How do you prove you're the best undertaker? Take part in Japan's encoffinment competition.<br /><br />Four undertakers competed at Japan's largest funeral conference to prove their skills at preparing a body for burial. The competitors were judged on gracefulness, body placement, and how little skin they revealed while dressing the body. <br /><br />The Japanese Shinto religion believes that the ritual of dressing the deceased will help send their spirit to the afterlife.
