By now  most people  are  familar  with  qr  codes  and  what they  can be  used  for if  not  heres a  link  to a  wikipedia  article  about  qr  codes.

Japan  is  pretty  much  qr  crazy there used all over the place so Memorial stone maker Ishinokoe (Voice of the Stone) of Yamanashi Prefecture will soon begin producing grave stones with QR codes embedded in them. the service is being called Kuyou no Mado roughly  translated Memorial Service Window,  visttors can scan the qr code to gain information on the deceased.

the qr codes can give acess to pictures, video, family information, and other items.while  this  system  may seem  outDED in a  country  that has burgeoning RFID technology(for more  on RFID or  radio frequency Identififcation  check out this  wikipedia  article ), they  are  bound  to be  able to be  read  by many  future generations  of  devices.

The bellow sample QR code is readable if you have a device  or  phone  that can read QR codes ,if  not  you can check it out with this link.

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