An Ihai is a small standing memorial tablet used in Japanese Buddhist tradition to hold the name and presence of someone who has died, kept on a home altar as a place of remembrance. At Vanillery Garden, we've brought this same quiet form into pet loss care — a small wooden tablet inscribed with your pet's name, made to stand on an altar as a lasting point of connection.
Before it comes to you, each Ihai tablet spends at least one week on the Vanillery Garden sanctuary altar, held within our ongoing rhythm of chants, blessings, and quiet ceremony. It's a way of saying: this name still matters, this bond is still honored — and by the time the tablet reaches you, it already carries that time within it.

Choose your support pricing
Every Ihai tablet is exactly the same, no matter which price tier you choose above: the same wooden tablet, the same hand-lettering in sumi-e ink, the same week on the sanctuary altar before it's shipped to you. The only thing that changes is how much of the sanctuary's ongoing work you're able to support — choose whatever feels right for you.
 
What's included:
A small standing wooden tablet called Ihai, personalized with your pet's name
Written with durable sumi-e ink and finished with pure tung oil
At least one week of placement on the Vanillery Garden memorial altar before shipping
A keepsake you can hold, place on your own altar or shelf, or keep somewhere quiet and personal
 
A note on grief:
There's no timeline for missing someone, animal or human. This tablet isn't about closure — it's a small, steady way of keeping your pet's name spoken and seen, for as long as you need it to be.