August 21, 2017: Many cities in Japan now promote “the all in one destination funeral” — guest hotel rooms and viewing rooms across the hall for the featured deceased guest. Some of the viewing rooms even have climate controlled coffins for the newly departed — sometimes resting for days before their appointment for cremation — Tokyo, a city with 26,000,000, has only 26 crematories so waiting times can be lengthy. The average cost for a normal funeral in Japan can be nearly US$20,000 — hotel and viewing room costs less than US$2,000. Some family even chose to spend one night sleeping in the room with the corpse — now that’s togetherness!!!
