Question

How would the Japanese culture view Catholics in regard to burial? Japanese cremate their deceased. Catholics believe in burial.

Answer 1

Japanese graves and cemeteries are a bit different from what most westerners are used to. Japanese gravestones are just big blocks in a cemetery, sometimes with additional blocks, or like holders for things, and a bunch of other strange stuff that I never really understood or took the time to look into.

I always wondered – what does all of this signify? Is there something buried underneath them? Do they channel psychic energy to allow one to communicate with the dead? Well in today's post, we're going to figure that all out. So pack your bags, kids – we're going on Japanese funeral adventure.