Japan Destination Wedding News: Something Old. Something New. Something to Know.
Tokyo venue changes, a Kobe wedding-page discrepancy, September’s rainfall record and a rail-pass price check, plus a foodie detour to Tsuruoka.
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An Asaba Ryokan Wedding: Coming Back With Their People
After one visit to Japan, they decided to return with the people closest to them. At Asaba, a boat crossing, two families’…
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A Melbourne couple, a question he couldn't keep in, and one clear October morning at Kawaguchiko. He'd asked us for pampas grass…
Japanese Wedding Kimono: What Each One Means and How to Wear It
Japanese has one word for the snow on Mt Fuji's summit and the white hood a bride wears with her shiromuku. A…
Walking Into the Work: A Murou Art Forest Elopement Beneath Borrowed Mountains
A villa garden that borrows its mountains, then Murou Art Forest, the hillside in Nara that Dani Karavan made into one work…
A Rosewood Miyakojima Wedding: What the Blue Is Made Of
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An Akiu Winery Wedding: Three Homes and a Place to Gather
Her father told them they now had three homes: New York, Shenzhen and Cairns. In the hills of Miyagi, they gave the…
He Said It Was the Allergies: A Cherry Blossom Wedding in Japan
Every spring, Japan’s cherry blossoms move north. This couple followed them almost all the way: a quiet place in Aomori, a cellist…
Three Cultures, One Story: A Destination Wedding Film in Japan
Their third wedding brought Greek traditions, Japanese hospitality and people from around the world together at a ryokan in Japan. What began…
The Mountain Said Yes Too: A Surprise Proposal at Mt Fuji
Fuji was hidden all morning, so we moved the proposal and watched the sky. At two o'clock she opened one eye, the…
A Wedding in a Bamboo Forest Near Tokyo, With Jazz to Follow
The couple wanted the jazz club's regulars there, and the groom's mother ended up singing. Before that came a ceremony in winter…