実は日本で利用されている棺のほとんどと言っていいくらい中国生産である。
木材を調達するのも、棺を作るのも日本では高すぎて国内生産はしていない。
大手のヤマトコフイン、協和木工、ジャパン唐和なんかみんな中国生産で日本に輸入している。
そんな中、中国にてコロナの影響もあり生産が著しく落ちた。
昨年末から各葬儀社に来年（今年）の1月から4割アップしますと通達が届いた。
今、日本では140万人弱の人が亡くなっている。
2019年と比べて2020年ははじめてコロナの影響で死亡数が若干減ったが、また2021年は145万人まで増えた。
そして2021年は大幅にアップし、145万人となった！
Continue reading大宮の盆栽美術館へ訪れたことがありますでしょうか？
正直なところ、規模は大したことないのですが（笑）展示物が素晴らしいのです。
私は盆栽には全く興味がなかったのですが、奥の深さを知って驚きました。
ただ、ここの美術館の残念なところがとっても素晴らしい展示室でした。
盆栽の見方や評価の方法などを書かれていました。
そういうのは「紙」に書いて欲しいなと。
まして、撮影禁止なので、記憶に収めるしかないということです。
とても素晴らしい芸術品が飾ってあり、さらに床の間もあり、これもまた美しさ極まりない。
だから、写真撮影禁止？
Podcast No. 37 in English
Today is August 25th, 2021.
The previous podcast No. 36 was about DNA preservation.
DNA preservation is much securer than cryogenic technology.
BTW, in the USA, if you were to be cryogenically “stored”, there’s no death certificate.
It means “YOU ARE NOT DEAD BUT PRESERVED”, but in real life, no one has yet come back and the companies which service it don’t guarantee the “preserved” to come back to life again.
This is the definition from Wikipedia which is very well written and I wish to share.
A non-fungible token (NFT) is a unit of data stored on a digital ledger, called a blockchain, that certifies a digital asset to be unique and therefore not interchangeable.
Let me give you a very simple example of how to use a NFT managed microphone for a rock group lead singer, let’s say, one of Mick Jagger’s.
Let’s say that I’m using the same one.
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Tagged Blockchain, 葬儀, funeral, NFT, podcast, technology, 旅のデザイナー, 死に方改革
Podcast No. 36 in English
Today is August 18th, 2021.
The previous podcast No. 35 was about a company called “Keepers” and its president Mr. Taichi Yoshida who established the “Relic Collection — or Relic Disposal” business in Japan.
Today, I wish to talk about DNA preservation.
I was listening to a podcast on my way to town today.
The podcast is called “Elevating Funeral Service”
and the Episode #30, “Should Your Funeral Home Offer DNA Preservation?”
Come to think of it, there is not even a single funeral service in Japan that offers DNA preservation.
It talks about the value proposition and what they are, even before death.
Continue readingPodcast No. 35 in English
Today is August 12th, 2021.
This is your host, Yuusuke Wada, probably the only funeral business podcaster discussing the death industry business of Japan in English.
I’m also the researcher of the Reform of Death and the journey to the end of life.
I must apologize for the people waiting for the weekly podcast last week.
I had to skip it.
AND I’m also one day late for this one as well.
I almost missed this one.
No. 34 was about a special embossing paper that pops up after passing through the heater.
Today, I wish to talk about a man, 20 years ago who created the industry of “Relic Collection Business” in Japan.
His name is Mr. Taichi Yoshida, the president of the company called “Keepers”.
I remember when I was still in the mortuary business trying to find a better way for the surviving family. There are always problems of what to do with relics of the deceased.
Being an undertaker, that wasn’t my job but there was a potential market from the very beginning and people did not know how and what to do with them.
Many threw it away as “non-combustible waste” and had it go to the dump.
We took care of old Buddhist home altars when needed and took it apart in our warehouse and had it thrown out.
But many times, beside these religious materials, there are monetary value.
Mr. Yoshida posted and sent business postcards (flyers) to all funeral homes asking them to find a client in need of house cleaning.
Yes, the crux is “house cleaning”.
Continue readingPodcast No. 34 in English
Today is July 28th, 2021.
This is your host, Yuusuke Wada, probably the only funeral business podcaster discussing the death industry business of Japan in English.
I’m also the researcher of the Reform of Death and the journey to the end of life.
No. 33 was about a startup company in Israel called Memotree.
It’s a technology that implants DNA into a tree (plants) and encrypts and uses it as a natural memory.
These trees replace tombstones and set the carbon offset.
I had a zoom meeting with the founder.
Also, I had a meeting with another startup company in Japan that uses iris of your eyes and creates an artwork out through image manipulation and encryption that becomes the key to the virtual cemetery.
The system is called “viz Prizma”.
All of these are new technologies that defies the current funeral tradition.
Traditions are there to bring order and rules at the time of turmoil.
People need to rethink what a funeral is really all about.
I have a page on this website explaining Japanese Funerals.
You might want to take a look at it.
I will need to discuss this as a different episode as one of the deep dives.
Paper is printed using a regular inkjet printer.
Then, the computer sends emboss data to a separate printer and this heater.
This means you print twice (2 data).
One without the emboss, it can be colored, and the other, plain emboss data.
When the paper is passing through the “fixer” that heats the paper, the emboss image expands.
Minolta, in the 1990’s had a copier that was sold to the visually impared market for braille printing.
But this was not so accurate since the copiers were huge and bulky, and paper tended to skew while in the copier. But these were also used for making Christmas cards.
I’ll be working with that technology as well.
Need to make a marketing value.
Continue readingPodcast No. 33 in English
Today is July 21st, 2021.
This is your host, Yuusuke Wada, probably the only funeral business podcaster discussing the death industry business of Japan in English.
I’m also the researcher of the Reform of Death and the journey to the end of life.
No. 32 was about future AI usage allowing digital transformation in the funeral industry.
What’s important is the AI to take calls and if needed, pass the baton to a real human being.
In Japan, there is only one real reason for those who call the funeral parlors.
Someone has died and we funeral directors need to find out where to go and pick up their loved ones and bring them to wherever needed, such as the morgue or to their home, or even to temples.
Therefore, an AI avatar has a much higher dimensional value than just taking the call.
Today, agriculture and ecosystems are very important.
It’s called the “Memo Tree” that keeps you and your loved one’s memory alive.
What I have been told by the founder is that they are starting a pilot program in the USA.
I am informed about it but I cannot reveal it yet.
This is a technology that implements memory capabilities in plants and replaces them from tombstones.
In the USA, there are too many tombstones taking space in the graveyards.
Actually, not only in the USA, but many countries have an issue on this.
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