Pet Cremation and Municipal Pickup in Yamaguchi — Fees and How to Apply, 13 Cities
Last updated: August 8, 2026 (Re-checked against 792 official city pages nationwide)
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Pick your city below to see the fee, how to apply, and whether the ashes come back, with a link to that city's official page.
- We checked each of Yamaguchi's 13 municipalities against its own official page (re-checked August 8, 2026)
- Municipal pickup is communal cremation or burial as a rule, and ashes are not returned
- If you want the ashes back, a private pet cremation service is the option
Besides a private cremation company, asking your municipality to take the body is another option when a pet dies. Below, we've summarized what each city in Yamaguchi states on its official site. Neither option is objectively right — it's reasonable to choose based on whether getting the ashes back matters to you.
Pick your city
- Yamaguchi (山口市)
- Shimonoseki (下関市)
- Ube (宇部市)
- Hagi (萩市)
- Hofu (防府市)
- Kudamatsu (下松市)
- Iwakuni (岩国市)
- Hikari (光市)
- Nagato (長門市)
- Yanai (柳井市)
- Mine (美祢市)
- Shunan (周南市)
- Sanyo-Onoda (山陽小野田市)
Fees, ash return, and what to do — by city
Fees and conditions come from each city's official page. Phone numbers can change, so open the official page from each card's button and call the number listed there.
Yamaguchi (山口市)
Pickup: call to confirm · Drop-off Free · Ashes not returned
- Pickup
- Not stated on the official site (no pickup)
- Drop-off
- Free
- Ash return
- No
- Keep the body cool and settle it somewhere stable (how to)
- Open the official page below and call the office
- For dogs, file a death notification within 30 days (how to)
What to say on the phone (in Japanese — read this to the office)
「飼っていたペットが亡くなりました。引き取りをお願いしたいのですが、受付時間と持ち物を教えてください」
English: My pet has died. I'd like to ask you to take the body, and I'd like to ask about reception hours and what to bring.
Open Yamaguchi (山口市)'s official pagecity.yamaguchi.lg.jp (in Japanese, checked July–August 2026)
Shimonoseki (下関市)
Pickup: call to confirm · Drop-off available · Ashes not returned
- Pickup
- Not stated on the official site (contact the office)
- Drop-off
- Animal Welfare and Management Center: dogs 6kg and over ¥4,500 / under 6kg ¥3,000, cats ¥3,000
- Ash return
- Not allowed (communal cremation)
- Keep the body cool and settle it somewhere stable (how to)
- Open the official page below and call the office
- For dogs, file a death notification within 30 days (how to)
What to say on the phone (in Japanese — read this to the office)
「飼っていたペットが亡くなりました。引き取りをお願いしたいのですが、受付時間と持ち物を教えてください」
English: My pet has died. I'd like to ask you to take the body, and I'd like to ask about reception hours and what to bring.
Open Shimonoseki (下関市)'s official pagecity.shimonoseki.lg.jp (in Japanese, checked July–August 2026)
Ube (宇部市)
They can come collect it · Drop-off available · Ash return: call to confirm
- Pickup
- ¥550 per animal (door-to-door pickup)
- Drop-off
- Free (direct drop-off at Ube City waste incineration plant; pack in a plastic bag plus cardboard box; guideline size up to a medium-sized dog)
- Ash return
- Not stated on the official site
- Keep the body cool and settle it somewhere stable (how to)
- Open the official page below and call the office
- For dogs, file a death notification within 30 days (how to)
What to say on the phone (in Japanese — read this to the office)
「飼っていたペットが亡くなりました。引き取りをお願いしたいのですが、受付時間と持ち物、遺骨が戻るかどうかを教えてください」
English: My pet has died. I'd like to ask you to take the body, and I'd like to ask about reception hours and what to bring, whether the ashes are returned.
