From Mt. Fuji to Byron Bay: A Story in Two Chapters
A Love Story Across Continents Some love stories begin with a message. Lewis’ email was short but filled with intent: he wanted…
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Real Weddings & Elopements
Cherry Blossoms and Sake: A Luxury Intimate Wedding in Nagano
Nagano in Spring There’s something about Nagano in spring. Mountains still capped with snow, air so crisp it feels like it’s been…
An Elopement on the Izu Peninsula: Cliffs, Gardens, and a Sunset Finale
The Izu Peninsula: Wild, Untamed, and Utterly Romantic Japan is full of iconic backdrops. You’ve seen the temples in Kyoto, the neon…
A Post-Wedding Shoot in Hirosaki: Cherry Blossoms, Solitude, and a Farewell to Japan
The wedding was only chapter one. The story continued in Hirosaki. For this Australian bride and American groom, their ryokan wedding in…
When Rain Turns to Magic: A Ryokan Wedding in Japan
If weddings are about anything, they’re about people. The extraordinary convergence of lives, histories, and relationships that might only ever share the…
Built on Light: An Abbaye de Fontfroide Wedding in Narbonne
They first asked to meet us before sunrise at Enoshima. Three and a half years later came an Abbaye de Fontfroide wedding…
A Small Wedding in Japan at Jinya, as the Cherry Blossom Opened
Late March at Jinya, in the five days Japan's old calendar names for the first cherry blossom. A grandmother, a baby of…
The Japan You Dream About (But Rarely See)
There’s a Japan in your imagination. Misty, quiet, magnetic. A place of winding paths and whispered vows. Not neon, not crowded crosswalks……
A Tea Ceremony Wedding in Japan: Two Grooms, Old Kawagoe and a Map on the Wall
Two grooms from Northern Ireland booked a wedding in Japan while its borders were still closed. A year on, they married in…
A Hakone Proposal in the Thickest Fog We’ve Ever Seen
The plan was Mt Fuji at sunrise. The morning brought fog so thick you could barely see a few centimetres ahead. He…
The First Wedding in Our Bamboo Grove: An Elopement in Tochigi
In June 2022, with Japan still closed to visitors, two people serving with the US Navy married in a bamboo grove that…