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Ten years ago, at a talk for Japan's wedding industry, a man at the back asked us what a destination wedding was. Now new destination wedding companies open every season. What a destination wedding really is, why Japan's wedding model is a different business, and the questions to ask before you choose.
Read the storyThe memory palace began with a collapsed roof and a poet who remembered where every guest had been sitting. Two and a…
Around the Fuji Five Lakes, people have read the mountain's weather for generations: one cap cloud for rain, two for wind and…
How to plan a wedding in Japan from overseas: the legal question, who works for you, the venue, the budget and what…
Everything couples need to know about getting married in Japan, in the order we'd decide it: the legal part, who works for…
Planning from abroad, legal marriage, Shinto ceremonies, venues, seasons, guests, food and cost: the questions international couples ask us most about a…
The Japanese character for ma is a gate with the sun inside it. What the space between things means in Japan, from…
The full Taian 2027 calendar of lucky wedding days in Japan, checked day by day: which dates fill first, why only fifteen…
This week: new stays in Tokyo and Fukuoka, two new tables in Jiyugaoka and Kyoto, a later autumn colour forecast, and the…
An elopement in Japan deserves as much thought as a wedding for two hundred. Our guide covers the legal side, where to…
We first wrote this page in January 2022, when the answer was no. The answer now is yes. What couples and their…
