Dying is something that’s inevitable for everyone, but it shouldn’t be this expesenive;

The average cost of a funeral in Japan is 2.37 million yen ( around 25 219 USD), which is a lot more when compared to the U.S.A at 650,000 yen, England at 120,000 Yen and Korea at 370,000 Yen. So why are Japanese funerals so expensive?

Why? That’s because Japanese people are more likely to pay attention to how other people see us. Having a low-cost funeral seems to be disgraceful in the eyes of people such as neighbors, relatives, and colleagues. This way of thinking has raised expenses on funerals in Japan. Japan is facing a super-aging society and many people are unhappy about current way of funerals that need an extreme amount of money.

n spite of such a high price for a funeral, many people are quite unsatisfied with it, because usually it’s a lot of work holding a ceremony for neighbors, relatives or colleagues and so many people who had some relationship with the deceased. It’s no time for the family to mourn and say good bye to the deceased. Reflecting this, these days funerals conducted only by the family member are getting popular. Around the big cities, 30% people even don’t need a wake and memorial service before cremation. They want direct transfer from house or hospital to crematorium. It’s only 180,000 yen. Those who want to make use of such service are not always the poor. The wealthy such as doctor or attorney also like to use it. In fact, the survey tells that more than half of Japanese people do not really want to have a funeral for ourselves.

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