2D barcode tombstone

Posted on March 13th, 2008 by Akky Akimoto

Ishinokoe (means “voice of stone”) K.K. announced their newly designed tombstone series “Kuyou no mado” (”commemoration windows”), which has QR Code (Japanese 2D bar code) inside.

This QR Code, enhanced version “Design QR Code”, developed and trademarked by IT Design, can have small extra images in the code, which does not prevent proper code scanning. In this case, the QR Code has the word “Kuyou no mado” at the center.

Visitors of the graveyard will be able to take a picture of the QR Code by cellphone, to access to the deceased person’s memorable photos and profiles.

The site is also planned to have a log feature that records who visits when, then families and relatives can share the history in future, as they said. They are also developing a plan to provide virtual grave visiting by celler phone for young generation’s convenience.

I am sure that this release hits also Japanese media, as this concept is weird even for Japanese people, however, this product also shows that how QR Code are commoditized in Japan. They are now flooding over typical usage on train ads, business cards and coupon flyers.

via Impress K-tai Watch

9 Responses to “2D barcode tombstone”

Business Card Information and Deals // Mar 13, 2008 at 8:42 am

They are now flooding over typical usage on train ads, business cards and coupon flyers…. Original post byAsiajin
The Plant - Home // Mar 13, 2008 at 9:54 pm

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PureLandMountain.com // Mar 14, 2008 at 2:56 am

the Voice of Stone, which enables all this ethereal convenience while recording grave visits too, presumably the called-in kind as well, to be shared into the future by family and friends, the cell-phoneless deceased likely remaining out of the loop.Asiajinhas a more detailed explanation of this must-have, and a link to the Japanese cell phone website that first posted the story.
Japan Navigator // Mar 14, 2008 at 10:50 pm

, a contextual database/dictionary that will not only be of help to translators, but to anyone studying Japanese. Asiajin is a blog on webservices and technology and in a intriguing post it comments on a Japanese companymarketing tombstones with QR Code(the Japanese 2D barcode for cellphones). Via the barcode, visitors can access photo’s and other memorabilia of the deceased on their cellphone. Weird? It shows how ordinary those handy barcodes have become in Japan, although the US and Europe are
regeneration // Mar 19, 2008 at 3:33 am

2D barcode tombstone | Asiajin
NPC // Mar 20, 2008 at 12:34 pm

I don’t see why QR codes haven’t made the trip over here to North America yet. I wish my cell could read/use these.
The Network Sense // Mar 28, 2008 at 3:43 am

a picture of a real world object containing a 2d barcode (see above) a user then sends the picture via email to a web service the web service decodes the image and sends related information back to the user So, how could this be used? According toAsiajin, QR codes are being added to tombstones in Japan to enable visitors to access profile information and multimedia content of the deceased. photo via Asiajin The most common use to-date is linking print ads in newspapers,
QR codes on tombstones help mourners to stay in touch // Dec 24, 2008 at 10:02 pm

[...] And the Japanese now even use QR codes on graves, as shown in the video below. It may sound macabre at first but seems to be a way to let people close to the person in question interact with each other without hassles, i.e. in the form of a mini social network that you can access with your mobile phone. The mourners can also access information about who paid a visit to the grave recently, get the deceased person’s profile and other data or set up a virtual grave. Another example of using QR codes in this context can be found here. [...]
QR code usage in Japan : digital nomad // Jan 18, 2009 at 8:51 am

[...] came across this post about barcode tombstones in Japan. Shows very clearly how much public acceptance the 2D barcode technology has got in [...]

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