Showing posts with label funeral. Show all posts
Showing posts with label funeral. Show all posts

Monday, December 19, 2016

2016.12.19

It was fine.

I had free time in the morning so that I went to Softbank to ask about the problem of my phone. I can hear the voice but they can't hear my voice. It is a very frustrating phenomenon. They did not know the reason, and to repair I had to leave my phone there so I did not ask. Maybe it is the time to buy the new one.

From 1 pm there was a funeral of my aunt. Today there were a harp player and four priests.

After that we went to crematorium to burn her body. It took about an hour and a half.

There was the first seventh day service, but I did not attend and came back. 

The custom and manners of wedding and funeral differ by region.  Aichi prefecture is very famous for the gorgeous wedding.

We offer monetary gifts called koden (香典) for the departed soul. In my Kanto area if a person attends both awake and funeral, we only give one koden.
But in Aichi area they say they give three times for the first night, funeral, and the seventh day service.
Families offer flowers and fruits basket.  So it costs a lot.


Thursday, August 20, 2015

2015.8.20

It was  a rainy day.

Today we had a funeral for my father from 11am at  home then we went to cremate.
While waiting we had lunch there.
After picking up the bones, we came home around  3 pm.
His bones will be here until the next ceremony called shijyuku nichi, 49th day.

I wore summer black kimono. 

All relatives went back home.