When we think about cafes, we think about places to enjoy coffee and food with our friends and loved ones. Now, Japan has a new ‘coffin cafe’ and it has nothing to do with food or coffee! A funeral home in Japan is now offering a unique ‘coffin-lying’ service where visitors can actually lie in a casket and reflect on life!
Japan Funeral Home Offers ‘Coffin-Lying’ Service
Located in Futtsu, Chiba Prefecture, Kajiya Honten is a 120-year-old funeral home. According to the Hindustan Times, the funeral home was founded in 1902. In September this year, the funeral home collaborated with a funeral supply company and introduced a unique ‘coffin cafe’. In this service, they allow visitors to lie in a specially designed coffin and think about life and death!
The cafe is open on the first floor of the funeral home’s main building. The service allows visitors to lie in one of the three floral-printed coffins in the colours gold, green, and yellow. As per reports, the coffins are comfortably designed to allow people to reflect on life, mortality, and everything in between. Also, the cafe is designed in a way that ensures that no visitor encounters any grieving families during their visit.
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Service Price & All You Need To Know About The Coffin Cafe
According to the Hindustan Times, the coffin experience at this cafe costs around 2,200 yen (₹1,197). And this unique experience is already a hit in the region. Many people are visiting the funeral home to experience this ‘coffin-lying’ service and they have been posting actively about it on social media as well. Interestingly, many people have also chosen to close the coffin lid for some time to contemplate life.
So, how did the funeral home come up with the idea of this service? As per Kiyotaka Hirano, the president of Kajiya Honten, the concept of ‘coffin cafe’ came to him after he lost his father unexpectedly when he was just 24. He believes this service will allow young people to experience and reflect on life “before their time comes.” He feels, coming out of the coffin symbolises “rebirth, a reset of one’s life”
This is quite interesting! Would you give this service a go? Let us know in the comments!
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