The Way In Became the Aisle: A Wedding at Jinya, Tsurumaki Onsen
Jinya, in Tsurumaki Onsen, began as a villa for receiving guests, on ground that was once a samurai's camp. This couple were…
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Real Weddings & Elopements
A Hakone Forest Wedding, With Everyone They Call Home
Their lives had taken them through several countries; in Hakone, the people from those lives finally met. The forest held the ceremony,…
Hakone Engagement Photos at First Light, and a Small Fuji Waiting in Tokyo
He planned to propose somewhere quiet in Hakone. The ring arrived early, and so did the question. So Hakone became the celebration:…
A Piedmont Driving Club Wedding: Faith, Family and the Hour the Rain Held
We’d known this family long before the wedding invitations, and photographed the groom’s parents celebrating their marriage in the Caribbean. In Atlanta,…
A Four Seasons Otemachi Wedding: A Journey Worth Making
Two of her oldest friends had travelled Tokyo with her nearly a decade earlier. They came back as her bridesmaids, among seventy-three…
A June Wedding in Japan: Jinya, a Sacred Raffle and Kabukicho
Their friend announced two sacred moments: the sharing of sake, and a raffle. From a garden ceremony at Jinya to a night…
A Kawagoe Cherry Blossom Elopement, By Way of the River
The river once carried timber and sweet potatoes towards Edo; on this spring afternoon, it carried two newlyweds beneath a tunnel of…
A Red Thread Wedding Ceremony at Mt Fuji, in Cherry Blossom Season
They asked for four things: the cherry blossom, Mt Fuji, the shrine and the string. A Mt Fuji elopement built around a…
The Wedding That Began in Japan: A Château de Jalesnes Wedding in the Loire
She first wrote to us to plan a wedding in Japan, where most of her family lives. Japan was still closed, so…
Full Faith in Sake Country: A Niigata Elopement
They gave us an open map and one sentence: "We put our full faith in you!" Their Niigata elopement was a first…
Mt Fuji Engagement Photos: A Mountain, a Little Rain and Two People From Home
Fuji had been hiding all day, and these two had never had a professional photo shoot. By the end of the afternoon,…