Getting hitched - Japanese Style

In a traditional Shinto wedding ceremony, the bride wears a tsuno-kakushi,
a headdress which is meant to hide her horns of envy.

Wedding receptions have changed also. Overblown package offerings during the "bubble" years of the 1980s, lately they are more modest and personal events.
But don't take my word for it: here are some couples who have actually experienced it:

• Lance & Sachiko
• Naomi & Glenn
• Wedding in Osaka
• Wedding in Tokyo
• Dreams Come True: Down the Aisle in Style
• Getting (hic) hitched in the sticks

Links

• Getting Married in Japan
  A Nipponia Magazine special feature
• A cup of sake carries a lot of weight
  San-San-Ku-Do is like an exchange of solemn promises
• Century of change: Marriage sheds its traditional shackles
• The Big Day
  Modern couples seek to tweak the nuptial norms
• Parents cough up big bucks to fulfill nuptial fantasy
  Children of the baby boomer danchi generation desire weddings that reflect individual taste
• Demand for community wedding hall on the decline Brides and bridegrooms chose to marry at hotels

Updates

• Sept 1997: I got to attend a Japanese wedding and have posted my recollections as part of my Typhoon Tour of Japan '97 write-up.
• Feb 2000: I got a chance to attend a bridal fair in Tokyo and have posted my impressions as part of my January Junket to Japan write-up.
• Aug 2000: I was at another Japanese wedding this year.
• Mar 2001: I got to attend a Japanese chapel wedding this year.