Open Ube (宇部市)'s official pagecity.ube.yamaguchi.jp (in Japanese, checked July–August 2026)
Hagi (萩市)
Pickup: call to confirm · Drop-off available · Ash return: call to confirm
- Pickup
- Not stated on the official site
- Drop-off
- Communal cremation ¥5,500 (under 20kg, residents) / individual cremation ¥13,200 (under 20kg, residents) (Hagi Yasuragien Crematorium Animal Cremation Facility)
- Ash return
- Not stated on the official site
- Keep the body cool and settle it somewhere stable (how to)
- Open the official page below and call the office
- For dogs, file a death notification within 30 days (how to)
What to say on the phone (in Japanese — read this to the office)
「飼っていたペットが亡くなりました。引き取りをお願いしたいのですが、受付時間と持ち物、遺骨が戻るかどうかを教えてください」
English: My pet has died. I'd like to ask you to take the body, and I'd like to ask about reception hours and what to bring, whether the ashes are returned.
Open Hagi (萩市)'s official pagecity.hagi.lg.jp (in Japanese, checked July–August 2026)
Hofu (防府市)
They can come collect it · Drop-off available · Ash return: call to confirm
- Pickup
- ¥2,000 per animal (home pickup, phone 0835-22-4742, cash payment at pickup)
- Drop-off
- Free (drop-off at Hofu City Clean Center, weekdays 8:15-17:00)
- Ash return
- Ash collection not available (states remains cannot be returned because the dedicated furnace processes them together with other animals)
- Keep the body cool and settle it somewhere stable (how to)
- Open the official page below and call the office
- For dogs, file a death notification within 30 days (how to)
What to say on the phone (in Japanese — read this to the office)
「飼っていたペットが亡くなりました。引き取りをお願いしたいのですが、受付時間と持ち物、遺骨が戻るかどうかを教えてください」
English: My pet has died. I'd like to ask you to take the body, and I'd like to ask about reception hours and what to bring, whether the ashes are returned.
Open Hofu (防府市)'s official pagecity.hofu.yamaguchi.jp (in Japanese, checked July–August 2026)
Kudamatsu (下松市)
They can come collect it · Drop-off available · Ash return available on request
- Pickup
- ¥1,000 per animal (pickup at home)
- Drop-off
- ¥200 per animal (direct drop-off)
- Ash return
- Ash collection not available (states that remains, etc., cannot be returned)
- Keep the body cool and settle it somewhere stable (how to)
- Open the official page below and call the office
- For dogs, file a death notification within 30 days (how to)
What to say on the phone (in Japanese — read this to the office)
「飼っていたペットが亡くなりました。引き取りをお願いしたいのですが、受付時間と持ち物を教えてください」
English: My pet has died. I'd like to ask you to take the body, and I'd like to ask about reception hours and what to bring.
Open Kudamatsu (下松市)'s official pagecity.kudamatsu.lg.jp (in Japanese, checked July–August 2026)
Iwakuni (岩国市)
Not stated on the official page — call the office to confirm
- Pickup
- Not stated on the official site (guidance is to drop off at a city disposal facility or request a specialized company)
- Drop-off
- Drop-off allowed (Sunrise Clean Center or Iwakuni City Hongo Waste Treatment Plant), fee not stated on the official site
- Ash return
- Not stated on the official site
- Keep the body cool and settle it somewhere stable (how to)
- Open the official page below and call the office
- For dogs, file a death notification within 30 days (how to)
What to say on the phone (in Japanese — read this to the office)
「飼っていたペットが亡くなりました。引き取りをお願いできるかどうか、料金、遺骨が戻るかどうかを教えてください」
English: My pet has died. I'd like to ask about whether you can take the body, the fee, whether the ashes are returned.
