Community Chat

[San Antonio Gal]

@Mersha  -  Does the other side of the stone have the normal information?  I was assuming it did.

[Ronettes]

That's dreadful - Whatever happened to privacy??

[Greeneyedlady21]

No, I think that's awful

They can put a QR code online somewhere

[stevieb]

I'll pass. No pun intended.

[Lakelife62]

Nearly 60% of Americans are choosing cremation to traditional burial so I don't think this is something that will become commonplace here.

After doing some googling, I found one of these markers in China, at a site of a massacre. The QR code on the marker enables visitors to read the history of the site and the names of those who died.

I wonder if this pic isn't photo shopped as it doesn't look anything like a Japanese cemetery.

[ID2]

Oh I think this is lovely! Have any of you seen the commercial for this? You scan this and you'll see this elderly gentleman dancing with his wife. What a loving memory.

[proudlyfromNJ]

This is not new and no one has to do it.

[SharkE]

another way to make money

[Stray]

The use of QR codes on Tombstones/markers has been a practice for a long time in the US. I’ve seen a small QR code on the corner of a bronze marker but have not seen one on a tombstone. Usually, when you scan the code, you get taken to a website to learn about the person.

It doesn’t surprise me about Japan as it’s a very orderly & technologically advanced society & many Japanese people practice Shintoism or a combination of Buddhism/Shintoism. Their views on death & life are very different from the West. I don’t find it disrespectful, on the contrary, it’s respectful to show a person’s life & accomplishments.

It’s like the poem The Dash. It’s not just the DOB & DOD that defines a person but what you accomplish between the dates or the dash on a memorial.

[Venezia]

Well, I won't be having a headstone but, if I did, all anyone would see would be me with a very long history of cats I've loved.

I wouldn't bore anyone with my life's "accomplishments".

"Ashes to ashes, dust to dust."