In late November we returned to Japan for a memorial service. This was for the 7 year anniversary of the death of Rika's dad on which by some feature of buddhist accounting was held just under 6 years after his death. It was also the 50th anniversary of her great grandfather.
It was held at the family temple Saishoin
This is the main part of the temple where Rika and I got married.
The service was held in a room at the back of the temple containing memorial tablets and consisted of chanting sutras together.
After the service we went to pay our respects at the family grave on a hill behind the village.
New tablets with the buddhist names for Rikas father and great-grandfather.
Another nice memorial was that Rika's dad is featured in the wasabi section of a book about Japanese regional specialities which was published when we were in London.
This is Rika's dad working in the wasabizawa (wasabi patch)
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