Today, we had a monk come to my parents' house to conduct the 49th day of my mother's life at home, and held a Buddhist memorial service with only a few people.

After the memorial service, we heard a story from him about a person who died in Corona.

- The last meeting with the deceased in protective gear.

- Only the body is transported to the crematorium (no relatives allowed to accompany).

- Funeral service with only the returned remains.

I knew these stories, but hearing them in "words" instead of "letters" had quite an impact on me.

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There were more questions I wanted to ask you, like...

Is the number of funerals decreasing due to the Corona disaster?

Will the simplification of funeral services affect the revenue of temples?

What do you think about Japanese people's lack of interest in funerals?

etc.

However, as expected, I was hesitant to listen to those stories (even from me).