37 Frames Journal

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…

Gen Z is now getting married, and Japan tops young people's travel wish lists. What we've watched change from inside a great…

They asked for four things: the cherry blossom, Mt Fuji, the shrine and the string. A Mt Fuji elopement built around a…

She first wrote to us to plan a wedding in Japan, where most of her family lives. Japan was still closed, so…

They gave us an open map and one sentence: "We put our full faith in you!" Their Niigata elopement was a first…

Japan keeps its own calendar. The blossom and the maples arrive on nature's dates, the best places host one celebration a day,…

Fuji had been hiding all day, and these two had never had a professional photo shoot. By the end of the afternoon,…

Japan has a name for the long rain of early spring, and it comes from the yellow flowers that bloom under it.…

What happens at a Shinto wedding ceremony in Japan, step by step, from the procession to the family cup. Who can marry…

He booked the flights nine months out, for a week no forecast could promise yet. Tokyo's cherry trees kept their side of…

The film opens in silence. A cedar forest ceremony in falling snow. Then the music changes completely and the rest of the…