Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Kupfuura: Mariro eJapane imhemberero dzakarongwa zvikuru idzo kazhinji kazhinji - kunyange zvazvo dzisiri nguva dzose - dzinoitwa mukuwirirana netsika dzechiBuddha. Kugadzirira mariro, mutumbi unogezwa uye maburi anovharwa nekotoni kana kuti gauze. Tsika yokuisa chitunha (inonzi nōkan), sezvinoratidzwa muKubva, haiwanzoitwi, uye kunyange ipapo chete mumaruwa. Mhemberero iyi haina kurongwa, asi kazhinji inosanganisira varapi vemakuva vane unyanzvi (納棺師, nōkanshi) vanogadzira muviri, vanopfekedza mufi chena, uye dzimwe nguva vanoisa make-up. Mutumbi unobva waiswa muchando chakaoma mubhokisi, pamwe chete nezvinhu zvake uye zvinhu zvaanoda kuti aende kuupenyu hwapashure. Pasinei nokukosha kwetsika dzorufu, mutsika dzetsika dzechiJapan munhu wacho anoonekwa seasina kuchena sezvo chinhu chose chine chokuita norufu chichifungidzirwa kuva chinokonzera kegare (kusvibiswa). Pashure pokubata navakafa, vanhu vanofanira kuzvichenesa vamene kupfurikidza netsika dzokuchenesa. Vanhu vanoshanda pedyo navakafa, vakadai savagadziri vemakuva, nokudaro vanorangarirwa kuva vasina kuchena, uye mukati menhambo youmambo avo vane basa raiva nechokuita norufu vakava vaburakumin (vasingabatiki), vanomanikidzirwa kugara mumisha yavo vamene uye vanosarurwa navanhuwo zvavo. Pasinei zvapo nokuchinja kwetsika kubvira paMeiji Restoration ya1868, ruzvidzo rworufu ruchine simba guru mukati mevanhu veJapan, uye rusaruro mukurwisana navasingabatiki rwakaenderera mberi. Kusvikira muna 1972, rufu rwakawanda rwakabatwa nemhuri, dzimba dzamariro, kana kuti nōkanshi. Kubva muna 2014, vanenge makumi masere kubva muzana vakafa vanoitika muzvipatara, uye kugadzirira mitumbi kunowanzoitwa nevashandi vemuzvipatara; muzviitiko zvakadaro, mhuri inowanzoona mutumbi kusvika pakuvigwa. Ongororo yakaitwa muna 1998 yakawana kuti 29,5% yevagari veJapan vaidavira kuti kune upenyu pashure porufu, uye vamwe 40% vaida kudavira; kutenda kwakanga kwakakwirira zvikurusa pakati pevechiduku. Kudavira kuvapo kwomweya (54%) uye batano pakati penyika yavapenyu navakafa (64.9%) kwakanga kwakapararirawo.  Mubvunzo: Vanhu vangani muJapan vaitenda kuti kune upenyu pashure porufu muna 1998?
29.5%