My daughter-in-law Kristina studies bones, and funerary customs, and grave goods. When she travels, she seeks out cemeteries. Here's one I stumbled on in Tokyo.
I can't read the inscriptions, of course, so I have no idea whether these monuments represent one person or a whole clan. What struck me is how densely populated the place is. It's also completely paved over. There's no lawn to tend, nothing to tidy up.
Each monument has a couple of vases, and some have flowers. In the corner, I found a tap and a group of charming wooden pails with dippers for watering the flowers.
All the concrete makes it look like a miniature city-scape full of highrises. Neat!
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