Venerate Your Dead

Okiyome

JAPAN’S OBON FESTIVAL, BON ODORI, AND SHUKATSU

Japan has a term for the hordes of business people racing to jobs that is increasingly used more as slang for how we prepare for death.

September 20, 2019

fernwehtun

Veneration

Bon Odori, Buddhism, Buddhist, Chirashi, Death Cafe, Death Wives, Endex, Funeral meal, Futomaki, Inari, INELDA, Japan, Japanese Arts Foundation, Kotsuage, Mukae bon, Obon, Odori, Okiyome, Okuri bon, Shoryo dana, Shukatsu, Toro nagashi, Tsuya, Wake Ceremony, Yakisoba