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PostPosted: 12/27/10 8:09 am • # 1 
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I'm not familiar with Japan's death/burial traditions or laws, so I can't decide if this is some kind of creepy scam or serves a legit need ~ Sooz

Tokyo has 'business hotel for the dead'
Published: Dec. 27, 2010 at 1:52 PM

TOKYO, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- A Tokyo non-profit has opened a storage facility for corpses awaiting funerals. It's billed as a "business hotel for the dead."

The LISS Center Shin-Kiba facility, which is run by funeral-arranging non-profit LISS System, can store up to 37 bodies in rooms with antibacterial lights, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported Monday.

The rooms cost $88 per night and the center also offers assistance with arranging for morticians and setting up funerals.

"Bereaved families usually are rushed to decide on a mortician and often have problems later regarding the funeral," said Nyokai Matsushima of LISS System.

"We want the families to have time to think, so they can decide on a satisfactory ceremony while their deceased relatives have a place to rest (temporarily) at our 'business hotel.'"

http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2010/12/27/Tokyo-has-business-hotel-for-the-dead/UPI-92541293475933/


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PostPosted: 12/27/10 9:13 am • # 2 
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Bet the desk hates those late night calls for room service.


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PostPosted: 12/27/10 9:35 am • # 3 
At least the rooms are quiet.


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So popular, people are just dying to get in.   Image


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PostPosted: 12/27/10 1:31 pm • # 5 
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Their slogan;  Our guests have checked-out before they check-in.


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