Before You Book Anything: 10 Things Couples Wish They Knew Before Planning a Wedding in Japan
The decisions that cause the most trouble at weddings in Japan are usually made before anything looks like a wedding. After years…
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Nothing Was Staged: What a Cinematic Wedding Film Really Means
The film 358 directors voted the greatest ever made barely moves its camera. What "cinematic" really means in a wedding film, why…
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.
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’…
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
On Miyako Island, the sea decides when a sandbar appears, rain disappears into coral limestone, and a family gathers beside the water.…
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…
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…