DIY FUNERAL KIT

Tsubasa, a funeral services company based in Nagano, Japan, has begun taking orders for its new DIY Funeral Kit. The set includes a simple wooden coffin with a fold-open window to show the face of the deceased, as well as a pillow, mattress, and blanket. The package also contains an urn for ashes and a box to hold the bones left over after cremation, as well as three wrapping cloths for the body. There’s also a handbook that explains how to perform a funeral ceremony. Priced at 25,800 yen (U.S. $240), the DIY Funeral Set is a major savings over the services of a professional funeral hall.
* Just in time for Christmas!
* Finally something for those hard-to-shop-for grandparents.
* “And if you act now – BOGO! Buy one, get a second kit free!”
* “We’ll even throw in a set of Ginsu knives, in case the cremation doesn’t —- well, you know.”