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-Funeral for the Citizens of Neyagawa City (Neyagawa-shi)-

Application Procedure for Funeral Ceremony and Funeral Hall for the Neyagawa Citizens

The municipality has established Funeral Service system for the Neyagawa Citizens since April 1, 2006.

Description of the Funeral Service for the Citizens

In funeral Service for the citizens, the municipality prescribes standards for funeral service and fee. Along with the prescriptions, a funeral ceremony is conducted between the funeral company designated by the municipality and the users.
The principle of the funeral service is to clearly articulate charges beforehand  for each basic service plan and optional item so that user can perform  a funeral rite in peace with reasonable standard price offered by the designated funeral company..

The eligible

1. City residents
2. Relatives who conduct the funeral ceremony for the deceased who had been city residents of  Neyagawa.

〝Citizenship〞is to be  recorded in Basic Resident Register or registered as aliens.

Venues of the funeral service

1. at a home of the users of this system, which is in Neyagawa city or at the deceased person's home in Neyagawa city
2. Assembly Hall in the city, etc
3. Shrine, temple, or church in the city
4. Facilities inside of Neyagawa city, operated by designated company 

    

5. Halls managed by Memorial Park: The first Hall & the second Hall

• The first Hall: Maximum capacity (60), service fee (¥1,500/hour)
• The second Hall: Maximum capacity (20), service fee (¥1,000/hour)

( As of April. 2009 )

Dates and times available for the funeral service

- Please decide the date for the funeral service and so on after talking to a designated funeral company. In the case where you are using a funeral hall outside of Neyagawa city due to reservation condition of the Neyagawa funeral hall (Neyagawa Saijyo)which you have a difficulty using because of  no availability on the date you are expected to use, please subject to the standard charge for the cremation which is decided by the local government there. - Depending on availabilities of the first hall (Daiichi-Kaikan) and Neyagawa funeral hall (Neyagawa saijyo), there are possibilities that hours for a funeral are not be subjected to your request. - If you apply for a funeral after 3:00p.m,  you can not hold a funeral wake on that day as a matter of preparation. -Neyagawa funeral hall is closed on January 1st so that you can not hold a funeral service on that day.

Funeral timetable Day to put ashes into urn 1 11:00 a.m. - noon the same day 2 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. the same day 3 & 4 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. (Twice) the following day

 

* The funeral service is not offered in January 1.

Application

(1)Items required

1. Cremation permit
2. Seal (Inkan) of users

Application by telephone is not accepted

 

(2)Application Procedure

1. Please submit an obituary notice, a death certificate and an application for cremation permit to any counter from No.2 through No.6 of the Citizens' Division, and receive the cremation permit.
2. Please fill in the necessary items and seal on an application form for the funeral service for the citizens, and submit the form to the counter of No.7 of the Citizens' Division, and apply for the funeral service for the citizens.
3. The municipality issues the permit to use the funeral service for the citizens.

• After application , users directly consult with the funeral company as to the details of a  funeral services .
• The security division located on  the main building at the City Office accepts applications at night or on holidays (Saturdays, Sundays and national holidays).
• Please directly request the priest of the sect to which the users belong.

Fees

The total amount of the following fees will be charged:

1. Basic fee of each plan
2. Fees of the selected ones from optional items designated by the municipality
3. Except for 1 and 2 above, fees of additional options selected after the users consult with the designated agency

Moreover, other additional fees might be necessary (the fee for the use of a Hall and the remuneration given to the people in the religious community, etc), depending on the method of conducting funeral ceremonies.

Contents of each plan( As of April. 2009 )

Basic Plan ¥147,000 ♦ The fee for the use of alter with three steps ♦ Picture of the deceased (Color photo, frame & cut in four pieces) ♦ Funeral flower arrangement: 1 set ♦ Dry ice (15kg) ♦ Coffin (Wooden coffin for adults, waterproof paper) ♦ A set of expendables (Bone bag, mortuary tablet of plain wood, decorative pillow with some elements offering, white rosary, Buddha's clothes, incense offering, visitor register recording book, register book for funeral flower, register book for purchase record, incense stick, candle set, spiral incense, incense holder set, fragrant substances & flame base) ♦ Bedcloth for coffin & coffin cover ♦ Two funeral directors ♦ Broadcasting equipments (microphones, amplifiers, & speakers) ♦ White cloth, etc (For hall use) ♦ Placing of body in coffin, etc (2 staff members) ♦ European style hearse (within 10km) ♦ Cremation charge (when the deceased was a Neyagawa citizen)

