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The Japanese are notorious for creating a deadly work culture. In fact, they have a word for death by overwork - karoshi. In order to bring some relief to Japanese, a company has arranged for a Buddhist priest to bring awareness to this issue by offering a public ceremony to mourn unused vacation days. It will take place in Tokyo on November 23, which is Labor Thanksgiving Day in Japan. Organizers hope that the Yukyu Joka (“paid holiday purification”) ceremony will encourage people to curb their excessive work habits and take advantage of their vacation time. Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare reported that Japanese workers used an average of only 51.1 percent of their vacation days, the lowest rate in the world.
A Buddhist priest will perform the holiday purification ceremony, which will involve a display of 300 lanterns, each individually printed with a brief message of regret contributed by working people. These lanterns represent the “spirit” of the unused vacation days, which will be mourned and subsequently “purified” through the priest’s aspirations.
(source: www.tricycle.com)
A Buddhist priest will perform the holiday purification ceremony, which will involve a display of 300 lanterns, each individually printed with a brief message of regret contributed by working people. These lanterns represent the “spirit” of the unused vacation days, which will be mourned and subsequently “purified” through the priest’s aspirations.
(source: www.tricycle.com)
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