Hello I moved to Japan last year and my grandmother lived here for several years back in the day (70s/80s)
I am returning to America for a bit and wanted to leave something Japanese at my grandmothers grave
She is buried in a cemetery in the states. While in Japan I have not seen much more than flowers and incense at grave sites
I can absolutely leave this for her but was hoping perhaps there is something specifically Japanese I can leave at her gravesite. Thank you in advance
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Flowers, you see them in the front of pretty much every grocery store, to the point where it’s almost cliche for foreign guys to have given them to their Japanese girlfriends/wives because they had no idea what the flowers are for.
Yes, first valentine’s day in Japan I indeed bought my wife some grave flowers, although the checkout lady did try to explain that I didn’t want to be doing that…
But that’s it.
As a follow-up question, people often leave offerings of snacks and drinks on graves. What gets done with these offerings? Do they get thrown away?
Tear, tissues and good wishes
shikimi
Mugi-cha