"Sigi Rindler" <srindler@da2.so-net.ne.jp> wrote in message
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> Same here... I don't play the pompous "god game" either.
> Believe it or not, there was an interview with a cementary owner in
> Hachijochi on TV. When being asked why there are such big price
differences
> depending on the location of his graveyard for the same size of plot, he
> said that the more expensive plots feature longer sunshine er day, it's
> warmer than in the shadow, and because of the nice view toward Tokyo...

As you drive around Okinawa, you'll find that the choicest beachfront
property is already occupied -- by graves. Dead people have the best views
in Okinawa.

But that's more due to a profoundly different attitude toward living by the
sea that Okinawans had (and still have to some extent).

-- 
Regards,
Ryan Ginstrom
ryang@gol.com