What can I do with the ashes? Do I need to decide now?
If you want the ashes back, choose an individual cremation. After that, you can take your time deciding whether to keep, bury or scatter them.
A real example
A 61-year-old man held the 49th-day memorial for his dog, then buried its bones in a grave at a temple in Setagaya, Tokyo. The temple holds a joint memorial service every month.
News, The Japan News（讀賣新聞）／Asia News Network, 1 Apr 2025Read the original
What others said
「It has been nine months, and I plan to bury my dog's ashes in the garden of our new home.」
Shared online (reworded) forum, Europe, Oct 2026「My dog lived to 16 years and 7 months, and afterward I waited until spring for a tree burial.」
Shared online (reworded) Asia-Pacific, Oct 2026What people do in different places
Take the ashes home firstTaiwan: most people, a Hualien firm says
Place them in a columbariumTaiwan: some leave them in a columbarium
Bury them at a templeJapan: some temples allow burial with owners
Bury them in your gardenGermany: own land only; check local rules
Place them on a Day of the Dead altarMexico, October 27
Bury them in a public pet tree-burial areaDouliu, Taiwan: NT$2,000 per plot
Put them in a keepsakee.g. a memory jar (our product)
Sources
2 posts from owners online: reworded and anonymised, showing only the platform, region and month. We keep the original links privately.
Updated 25 Oct 2026. This page updates daily from owners’ posts.