About family funerals
About family funerals
Reason for choosing
In recent years, more and more people are choosing family funerals. One of the reasons for this is that ``you can take your time to say goodbye to the deceased''. The reason many bereaved families choose this service is that it allows them to convey their feelings of gratitude and sadness to the deceased. Another reason why it is chosen is that it allows the deceased to be remembered only by the bereaved family without having to worry about many people attending.
Difference between a general funeral and a family funeral
General funeral
funeral format
There are many luxurious formats.
Ceremony hall
Select a ceremony venue based on the content of the ceremony and the number of attendees
cost
In some cases it can be expensive
gift of condolence
This occurs in accordance with customs, etc., so if you receive it, you will need to return it.
family funeral
funeral format
Most funerals are simple
Ceremony hall
The ceremony may be held at a person's home or a venue close to their home.
cost
A certain amount of reduction is expected.
gift of condolence
Since it is held only in private, there are many cases where people decline gifts.
funeral process
1.Death
We will notify the family, relatives (third degree of kinship), and close friends of the death.
*We will inform you that we will contact you as soon as the funeral schedule is decided.
2. Contact the funeral home
Please contact Family Funeral Hall Fukui. We are available 24 hours a day, all year round.
TEL.0120-57-4480
3.Welcome
Our staff will pick up the deceased in a sleeping car. We will transport it to your home or resting place.
*A death certificate will be required at the time of transportation, so please leave it with the staff when you pick it up.
4. Enshrinement
If you are at home, we will prepare a futon for you to use as a north pillow and place it there. If you wish to seal the water at the end of the pillow decoration, we will give you a pillow sutra. In the case of a morgue, the deceased will be transported to the morgue and placed there. We will then arrange a funeral at your home.
5.Meeting about funeral details
Decide on the date, location, and format of the funeral. We will also help you estimate the number of mourners, contact religious people, select photographs of the deceased, and guide you through the funeral process and preparations.
*If you are acting as an agent, we will temporarily keep your seal.
6.Funeral preparations
Our specialized staff will make various arrangements and preparations according to the contents of the preliminary meeting.
(Contacting attendees, preparing photographs of the deceased, selecting and requesting reception/accounting staff, organizing flowers and offerings from relatives, greeting attendees)
7.Coffin
Before the wake, family members and other close relatives will gather to say farewell in accordance with the funeral format. Afterwards, the deceased will be dressed in death make-up and death attire and placed in a coffin.
*There are restrictions on grave goods depending on the crematorium, so please consult with us.
8. Wake
The ceremony follows the funeral format to remember the deceased's life, including chanting sutras and burning incense. In many cases, wake-up meals are prepared for relatives attending the ceremony.
9.Funeral/Farewell Ceremony
We will proceed with the funeral ceremony of the deceased, sutra reading, incense burning, condolence display, greetings by the chief mourner, etc. in accordance with the funeral format.
10.Coffin removal
After saying our final farewells to the deceased, we will depart by hearse to the crematorium. In this case, we will arrange a vehicle according to the number of people accompanying you to the crematorium.
11. Cremation/ashes
After saying goodbye in front of the crematorium, you will wait in the rest room at the crematorium until the crematorium is lifted. Once the cremation is complete, please follow the instructions of the facility staff to pick up the ashes and place them in an urn. Afterwards, you will receive a burial permit from the facility staff.
12. First 7th day memorial service/Shojinotoshi
In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of cases in which memorial services are held on the first 7 days before or after the cremation, and at the memorial service, a banquet (shojin-otoshi) is held after greetings.
13. To your home
We will enshrine the ashes, memorial tablet, and photograph of the deceased in your home. Afterwards, we go around greeting people at temples, relatives, close friends, places of work, etc.
14. Memorial service/interment
In the Buddhist ceremony, the ashes are generally interred after 49 days.
