Hello everyone, today is June 23rd, 2021. My name is Yuusuke Wada, currently the only funeral business podcaster and a consultant in Japan. Researcher of Reform of Death and I prepare for the End of Life Journey.
Podcast No. 28 of YEYSHONAN, a weekly podcast in English.
Today’s talk is on the next funeral business trade show in Yokohama.
This event has been going on for the past 25 years but last year, due to COVID-19 crisis, the organizers had to cancel the event, so this will be the 24th event.
Just like the previous event 2 weeks ago, please pre-register.
Due to COVID-19 crisis, many funeral parlors have decided to go online with their services. Companies like Life Ending Technologies have been marketing non-zoom methods of online funerals.
All you need is a mediocre spec PC and a webcam, and not to forget, an adequate internet speed but not necessarily extreme high speed. 3~5 Mbps will do.
My name is Yuusuke Wada. Today’s talk is about the Ending Industry Expo in Tokyo Big Sight. I’m your host Yuusuke Wada, funeral business podcaster of Japan
Starting today, ENDEX has started and will be held until Friday 5PM at Tokyo Big Sight Aomi Exhibition B Hall. B Hall is the far away exhibition hall and it’s far!
Funeral Business Podcaster of Japan
Please make sure that you are pre-registered. It’ll make you exempt from the entrance fee.
Today, I met a young artist. He uses ashes from the bones and mixes it with the paint. He uses 3 grams of ashes sent by the survived family and uses it for the painting for them. People in Japan might not accept it easily but this is another way of mourning. He draws mostly abstract images but he will draw anything. I told him that he should output his work more towards outside of Japan. The market is bigger than Japan.
My name is Yuusuke Wada. I’m a funeral business consultant, a researcher of Reform of Death and I prepare the End of Life Journey.
Funeral Business Podcaster Yuusuke Wada
Today’s talk is about funeral business trade show in Japan.
I’m your host Yuusuke Wada, funeral business podcaster of Japan and you’re listening to the BGM called “君はもういない” , the direct translation would be that “you are no longer her”, meaning “I miss you”.
In the last episode, I stated I will podcast once a week. Sorry, I missed the deadline post yesterday. I had the manuscript written but couldn’t record.
Funeral business trade show in Japan.
I’ve written many posts on this subject in both Japanese and English.
But this will be the first podcast in English speaking on the subject.
Initially, there was only one event that was for the public. Public meaning the industry people. There were private events held by the funeral companies and their suppliers before that but not a conglomerate event organized by the publisher called “Sogo Unicom”.
Sogo Unicom sold many magazines, including funeral industry information, such as the trends, newly opened parlors, and crematoriums and such.