Open Iwakuni (岩国市)'s official pagecity.iwakuni.lg.jp (in Japanese, checked July–August 2026)
Hikari (光市)
Not stated on the official page — call the office to confirm
- Pickup
- Not stated on the official site
- Drop-off
- Drop-off allowed (Environmental Business Division; wrap in newspaper, etc. and place in a cardboard box), fee not stated on the official site
- Ash return
- Not stated on the official site
- Keep the body cool and settle it somewhere stable (how to)
- Open the official page below and call the office
- For dogs, file a death notification within 30 days (how to)
What to say on the phone (in Japanese — read this to the office)
「飼っていたペットが亡くなりました。引き取りをお願いできるかどうか、料金、遺骨が戻るかどうかを教えてください」
English: My pet has died. I'd like to ask about whether you can take the body, the fee, whether the ashes are returned.
Open Hikari (光市)'s official pagecity.hikari.lg.jp (in Japanese, checked July–August 2026)
Nagato (長門市)
Not stated on the official page — call the office to confirm
- Pickup
- Not stated on the official site
- Drop-off
- Not stated on the official site
- Ash return
- Not stated on the official site
- Keep the body cool and settle it somewhere stable (how to)
- Open the official page below and call the office
- For dogs, file a death notification within 30 days (how to)
What to say on the phone (in Japanese — read this to the office)
「飼っていたペットが亡くなりました。引き取りをお願いできるかどうか、料金、遺骨が戻るかどうかを教えてください」
English: My pet has died. I'd like to ask about whether you can take the body, the fee, whether the ashes are returned.
Open Nagato (長門市)'s official pagecity.nagato.yamaguchi.jp (in Japanese, checked July–August 2026)
Yanai (柳井市)
Pickup: call to confirm · Drop-off available · Ash return: call to confirm
- Pickup
- Not stated on the official site
- Drop-off
- ¥200 per animal (drop-off; bring it in a box to the Citizens' Life Division)
- Ash return
- Not stated on the official site
- Keep the body cool and settle it somewhere stable (how to)
- Open the official page below and call the office
- For dogs, file a death notification within 30 days (how to)
What to say on the phone (in Japanese — read this to the office)
「飼っていたペットが亡くなりました。引き取りをお願いしたいのですが、受付時間と持ち物、遺骨が戻るかどうかを教えてください」
English: My pet has died. I'd like to ask you to take the body, and I'd like to ask about reception hours and what to bring, whether the ashes are returned.
Open Yanai (柳井市)'s official pagecity-yanai.jp (in Japanese, checked July–August 2026)
Mine (美祢市)
Pickup: call to confirm · Drop-off available · Ash return: call to confirm
- Pickup
- Not stated on the official site
- Drop-off
- Individual cremation: under 20kg ¥13,200 / 20kg or more ¥19,800; communal cremation: under 20kg ¥5,500 / 20kg or more ¥7,700 (in-city, at Yusuge-en Animal Crematorium, reservation required)
- Ash return
- Not stated on the official site
- Keep the body cool and settle it somewhere stable (how to)
- Open the official page below and call the office
- For dogs, file a death notification within 30 days (how to)
What to say on the phone (in Japanese — read this to the office)
「飼っていたペットが亡くなりました。引き取りをお願いしたいのですが、受付時間と持ち物、遺骨が戻るかどうかを教えてください」
English: My pet has died. I'd like to ask you to take the body, and I'd like to ask about reception hours and what to bring, whether the ashes are returned.
Open Mine (美祢市)'s official pagecity.mine.lg.jp (in Japanese, checked July–August 2026)
Shunan (周南市)
Pickup: call to confirm · Drop-off available · Ash return: call to confirm
- Pickup
- Not stated on the official site
- Drop-off
- Under 20kg ¥3,740 per animal / 20kg or over ¥5,340 per animal (Shin-Nanyo Crematorium Pet Cremation Facility, reservation required)
- Ash return
- Ash collection not available (states that communal cremation, which cremates multiple remains at once, does not allow ash collection)
- Keep the body cool and settle it somewhere stable (how to)
- Open the official page below and call the office
- For dogs, file a death notification within 30 days (how to)
What to say on the phone (in Japanese — read this to the office)
「飼っていたペットが亡くなりました。引き取りをお願いしたいのですが、受付時間と持ち物、遺骨が戻るかどうかを教えてください」
English: My pet has died. I'd like to ask you to take the body, and I'd like to ask about reception hours and what to bring, whether the ashes are returned.
