Tuesday, 6 November 2007

A Traditional Japanese Wedding – how lucky are we!!

4th November

Today we were lucky enough to be invited to a traditional Japanese wedding! Tina teaches adult classes at the local university and one of her students invited us to her wedding. Miki looked amazing in a black embroidered Kimono with a yellow obi. Takahiro looked really good in his traditional outfit too. It was a very different wedding as only family was in the shrine with them when they were getting married and friends stood outside the shrine to watch. Afterwards they rang a bell together. We were then invited to be in their huge group photo of all their friends! I am so glad I got to see a traditional wedding, it was so beautiful and such an amazing place to get married!

Takahiro entering the shrine


Miki and her mother entering the shrine


The ceremony


The shrine where the ceremony was held


Leaving the shrine after the ceremony


Ringing the bell together

1 comment:

Tinz said...

I think we were tin arses with this one hey??!! So good!!!!