Funeral deadly costs in Japan

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Jun 21st 2012 23:49
Here in Japan, a typical funeral (including the ceremony of it) is said to cost over a million yen.

I've once heard from my dad then he said "that had cost nearly two million and I'd got bleeding from my ass"

"How come it cost that expensive?" I asked.
"Well, there are various options, such as coffin grade, quantity of meels for visitors and so on…It depends on how you arrange them…Oh, I almost forgot, you must pay gratuity to the priest, I remember it took thirty-five thousand yen at that time"
"Thirty-five thousand for one night gig!? How lucrative! And I know any religious organization doesn't have to pay taxes. Yeah, that's why they can own Mercedes and Lexus"
"It's not finished yet, what most cost you are the tombstone(two million yen for my granpa's) and the place in the cemetery for it(approximately eighty thousand!). "
I totally gaped…

In addition, once you have bought a tombstone and set in a temple, you must keep paying money to the priest or the tombstone which deadly cost will be taken away.