Funeral service of a family: Plan 1 ¥85,000 ♦ The fee for the use of altar with three steps ♦ Dry ice (15kg) ♦ Coffin (Wooden coffin for adults, waterproof paper) ♦ A set of expendables (Bone bag, mortuary tablet of plain wood, decorative pillow with some elements offering, white rosary, Buddha's clothes, incense offering, visitor register recording book, register book for funeral flower, register book for purchase record, incense stick, candle set, spiral incense, incense holder set, fragrant substances & flame base) ♦ Bedcloth for coffin & coffin cover ♦ Placing of body in coffin, etc (2 staff members) ♦ European style hearse (within 10km) ♦ Cremation charge (when the deceased was a Neyagawa citizen)

Funeral service of a family: Plan 2 ¥62,000 ♦ Dry ice (15kg) ♦ Coffin (Wooden coffin for adults, waterproof paper) ♦ A set of expendables (Bone bag, mortuary tablet of plain wood, decorative pillow with some elements offering, white rosary, Buddha's clothes, incense offering, visitor register recording book, register book for funeral flower, register book for purchase record, incense stick, candle set, spiral incense, incense holder set, fragrant substances & flame base) ♦ Placing of body in coffin, etc (2 staff members) ♦ European style hearse (within 10km) ♦ Cremation charge (when the deceased was a Neyagawa citizen)

               *A color picture of the deceased is available with extra charge of \11,000.

     *An exemption of the charge is applied only to the cremation operated in Neyagawa city.

• 〝Funeral service of a family: Plan 2〞 offers only cremation service.
• Extra ¥11,000 will be charged to the fees above when hearse types are changed from European style to plain wood.
• Color or type of  vehicle may be varied depending on the designated funeral company when a hearse is European style.

   

• Cremation charge will be included into the fees above, by submitting the permit to use the funeral service for the citizens issued by the municipality to a funeral Hall at the time of application.
• Extra cremation fee (¥40,000) will be charged if the deceased was not a Neyagawa citizen.
• The contents of each plan can be omitted individually.
• There is no difference in fees between adults and children.
• Regardless of religions, the fees are fixed.
• Funeral service is performed based on a contract made between a user and the designated funeral company, therefore, User pays  funeral costs to the funeral company in a lump sum.

Optinal items ( As of April. 2009 )

The optional items below can be used at the unified prices.

Procedure from death to putting ashes into urn

1. Please receive an obituary notice at a medical facility and fill in the necessary items on a death notification form.
2. Please make an arrangement about the date and time of the funeral ceremony with the relatives and a priest.
3. Please submit an obituary notice, a death notification and fill in an application form for a cremation permit to submit to any counter from No.2 through No.6 of the Citizens' Division at the municipality.
4. The cremation permit is issued.
5. Please fill in the necessary items and seal on an application form for funeral service at the counter to deal with the matters of citizen concerns in the city office. It is unable to select  a designated funeral company at user's option.
6. The permit to use the funeral service for the citizens is issued.
   
7. An arrangement for the funeral ceremony should be made between a user and the designated funeral company .
   A user gives the permit to use the funeral service for the citizens to the designated funeral company, and asks  the funeral company to fill  necessary items in and seal on the form. Please keep the permit with care as it is required for cremation at Neyagawa funeral hall.
8. Body is placed in coffin.
   Gloves are used occasionally.
9. Wake is conducted.
   * Directing wake is optional.
10. Funeral ceremony is conducted.
11. Body is carried out the coffin.
    * At this point, program execution by the designated agency ends.
12. Please submit the cremation permit to the Neyagawa funeral hall and show the permit to use the funeral service for the citizens.
13. Body is cremated. Please put ashes into urn.
14. Please sign and seal on the permit to use the funeral service for the citizens as the proof to receive cremated bones( it is not necessary when the funeral hall is outside of  Neyagawa city) , and submit the cremation permit to the hall. The cremation permit, which proves cremation is done, is given and should be kept with care since it is necessary on placing the bones and ashes into the ossuary

          For more information, contact the department in charge of civil life ( shimin-ka ) (TEL: 072-824-1181)