Subscriber Account active since. Japanese weddings are extravagant and expensive affairs — but in some different ways than US weddings. The dream is still of a once-in-a-lifetime event, but the steps are just slightly different. There are technically four types of weddings that are popular in Japan. Christian-style weddings like those you see in Hollywood movies are very popular — even if the couples themselves aren't Christian.
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The bride typically wears a white kimono for the ceremony. For the reception, she often wears the uchikake, an elaborate silk robe covered with embroidered flowers and cranes, worn over a kimono. The Japanese wedding ceremony joins two people and incorporates rituals that also join the two families.
Contemporary Japanese weddings are celebrated in a great variety of ways. Many contain traditional Japanese and Western elements side by side. Traditionally, the religious wedding ceremony is held in Shinto style at a shrine. Nowadays, this shrine may be located inside the hotel where the festivities take place. A Shinto priest conducts the ceremony, which is visited by only the close family members of the couple.