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lol ....sou desu ka will save you every time! hehe
oh, and I don't have a wedding date yet, although I plan to get married by fall of next year (it will be a very small wedding)
Our is May 8th of next year : )
We HONESTLY tried to make ours small. we added all of our family and loved ones and it came out to a 100 people! if we had cut any of those guests they would have been so upset!
Oh boy! Well we dont care much our whole wedding with EVERYTHING is going to be about 3000. not that bad!
That's awesome Osakagrl!
Our will probably just be our immediate families...so 13 people total. I haven't planned a thing yet... I need to book a church!
wow you guys are soooooooo good!! I understood everything you said!!!
osakagrl, I love Ken Hirai too! Never imagined i could find somebody who loves him here in the states! lol
If I had all the resources and the money, I would have DEFINITELY gotten married at the Japanese Garden in San Diego, CA. It's absolutely beautiful with its bamboo fencing and koi fish.
aya-san!!
Yes I love hirai ken so much! T^T
Did you have any japanese music at your wedding. Im so excited
about having japanese and american music together. its ok because 90% of
our guests are japanese. haha
hhcheung2000, Yes! the japanese garden is soooo beautiful!! we considered having wedding there but it was just to expensive for us...;(
osakagrl, we had a couple japanese songs in reception BGM. the volume was kind of small so i don't know if people noticed though...lol but that's ok i knew they were there:) Your wedding will be sooooo fun! You have to show us pictures!!
Hi Osaka girl, I'm Japanese and my husband is Laotian. We incorporated my Japanese culture into our wedding in the following ways.
Sembazuru (1000 paper cranes folded by me, my family and friends) and arranged in a mosaic that resembles lotus blossoms. If you're not crafty you can pay for someone to arrange it for you ie: http://www.sumocaarts.com/
Kagami biraki: sake cask breaking ceremony for omedetou. You can buy cask from Gekkeikan Sake for $350 complete with mallot and ladle.
Matcha truffle favors (and passionfruit truffle to represent him). Luckily my brother-in-law is a pastry chef and he was able to make white chocolate matcha truffle to represent my Japanese heritage.
Signature drinks: sake-tinis
gambare!
I am reviving this thread to let osakagrl know about one more: what about a tanabata tree "guestbook"? We are having one, I came up with the idea all by myself, although I have seen similar things done on manzanita branches around the interwebs. We are having lots of Japanese elements in our wedding as well: a cherry blossom theme (we are taking our e-pics at the end of this month for sakura season!), the sansankyudo ceremony, the tanabata tree, and orgami lotus candle holders (big ups Miss Sewing!)
xoxokristin: what is that tree you are talking about?? Ive never heard of it!! :)
Anybody else incorporating japanese themes in their wedding.
currently i am writing a speech in japanese for my new in laws. ive been told by all my japanese friends that it is tradition for the bride to do this and then present her family as well as her new in laws with flowers.
I'm really glad I found this post, even though it's been posted for several months. My fiance is Japanese (first person in his family that was born in America) and we' were planning to incorporate the 1001 cranes into our wedding. I would like to do more and the sake ceremony is out since he's allergic to alcohol.
glad somebody revived this thread! I am in the same boat as you misskoala. I am thinking of having origami hearts made in nice paper to use as the name cards for the guests. Im also thinking of having a dessert buffet and having Japanese sweets from a Japanese bakery I found added in. I was hoping to have the ceremony in both languages but the search for a bilingual officiant hasnt ended in any results:(
You may want to include the san-san-kudo ceremony. The “san-san-kudo” literally translates as “three-three-nine times”. It is a formal and ritualized drinking of a small amount of sake by the bride, groom, and their parents symbolizing the joining of two families. Here are some pics from my wedding! You could also incorporate Japanese wedding elements - i.e. kanzashi (hair ornaments, fans, etc.)
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Don't know if anyone really cares, but just an f.y.i. for you busy bees out there - the 1001 cranes tradition for a wedding is actually supposed to be a gift to the bride and the groom. You wouldn't normally fold the cranes yourself.
This is such a great thread! You ladies have some great ideas. We've been working on our cranes for a few months now, but I've been looking for something to incorporate into the actual ceremony. I'll have to do a little research on the san-san-kudo ceremony you were talking about. 
Thank you for talking about these wedding customs! I'm half Japanese, but a yon-sei (my grandparents were born in California). So we are heavily Americanized.
My siblings and I have Japanese middle names. Keiko, Mayumi (girls) and Mitsuharu (boy). My mom liked Midori but it didn't "work" with our last name (number of strokes).
I don't think we'll incorporate Japanese elements into the day other than having my oba-san and oji-san there.
Thank you everyone for contributing to this post!!!! I am so happy to have found it. I am American and my Fiance is Japanese. We will be marrying in Tokyo. We would love to incorporate both our cultures. Anyone with ideas for fusion? I love the crane idea. We might give it a try, as well as the sake drinking. We are unsure of how to make it a little American.
Also I would love to wear a kimono and have access to one but am unsure of when or wear I could wear it. Our wedding will be so short I wouldn't want to change at the reception and I also want to dance ^_^
Any options for us??
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