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Japanese Weddings, Favors and Wedding Gifts Today
Japanese weddings, wedding receptions, japanese wedding gifts and japanese wedding favors today compared to traditional japanese wedding traditions and customs.
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Japanese Weddings Today
Today, couples in Japan enjoy weaving both the ritual of Japanese wedding tradition with modern Western culture. Because japanese weddings are considered a life event, the wedding ceremony and reception are usually very elaborate. By infusing both ancient old Japanese wedding traditions with borrowed modern Western culture, couples create an unforgettable wedding day.

 

The Japanese Wedding
Only one third of couples in Japan marry in the traditional Shinto religion wedding ceremony. Most commonly because of two reasons; cost and the idealism of Western style "Cinderella" weddings. The cost to hold a wedding ceremony at a Shinto shrine is very expensive from the rental of the shrine to the traditional silk wedding kimono. In recent decades, Japanese couples choose to marry in the Western style Christian ceremony and brides choose to wear white Western bridal gowns which are rented at wedding boutiques. Because almost all Western style wedding and reception halls in Japan have miniature Japanese Shinto shrines located inside, the couple can still vow their marriage to the Japanese God "Kami".

 

Japanese Wedding Reception
After the wedding ceremony, the couple greet their guest at the large reception party where all their friends, family and co-workers are in attendance. The reception starts with an introduction of the bride and groom. The reception meal is usually of either French, Chinese or Japanese cuisine and exquisitely served. Guests make contributions of speeches and songs. 

 

The bride will normally change her dress several times, a Japanese wedding tradition dating from the 14th century called "oiro-naoshi" that signifies that she is prepared to return to everyday life. If the bride was married in a traditional white wedding kimono, she may arrive in a colorful embroidered kimono and then change again into an American style party dress. If she had a Western style wedding, she may arrive in a wedding dress, change to a wedding kimono and then to a party dress. The female guests attend in traditional Japanese kimono attire. Young women wear colorful kimono with long flowing furisode "butterfly" sleeves and married women wear more subdued homongi kimono. Male guests traditionally wear Western style suits. At the end of the evening, the couple thanks all the guest for attending. Recently, the Western rituals of exchanging rings, cake cutting, candle lighting, flower bouquet tossing and honeymoons have also been adopted.

 

Weddings outside of Japan
The number of weddings outside of Japan has dramatically increased because of the adoption of the Western honeymoon. By marrying abroad, the honeymoon can be combined with the ceremony thus reducing the overall costs.

 

Japanese Wedding Gifts
In most circumstances, there are actually two wedding gifts given to the new couple. Friends and relatives will send a wedding gift prior to or after the wedding day. This gift is never given on the wedding day and is considered a personal gift to the new couple. A second gift or money gift "goshugi" beautifully wrapped in a money envelope called "iwai-bukuro" is then given at the wedding reception and customarily given by all guests to help the new couple pay for wedding and reception costs. Reception money gifts normally run $30 to $200 depending on the closeness of the relationship to the bride or groom. However, with the new introduction of "bridal registry" in Japan, tradition has changed. Today, many couples register with shops or catalogs and guests give purchase merchandise from the bride and groom registry list.

Japanese Wedding Favors
At the reception, wedding favors are given to all guests that attend as a momentum of their wedding day. Japanese wedding favors range from beautifully wrapped traditional Japanese sweets to the newest novelty favors like miniature bears. Japanese wedding favors range in price from $2 to $10 per person.