Open Shunan (周南市)'s official pagecity.shunan.lg.jp (in Japanese, checked July–August 2026)
Sanyo-Onoda (山陽小野田市)
Not stated on the official page — call the office to confirm
- Pickup
- Not stated on the official site
- Drop-off
- Not stated on the official site
- Ash return
- Not stated on the official site
- Keep the body cool and settle it somewhere stable (how to)
- Open the official page below and call the office
- For dogs, file a death notification within 30 days (how to)
What to say on the phone (in Japanese — read this to the office)
「飼っていたペットが亡くなりました。引き取りをお願いできるかどうか、料金、遺骨が戻るかどうかを教えてください」
English: My pet has died. I'd like to ask about whether you can take the body, the fee, whether the ashes are returned.
Open Sanyo-Onoda (山陽小野田市)'s official pagecity.sanyo-onoda.lg.jp (in Japanese, checked July–August 2026)
Fees and conditions can change. Always confirm the latest details on the official page and with the office before you apply. 4 of these municipalities don't publish a fee on their official page, so you'll need to call to ask.
If you want to keep the ashes, or the municipal option doesn't work for you
Municipal pickup is communal cremation or burial as a rule, and most don't return the ashes. You also can't be present. If you want to keep the ashes, or be there until the end, a private pet cremation service is the option.
The difference between communal, individual (unattended), and witnessed individual cremation is covered on ourTypes of cremation page; typical costs are on our Cremation costspage; and what to check when picking a company is on our Choosing a provider page. Whichever company you choose, confirm a total price with no surprise extras before you book. If you're not sure where to start, a nationwide referral service that gathers quotes from multiple providers is one way in.
Request a quote through Pet Sōgi 110-ban
Pet Kasou Happiness (ペット火葬ハピネス) is another mobile cremation option available nationwide. Its published rate is a starting price (¥5,500+), so confirm the full total here too before booking.
If you live in a town or village not listed here
The list above covers Yamaguchi's cities. Towns and villages have their own separate fees and programs, so call your local town or village office (often the environment or sanitation division) to ask. There are only three things you need to ask:
- The fee for pickup and for drop-off, separately
- Whether ashes are returned (most municipalities use communal cremation or burial, with no ash return)
- Any weight or size limit (some cap it at, for example, under 25kg)
If your local office can't help, a private service can be reached anywhere in Japan.
Get a cremation quote from a nationwide service
Nearby prefectures
If your pet passed away while visiting family, or you'd like to compare an option across a prefecture border, the other prefectures in the Chugoku region are laid out the same way.
Comparing by price or ash return
- Estimate the cost for your pet
- Municipal pickup services nationwide (browse by prefecture)
- Top 30 cheapest municipalities
- Municipalities that return ashes
Frequently asked questions
How much does it cost to have Yamaguchi cremate or pick up a pet?
Among the 6 municipalities where we could confirm a drop-off fee on the official page, the cheapest is Kudamatsu (下松市) at ¥200, and the highest is Mine (美祢市) at ¥5,500 (as of August 2026). Yamaguchi (山口市) offer free drop-off. Pickup (having them come collect it) usually costs extra in most cities, so check each city's card above for details.
Do municipalities in Yamaguchi return the ashes?
In Yamaguchi, the municipalities where we could confirm an ash-return option on the official page are Kudamatsu (下松市). The rest use communal cremation or burial as a rule, and ashes are not returned. If you want to be certain of getting the ashes back, a private pet cremation service is the option.
Before I call the city office, what should I do first?
First, keep the body cool and settle it somewhere stable (especially urgent in summer). Then call your city or ward office. For dogs, you'll also need to file a death notification within 30 days. What to do on the day itself is covered on our "what to do right away" page.
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