Why do Europeans and Americans like to drive Japanese hearses?

A picture of a car has recently gained a lot of attention on social networks in the UK.

Many British netizens complimented the unseen car model in the picture, lamenting the exquisite design and majestic shape of this car.

Its front is pure black, full of majesty, the body is golden, with silver embossing, the body is long, and it looks like a luxury car at first glance.

The dragon and phoenix in this car appeared on a used car sales platform in the UK. And once it was released, it was frequently forwarded to many social networking sites, attracting a lot of curious eyes:

1995, Cadillac, 4.6-litre petrol engine, 14,180 miles, and only £8,000…

Britons on the Internet have been talking about it, and they have begun to collectively make a “want to buy” voice.

Until someone who knows how to come over and take a look at the photo of this car:

It’s a Japanese hearse.

After learning this surprising inside story, the hearse made in Japan quickly became popular in the United Kingdom and other European and American countries.

Many netizens said one after another: they really want to get one.

It’s not uncommon for them to think that way, because to someone who doesn’t know what kind of car this is, it does look appealing.

Happy group photo of foreigners after seeing Japanese hearse

This kind of Japanese hearse with a golden coffin is not an ordinary vehicle at first sight. It is one of the more common funeral vehicles in Japan, and is often called a “miya-shaped hearse” (miya-shaped hearse).

The “palace-shaped hearse” consists of a limousine and a coffin with religious decoration. It is said to have originated in Osaka from the late Taisho period to the early Showa period. It is called “moving temple” by the Japanese and symbolizes “the entrance to the pure land”.

This kind of hearse is a unique product in Japan, and the cost is quite high. At its peak in the 2000s, there were about 2,100 “miya-shaped hearses” across Japan.

But with the modern preference for more low-key funerals, the luxury mourners have fallen out of fashion. According to the Japan Hearse Association, more than 150 crematoriums across the country have restricted the entry of “palace-shaped hearses”, and more and more local governments are considering banning its use.

But this does not prevent the “palace-shaped hearse” from being sold overseas. In places like Myanmar, Japanese hearses are still very popular.

Since this Japanese hearse comes with Buddhist elements, with the increasing number of Buddhist believers in the United Kingdom and other European and American countries, sporadic “palace-shaped hearses” have also traveled to Europe and the United States, and as they are today, they have left a deep impression on some locals.

Now, the Japanese hearse has become an affordable car in their eyes.

Everyone currently has only two views on this kind of car: they want to drive if they die, and they want to drive if they die.

However, this is not because cultural differences weaken the terrifying nature of the hearse. But because: people now really start to stop caring about this.

All kinds of hearses are becoming the first car for young people.

It is not surprising that Japanese hearses can become popular in Europe and the United States, because before this, many foreigners have long been thinking about the special car such as hearse.

On Tiktok, a Gothic girl named Hailey once told the netizen Amway her home hearse to open up a hearse craze.

The 22-year-old girl, who lost her old car in a car accident, bought a 1999 hearse by chance.

The hearse has been in service so far and is expected to have transported hundreds of bodies. But after Hailey’s transformation, it quickly became a family car with a lot of space and easy rest.

Hailey works in the theater and film industries, and during her breaks, she often sleeps in the bed behind her car.

“I’ve never driven a hearse before, but I have to say it’s by far the best and most comfortable car I’ve ever driven”



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She exclaimed:




“If you want a car with comfort and space, I really recommend buying a hearse!”

Hailey’s gracious recommendation quickly made hearses one of the hottest topics on the Internet.

But at the beginning, people were more interested in having fun, but as the hearse girl introduced the advantages of hearses over ordinary cars in depth, everyone had a new point of view:

It really is

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Compared with ordinary family cars, the hearse has more space and is suitable for moving people. It can even make a small bed in the carriage, and the price is not too high.

(Haley’s hearse cost $6,000)


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At the same time, the hearse also comes with anti-theft and anti-theft features – after all, few people will go to grab a hearse without a bottom line.

There are still hearse thieves, but not many.

More importantly, people who drive a hearse out on the road will definitely be respected on the road, and the probability of being overtaken and rear-ended will obviously be greatly reduced.

Some common rules when encountering hearses abroad

On the whole, it can be called almost a hundred benefits and no harm—provided that the owner can overcome some unnecessary superstitions.

Many people began to ask “Can I drive a hearse every day” on the Internet.

For atheists, or those who do not believe in ghosts and gods and have no spiritual cleanliness, the hearse has become the best means of transportation in this era.

In fact, ghosts have long realized this: many people have already liked the hearse before this, so they can start early and enjoy it early.

So far, people who like to mention hearses can be roughly divided into several categories: Goths, metal music players, lovers of supernatural things, and ordinary passers-by who “go astray”.

Some of them choose the hearse out of love, some out of “affordability”, but without exception, they are all convinced by the convenience brought by this special vehicle.

mourning hub

But as the fresh period passed, a small number of car owners also shared unknown secrets. On a hearse Amway website called “Hearse Girl”, a female car owner angrily wrote some persuasion points, such as passers-by who will stare at you for a long time:

“At first, it’s kind of a novelty that people are attracted to your car and stare at it. But after a year or two, trust me, it gets annoying, especially when you’re driving out just to buy some fucking McDonald’s. !”

But at the same time, according to car owners, as long as you start not afraid of other people’s sight, you who hold the steering wheel of the hearse will be invincible.

A family hearse is a reward for the brave—a notion that is gradually gaining popularity among car enthusiasts in Europe and the United States.

Some hearse clubs, as well as enthusiast associations, have also begun to gradually form with the increase in the number of hearse owners.

In some regions, there is even an annual “hearse show”: hearse owners from all over the world gather together to share a feast of exchange.

They gathered together happily and used funeral brigades to show the magic of hearses to the neighbors.

Nowadays, even hearse models are available:

Overall, as long as some minor obstacles are overcome, the hearse is indeed a good choice for ordinary people. There is only one suggestion:

Drift as little as possible.