Funeral rites
A reader in America has a friend who requested that his ashes be scattered over Mt Fuji.
She would like to know what the procedure is for bringing cremated remains to Japan from abroad, and about arrangements for a traditional Shinto funeral rite.
Unfortunately, scattering ashes in Japan is illegal, which is about all there is to say on this topic.
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