Procedure for reinterment (movement of ashes)

Transferring ashes that have already been buried or stored to another graveyard or ossuary is called "reinterment."
For reinterment, procedures in accordance with the provisions of the "Law Concerning Cemeteries, Burials, etc. (Cemetery Law)" are required.

Person who is going to perform reinterment

This is an example of reinterment of ashes from a buried or stored graveyard to a new graveyard.

I will decide where to reinterment, such as buying a new graveyard.

The application for reinterment permission is to the municipal office where the current graveyard is located.
Please note that the reinterment permission application may differ in style depending on each municipality.
Please contact the municipal office where the current graveyard is located for information on how to obtain it.

Please confirm "style of Yokohama-shi" for style of Yokohama-shi.

Normally, the burial certificate is certified by the graveyard manager in the designated column of the reinterment permission application. (The style determined by the graveyard manager may be used.)

• "Cemetery use permit" may be necessary to confirm user of present graveyard.
• If the graveyard user and the applicant are different, a power of attorney or written consent created by the graveyard user is required.
• A fee may be required to issue a buried certificate. Please check with the graveyard manager.

• Reinterment permission application (including "buried certificate")
• Power of Attorney or written consent of graveyard user (only when graveyard user and applicant are different)
• You may need an applicant's seal required.

(1) When applying at the counter
　　　We submit reinterment permission application to municipal government office where current graveyards are located (in case of Yokohama-shi, ward office Family Registry Division and submit a Reinterment Permit.
　　Please pick it up.

(2) When applying by mail
　　　For information on how to apply by mail, please contact the municipal office where the current graveyard is located.

[When applying by mail to the ward office in Yokohama]
Enclose and send a reply envelope with a stamp stating "Required for procedure" and "Required for procedure" to Family Registry Section Family Registry Division" and Address City and send a reply envelope with a stamp attached.
In addition, when applying by mail, be sure to specify Phone number must be sure to be able to contact you during the day in the reinterment permission application.

When graveyard user and applicant are different, proxy or written consent of graveyard user is necessary.
Please check with the relevant municipal office.

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Present the reinterment permit to the manager of the current graveyard and take out the remains.
(In that case, we will not give you a reinterment permit. You will need it in a new cemetery. )

We submit reinterment permit to managers such as new graveyards and can bury and store ashes.
(※ "Cemetery use permit" or "burial notice" (style set by manager) of new graveyard may be necessary. Check with the manager of the new cemetery in advance. )

What I explained here is a general procedure.
In addition, for rules by graveyard managers, such as local customs and restrictions on gravestones, it is recommended that you check in advance the information on the area where the ashes are buried, the graveyard manager, the manager of the new graveyard, and the local information. To do.
It is also necessary for your relatives to discuss before starting the procedure.

Style of reinterment permission application of Yokohama-shi is available in Family Registry Section reinterment permission application form, and you can also download it from the following.
Please print on both sides.

• If there is only one ashes
  • Reinterment permission application (PDF: 56KB)(()Entry example (PDF: 55KB)))
• If there are multiple remains
  • Reinterment permission application (PDF: 69KB)(()Entry example (PDF: 73KB)))