From Miyagi Prefecture: Memoire Sekizai Achieves Nationwide No.1 in Tree Burials | Wins Shukatsu Award 2025 Hokkaido/Tohoku Area Grand Prize for 5 Consecutive Years
Memoire Sekizai Co., Ltd. has been awarded the Grand Prize in the Hokkaido/Tohoku area for the fifth consecutive year at the 'Shukatsu Award 2025' hosted by Kamakura Shinsho Co., Ltd. The company achieved No.1 in all three categories: tree burials (nationwide), cemetery sales (Tohoku area), and indoor ossuaries (Miyagi Prefecture), a rare simultaneous multi-category win in the memorial service industry.
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Memoire Sekizai Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Rifu-cho, Miyagi-gun, Miyagi Prefecture) has won the Grand Prize for the fifth consecutive year in the Hokkaido/Tohoku area at the 'Shukatsu Award 2025,' organized by Kamakura Shinsho Co., Ltd. This time, the company achieved No.1 in all three categories: tree burials, cemetery sales, and indoor ossuaries. This simultaneous multi-category win is considered 'extremely rare' in the memorial service industry, and the company's comprehensive capabilities were highly evaluated.
■ Award Achievements
Tree Burials (Sendai Kuzuoka Tree Burial Forest Garden)
Nationwide No.1 in contracts (2025)
Cemetery Sales
No.1 in contracts in the Tohoku area (3 consecutive years)
Indoor Ossuaries (Indoor Ossuary Memoire Sendai Itsutsubashi Kenseiin)
No.1 in contracts in Miyagi Prefecture (3 consecutive years)
Overall Evaluation
Grand Prize in Hokkaido/Tohoku area for 5 consecutive years
■ Evaluated Initiatives
Evaluation Point: Content
① Succession-free memorial service model: Provides permanent memorial services that offer peace of mind even without successors. Supported by people in their 50s to 70s as an 'option that doesn't burden children.'
② Customer-centric information dissemination: Placing accurate information delivery with a calm and empathetic approach, from the customer's perspective, at the core of its management policy.
③ Provision of one-stop memorial services: Covers tree burials, gravestones, and ossuaries under one company. Responds to diverse memorial service needs.
④ Community-based and multi-site expansion: Developed multiple cemeteries and ossuaries within Miyagi Prefecture, building a community-rooted memorial service infrastructure.
■ Market Background | Why are tree burials chosen now?
In Japan, against the backdrop of a declining birthrate, an aging population, an increase in single-person households, and a surge in grave closures, the need for 'memorial services not based on succession' is rapidly expanding. The tree burial market continues to grow year by year, and our company's tree burials are widely supported, especially by people in their 50s to 70s, as an 'option that doesn't burden the next generation.'
■ Representative Comment
'This award, I feel, is not only a recognition of our efforts but also a reflection of the changing values of memorial services themselves. From 'graves to protect' to 'memorial services that can be entrusted.' I am deeply honored that our commitment to providing accurate information calmly and empathetically, from the customer's perspective, has been recognized in this way. We will continue to offer memorial service forms that are suited to the times.'
— Representative, Memoire Sekizai Co., Ltd.
■ Future Developments
Our company aims to further expand its dominant presence within Miyagi Prefecture, expand its bases into the Tohoku area, and advance its end-of-life services, striving to build a community-rooted memorial service infrastructure.
■ About the Shukatsu Award
The 'Shukatsu Award' is an awards program organized by Kamakura Shinsho Co., Ltd. It recognizes businesses with outstanding achievements based on indicators such as the number of contracts and customer satisfaction, among cemeteries, ossuaries, and funeral homes nationwide.
* The award and achievement data mentioned are based on the 'Shukatsu Award 2025' (organized by Kamakura Shinsho Co., Ltd.).
* 'Nationwide No.1,' 'Tohoku Area No.1,' and 'Miyagi Prefecture No.1' refer to the ranking by the number of contracts in the same award.
■ Inquiries regarding this matter
Memoire Sekizai Co., Ltd. Public Relations Department
Contact: Takumi Endo
TEL: 090-6452-0507
MAIL: takumi.endo@memoire-rifu.com
■ Overview of this matter
[Event Report] https://memoire-rifu.com/news/event-shukatsu-award-2025-report/
[Our Website] https://memoire-rifu.com/
■ Award Achievements
Tree Burials (Sendai Kuzuoka Tree Burial Forest Garden)
Nationwide No.1 in contracts (2025)
Cemetery Sales
No.1 in contracts in the Tohoku area (3 consecutive years)
Indoor Ossuaries (Indoor Ossuary Memoire Sendai Itsutsubashi Kenseiin)
No.1 in contracts in Miyagi Prefecture (3 consecutive years)
Overall Evaluation
Grand Prize in Hokkaido/Tohoku area for 5 consecutive years
■ Evaluated Initiatives
Evaluation Point: Content
① Succession-free memorial service model: Provides permanent memorial services that offer peace of mind even without successors. Supported by people in their 50s to 70s as an 'option that doesn't burden children.'
② Customer-centric information dissemination: Placing accurate information delivery with a calm and empathetic approach, from the customer's perspective, at the core of its management policy.
③ Provision of one-stop memorial services: Covers tree burials, gravestones, and ossuaries under one company. Responds to diverse memorial service needs.
④ Community-based and multi-site expansion: Developed multiple cemeteries and ossuaries within Miyagi Prefecture, building a community-rooted memorial service infrastructure.
■ Market Background | Why are tree burials chosen now?
In Japan, against the backdrop of a declining birthrate, an aging population, an increase in single-person households, and a surge in grave closures, the need for 'memorial services not based on succession' is rapidly expanding. The tree burial market continues to grow year by year, and our company's tree burials are widely supported, especially by people in their 50s to 70s, as an 'option that doesn't burden the next generation.'
■ Representative Comment
'This award, I feel, is not only a recognition of our efforts but also a reflection of the changing values of memorial services themselves. From 'graves to protect' to 'memorial services that can be entrusted.' I am deeply honored that our commitment to providing accurate information calmly and empathetically, from the customer's perspective, has been recognized in this way. We will continue to offer memorial service forms that are suited to the times.'
— Representative, Memoire Sekizai Co., Ltd.
■ Future Developments
Our company aims to further expand its dominant presence within Miyagi Prefecture, expand its bases into the Tohoku area, and advance its end-of-life services, striving to build a community-rooted memorial service infrastructure.
■ About the Shukatsu Award
The 'Shukatsu Award' is an awards program organized by Kamakura Shinsho Co., Ltd. It recognizes businesses with outstanding achievements based on indicators such as the number of contracts and customer satisfaction, among cemeteries, ossuaries, and funeral homes nationwide.
* The award and achievement data mentioned are based on the 'Shukatsu Award 2025' (organized by Kamakura Shinsho Co., Ltd.).
* 'Nationwide No.1,' 'Tohoku Area No.1,' and 'Miyagi Prefecture No.1' refer to the ranking by the number of contracts in the same award.
■ Inquiries regarding this matter
Memoire Sekizai Co., Ltd. Public Relations Department
Contact: Takumi Endo
TEL: 090-6452-0507
MAIL: takumi.endo@memoire-rifu.com
■ Overview of this matter
[Event Report] https://memoire-rifu.com/news/event-shukatsu-award-2025-report/
[Our Website] https://memoire-rifu.com/