posted on 2007/04/19 03:14
hmm i prefered to be burnt n then ashes scattered or kept in some jar somewhere...however being burnt kinda reminds you of hell doesn't it? personally being burnt is better than rot to pieces and hope no stray dog will come along n dig up ur bony remains for it's entertainment xP
(ID #46738) Posted on 2007/04/19 03:36
Ya, funerals here in the U.S. cost a lot too...i believe at least $50k that includes a decent spot in a cemetery, arrangements, and ceremony. But I decided to go the way of my ancestors and get burned, not necessarily alive. But the organ doner thing might be done before I get scorched, never know when someone might need a piece of me.
(ID #46740) Posted on 2007/04/19 03:46
Policy & Research Officer
When I die, I would tie myself to losta fireworks and shoot myself into the air. That way it would be a joyous occasion and people would know about my death. ^_^ I think most of the Chinese here in Singapore (at least my family) choose to be burnt and then the ashes will be kept somewhere. In addition, we also have ancestral tablets that are kept in temples and they cost quite a lot. Its like 800,000 yen for a piece of wood and the space to display it in their "shelf".
(ID #46742) Posted on 2007/04/19 04:21
I would like to fed other humans, cannibals. Seriously I will donate my organs cause I'll be dead, so I just don't care what they do with my body after that and if I could help people, then it's a plus~
(ID #46743) Posted on 2007/04/19 04:22
Danny, You wife and you are too nice, ^o^, said her that we can make a deal: You give me a copy of Nav 2.0, and i manage your funerail in Vietnam: funeral, graveyard, land, crying folks, flowers, buffet...etc, for $3,000 maximum, deal? ^o^
(ID #46744) Posted on 2007/04/19 04:25
If when I die there's some part left that could be used by someone then grab it. And for the rest, well burn it and throw it somewhere lol.
(ID #46745) Posted on 2007/04/19 04:25
Student
i dont want anyone to steal my organs =[, i just want to die happy or in a 24k coffin ^^
(ID #46748) Posted on 2007/04/19 04:51
Student
oopsies, 24k gold coffin i ment! damn no edit button =[
(ID #46749) Posted on 2007/04/19 04:52
Lowlife
Where's the "shot into space with Char Aznable" option?
(ID #46751) Posted on 2007/04/19 05:15
I wonder how much does the cheapest graveyard in Japan costs?
(ID #46752) Posted on 2007/04/19 05:29
Animator/ graphic designer
i just want a cool gothic grave and a fitting epitaph
(ID #46754) Posted on 2007/04/19 05:38
Gordon Pekeur in south africa -cape town-
I wanna be fed to animals or to REALLY HUNGRY HUMANS .... hehehehe!!
(ID #46757) Posted on 2007/04/19 06:53
Games addicted
Onestly if i have to die while i'm still "young" sure i want to donate as many organ is possible. But if i'll die old and ugly i think burnt is my choose. I do not know about my wife...i'm gonna ask her tonight ^^ .:G:.
(ID #46758) Posted on 2007/04/19 07:45
I want to live forever as a computer entity. Don't believe it's possible? Just you wait.
(ID #46761) Posted on 2007/04/19 09:17
Graphic Designer
Man, rather launch my corpse into space or something. Yeah it's really costly now to have funerals, that's where all those money making undertakers come running in with their business cards.
(ID #46762) Posted on 2007/04/19 09:44
That's really expensive. Here, the Chinese people are the one's who wouldn't mind buying huge lots (from 12 to 72sqm) and building a mausoleum on it would cost more than that of a living person's standard home. Plus! The Feng Shui design. There's this one mausoleum in the Metro that can house the entire clan. Literally.
(ID #46763) Posted on 2007/04/19 11:16
Does the camera still work after taking pictures of the graveyard? XD
(ID #46764) Posted on 2007/04/19 11:57
Web Developer/ウェブデベロッパー, Photographer/写真や
This certainly looks crammed indeed. ^__^; I wonder what happens do the land if the family does not want it anymore? Do they sell it back to the government or something?
(ID #46765) Posted on 2007/04/19 12:06
Oh by the way, the "fed to animals" option made me think of the Mad Cow Disease... All of you see what I'm talking about, right? lol.
(ID #46768) Posted on 2007/04/19 16:51
Personally, i would like to donate my organs to people first, then be burnt, i just want to make sure that when the time comes, im actually gone, being burried freaks me out, just incase i were to wake up... :S
(ID #46769) Posted on 2007/04/19 17:35
Is taking pictures of graves bad luck possibly?
(ID #46772) Posted on 2007/04/19 22:53
Composer-DJ-Sound Design.作曲家
hmm not to sure if i want to donate my body to science or not...
(ID #46774) Posted on 2007/04/19 23:30
hmmm crispy ricky...... it kinda rhymes but nah my family in Guatemala has a tomb there so ill donate my organs in the U.S. and then be buried with the rest of my family.
