Despite charges that can top 10 million yen per grave, thousands of inquiries have come in about 50 graves being put up for sale at Aoyama Cemetery in central Tokyo.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government, which administers the 130-year-old cemetery in Minami-Aoyama, Minato Ward, resumed accepting applications for graves June 30 for the first time in 43 years.
So far, there have been more than 2,000 inquiries about the 50 graves, of which the most expensive carries a permanent rental fee of 10.34 million yen.