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South China Morning Post on 2024-05-03 08:00

What is Japan’s Death Festival? Visitors pay US$7 to lie in coffin, experience prompts rethink on life, confronts dying

A new event held recently in Japan, which explored death and funerals with the aim of making them less disturbing, followed similar traditions across Asia.

Nozomi Ichikawa

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