Japan Trip, Oct 2006 - A big fat Japanese wedding

The main reason for me traveling to Japan was to attend my best friend's wedding.

Ms YI is my best friend from high school. We even shared a room in Year 11!

A Japanese wedding is certainly different from a Chinese or an Australian one. The customs and proceedings are quite different. Hopefully, I didn't do any silly things.

Here are some photos:


Ms YI wore a white kimono for the wedding ceremony. It was heavily embroidered and it was very very heavy.


She was also carrying a 'back pack'!


The bride followed her father in very slow footsteps to reach the groom. They met at the centre and they greeted each other with a bow. Then the fathers from both sides sign the papers. This is followed by the groom and bride's signature on the certificate.


When they are officially married, the 'veil' is lifted.


For the dinner banquet, the bride changed into a red silk kimono. It was really beautiful in person!


Then Ms YI changed into a white wedding gown. It was tailored-made and it is such a prettty gown!


After the dinner, we went outside for the cake and dessert. But before that, the bride popped a big balloon containing many little balloons. This is a great photo! There was this tiny little girl who was running around and collecting all the heart-shaped ballons for herself. At first, she was asking her mum to hold them. But there were too many so they got her a HUGE paper bag and it was filled with ballons in the end. It was quite funny.


The wedding cake was in the shape of a sailing boat because that's where they met - at the sailing club. It was so sweet!

One thing I've learnt is that the colour of black and white were considered ideal for wedding. Luckily, I was wearing a dark-coloured dress so the colour 'violation' wasn't as obvious! hahaha.

Here is a photo of the couple, another high school friend and us: