Where To Stream Document 72 Hours Season 2019 Episode 11
Jumokuso Resting Beneath a Cherry Tree
- Aired July 23, 2019
- 30 Min
At a large cemetery in a Tokyo suburb, cherry trees grow in between rows of traditional gravestones. The trees themselves are also graves - a form of tree burial called "jumokuso" gaining popularity across Japan as more people express their wish to return to nature after they die. For 3 days during cherry blossom season, we meet people flocking to the cemetery to pay their respects, including a man on his weekly visit to the grave of his late wife, who stood by him through difficult times; 3...