～日本の結婚式
Today I want to think about Japanese wedding parties. Actually I don't have experiences of hoding it but have attended friends wedding ceremonies and parties.There are rare Christian in Japan but...
Couples have many options for places to have wedding parties like hotels and special halls for wedding parties, fancy restaurants. There are options for ceremonies too.Shinto style and Christian style ceremonies are common options. If you hold Shinto one, ceremonies are held in temples. Bride will wear Kimonos. Shinto is a kind of traditional religion.
Only 1.3 percent of Japanese are Christian, but Christian style ceremonies account for most wedding ceremonies in Japan . That means couples who aren't Christian hold Christian ceremonies.
Girls admire white western wedding dresses since they are kids. And you can see small chapels in many hotels in Japan.
Even they are in residential areas sometimes.This is a wedding holle in my neighborhood. It is located between regular houses.
Priests shouldn't speak Japanese very well
Of course, there are priests there just for wedding ceremonies.You find the funniest thing here. Priests are foreigners. They should not be Japanese or Asian. They should not speak Japanese very well. Then we cannot hear priests speaking properly. We guess " he may be saying lines in the bible or something like that...."
That is... I guess the whole image of wedding ceremonies should be western.
It is not always but western style feels stylish to us Japanese often. Wedding ceremonies and parties are typical scenes.