(ID #46779) Posted on 2007/04/20 03:38
.NET/Web Developer
That's a hefty amount of money for such a small piece of land. Living in japan, or in this case dying, sure is expensive. heheh
(ID #46788) Posted on 2007/04/20 05:09
Video Editor / Sound Designer / DJ
My friends dad was cremated at Zōjō-ji Temple in Tokyo. The price of the funeral & land was 353,000,000 Yen. Seriously. Thats about $3 million US dollars. Amazing, although the family is really wealthy. I've never heard of such an expensive funeral before!!!!!
(ID #46796) Posted on 2007/04/20 09:53
I better not die in Japan.
(ID #46802) Posted on 2007/04/20 14:43
Aimless Traveler
Well, people die if they are killed, and fortunately, dying in my country is still far cheaper than dying in Japan. If there's one absurd wish I always wanted after I have died, I wish to have my brain separated from my old, obselete body and planted on a 7 foot tall bipedal tank with enough nuclear ICBMs to blow this world twice. Yes, obvious Metal Gear reference there, sans the brain-to-machine part.
(ID #46896) Posted on 2007/04/22 12:41
Ever since I played Kana~Little Sister I've wanted to donate my organs when I die. Why be selfish and keep them to yourself when you get killed or die especially if someone could live a good long life with the donor. Loved the option "To be fed to animals" x) When it comes to dying, it's quite cheap here I guess. Though you can buy a burial site for 20 or 30 years here. Graveyards are quite a bit bigger here. Afterall, there's only about 5 000 000 people inhabiting 338,000km^2 of land.
(ID #46940) Posted on 2007/04/23 15:00
-XYZPDQ: I once lived opposite a graveyard. It never really bothered me. Way better than annoying neighbors if you ask me.
(ID #46983) Posted on 2007/04/24 09:54
damn!!! that's a lot o' money i better not die in Japan
(ID #58409) Posted on 2007/10/03 23:18
I don't want to be burnt to ashed for one single reason only: It's f*cking expensive. :P So it goes this way: medics can strip my carcass off of anything that's useful for something/someone.. the rest you can burry somewhere. Anyways, I've been on one of those Japanese graveyards... my parents where looking for old relatives that didn't immigrate to Brazil. My grandparents came on... I think it was the 5th wave of immigration. Might be expensive, but I've never seen such beautiful, clean graveyard... people really take good care of those. At least on the one I went, that was in a small portuary city... forgot the name right now. But anyways, here in Brazil it's not that cheap too. And things go more or less the same. You "rent" a small piece of land and all the family goes there. Service, coffin, and all other stuff are also expensive... though not as close as the numbers Danny post there.
(ID #64579) Posted on 2007/11/22 19:55
NEET (no, student...)
phoenix down? Elixer of Eternal life and youth (Baccano!)? 1 Up Mushroom? But seriously, it costs a lot to die there, for me, I have to go visit my granparents and my father's grave in Japan, from America. That's the most costly visit for the dead...
(ID #172365) Posted on 2008/04/19 10:26
Upstair ...addicted to anything related to chibi
While our body's material cost only about $5..we have to spend thousands of dollar just to bury the dead....Maybe I'll bury my self in the backyard.....
(ID #172405) Posted on 2008/04/19 12:45
McMaster Engineering Student Fall 08
Such a morbid topic from you, mr. Choo. I'd donate my organs for scientific purposes... but 'tis a depressing topic!
(ID #172407) Posted on 2008/04/19 12:56
i would like to be buried, as a designer also like a very cool coffin whit the legend "return to sender" or there's always the possibility of eternal life as a cyborg like ghost in the shell ^. ^;
(ID #172443) Posted on 2008/04/19 16:35
Have you ever been to the Yanaka district of Tokyo? It escaped the firebombing in WW2, so its largely unchanged and old-fashioned. Theres millions of shrines, temples and graveyards there - its so peaceful. As for me, burnt thanks! I dont believe in god or any religion, so the less space, money and waste my corpse will produce, the better! Though it would be cool to come back as a zombie, i just dont like the idea of my body in a cold box turning into worm-food.
(ID #172449) Posted on 2008/04/19 16:44
Director/代表取締役
have not been but just checked it out online - looks interesting. Photos soon ^^
(ID #172453) Posted on 2008/04/19 17:03
Student, Spiral Warrior
I'd like a mounded pit tomb filled with burial goods, with a grove of trees atop the mound and a shrine in front. By the by, does anyone else see the comments on this page repeated a bunch of times, or am I going nuts?
(ID #172494) Posted on 2008/04/19 22:28
ISP Tech Support
I'm already a registered organ donor, but the rest of me that isn't worth donating I'd rather have buried.
(ID #172502) Posted on 2008/04/19 22:55
I want an animal to fed on my body. Maybe I'm lucky enough to take over the animal. ^^, Seems like they take this whole graveyard thing really serious, which is fine, but those prices are insane.
(ID #172511) Posted on 2008/04/19 23:27
"Smelly" Recruit
burnt and thrown into the seas, swimming with dolphins~~ ^_^
(ID #172528) Posted on 2008/04/20 00:49
I'm not gonna die, sorry.
(ID #172558) Posted on 2008/04/20 05:27
How much would it cost to be cremated in the US and then shipped to Japan for spreading the ashes?
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