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Dolls get 'soul sendoff' for the afterlife

June 15, 2017 03:30 pm JST 7 Comments

By YOSHIKAZU TSUNO

YOKOHAMA

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sensei258
June 15, 2017 04:36 pm JST

Seriously?

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towingtheline
June 15, 2017 05:32 pm JST

And so ceremonies to bid farewell to inanimate objects -- including dolls -- are not uncommon.

All things have soul, and we charge people (suckers) money for it's funeral. Is this for real in 2017?

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Luddite
June 15, 2017 05:51 pm JST

The dolls are treated better than some humans.

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Tamarama
June 15, 2017 08:57 pm JST

So.... beautiful....sniff, sniff....

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Cliffy
June 15, 2017 11:01 pm JST

Somehow I was thinking about Chucky.

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sensei258
June 16, 2017 05:59 am JST

How can there be an afterlife, if there was no life in the first place?

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Illogical
June 16, 2017 06:07 am JST

This can only happen in Japan I guess...

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Dolls get 'soul sendoff' for the afterlife