Poster of Cast and Crew in Hometown Stories - Season 1 - Episode 7 - Honoring the Dead: The Bone Washing Ritual of Yoronjima

Hometown Stories - Season 1 - Honoring the Dead: The Bone Washing Ritual of Yoronjima (Episode 7)

Plot: Yoronjima in Kagoshima Prefecture is a southern island with a population of 5,600 surrounded by beautiful coral reef and white sand beaches. In the island's unusual ritual called 'Senkotsu', the skeletal remains of family members are dug up from three to five years after burial, cleaned and then returned to their graves
Episode Aired On:
Sunday, October 16 2011
13 years ago