Thursday, March 11, 2021

(2316) In the area called Inaricho (稲荷町)...

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...next to Asakusa you can find the greatest concentration of shops selling Buddhist altars which are a gentle way to have at your home a shrine for the family's dearly departed. By extension, these shops sell various items related to memorial services; this one took the idea a little further having a sample of a complete, full-size grave (with a price tag and all: 598,000 yen/$5509  -before tax).

(For a bigger version of this picture both in color and black and white, check my "Japan Arekore" set on Flickr).


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