Today, I assisted a wedding ceremony taken place at Chion-in, the head temple of Jodo (Pure Land) Sect.
It was an international marriage between a foreign groom and a Japanese bride.
Many guests traveled from overseas to attend the wedding.
The wedding ceremony at the historical cultural heritage “Chion-in” with the beautiful cherry blossoms will forever remain in the memory of all the guests as well as the bride and groom.
On March 22nd, A wedding ceremony of Mr and Mrs A was taken place at the chapel of Doshisha University bless with good weather.
Surrounded by their families and close friends, the bride walked down the isle with her veil held by her niece.
We have received a “Thank you” message along with delicious-looking cakes.
On the message card was a very tall groom carrying a bride with a beaming smile.
A-sama’s older brother had a wedding ceremony with LST’s service seven years ago.
The planner who had been in charge of her brother’s wedding happened to be at A-sama’s wedding, and she met her brother and his wife again.
I was very happy to find a nice “GOEN (=tie)” between us.
“Gion Shirakawa” is one of the places where you can find the real Kyoto atmosphere.
It’s especially beautiful in the season of cherry blossoms.
In Kyoto, you don’t have to travel far in search for the scenic sites.
They are just around you.
You can enjoy seasonal views such as cherry blossoms in spring and red leaves in Autumn as well as the cuisine, sweets and even interior decorations in each season.
I think Kyotoite has been good at incorporating seasons into their lives since the old days.
I feel like watching the cherry blossoms forever.
LST Wedding was selected as a model enterprise of “The third Kyoto Creative Industry”.
They have chosen companies and experts that would generate new cultural value in Kyoto by leveraging their own creativity.
Our wedding planning service at the historic temples and shrines, the world heritage “Kamigamo Shrine” and “Nijo Castle”, Doshisha University and traditional ryoutei restaurants were highly evaluated.
We’ll continue to provide excellent wedding plans which can appeal the charm of Kyoto while expressing the each client couple’s originality.
The Master said,
At 15, I set my heart on learning;
At 30, I took my stand;
At 40, I no longer had doubts;
At 50, I knew the will of the heavens;
At 60, my ear was attuned;
At 70, I follow all the desires of my heart without breaking any rule.
It’s just a personal matter but I turned 40 years old the other day.
Thanks for a lot of gifts and messages.
“At 40, I no longer had doubts.”
Looking back at myself, I’ve been helped by many people at work for these 18 years since I had graduated university.
Now, I feel nothing but “gratitude”.
And I keep trying my best to provide desirable service for all our clients and partners from now on too.
A life-size welcome board was waiting for the guests who finally arrived by overcoming heavy snow.
The guests could take a photo putting their faces on top of two “Maiko” costumes with bride and groom on each side. Many guests enjoyed this.
そして披露宴開宴…笑顔で迎えるゲストの皆様に
大きく手を振りながら入場されるお二人が印象的でした。
乾杯時にご用意頂いた一人一人のネーム入り枡
スタッフの分までご用意頂いたお心遣いに感激でした
A toast was made by using the “Masu” with each guest’s name burned on it.
We appreciated their consideration preparing the “Masu” even for us.
The performance by “Geiko” and “Maiko”.
It was a nice coincidence that Geiko and Maiko showed up in the same color kimono as they appeared on the welcome board.
I had a telephone conversation with a bride who got married the other day.
“Thank you so much. I had a really good time!”
I was happy to hear her words in a delighted tone of voice.
On the morning of the wedding day, she watched the snow reproachfully.
It started snowing from the night before, and it made her worry about the traffic hindrance as many of their guests would travel from the Kanto area.
She kept holding her cell phone in her hand while she was preparing for the wedding.
“The train stopped. I won’t make it…”
“The train has started finally at reduced speed. I may be late, but I’ll be there for sure!”
She read the text messages sent to her cell phone and said,
“I may cry when I can see their faces at the ceremony.”
When I heard this, I also felt close to tears.
And finally the wedding reception started.
The bride and groom entered the hall waving to their guests while all the guests were watching the couple with smiles.
Everyone looked so happy with various speech and performance by the guests,
and all the guests enjoyed the Kyoto style reception with original arrangement by the bride and groom.
And the film for finale was a mighty work with the famous dance scene by Uma Thurman & John Travolta from the movie “Pulp Fiction”
which was created with the help of many friends.
This film makes anybody happy and feel like dancing.
T-sama, M-san, congratulations on your wedding!
“The wedding on snowy day” worked such a magic for you which deepen the ties with precious people.
By S / Japanese style wedding planner, LST Wedding Kyoto
The wedding plan at Nijo Castle in Spring 2014 has become available.
Nijo Castle has more than 400 years history since its foundation by the Great General Ieyasu Tokugawa.
It is one of the most important Japanese cultural heritage which witnessed various historical events such as “Taisei-Hokan” and “Meiji Restoration”.
The ceremony you could have at this castle is civil wedding, where in you and your loved one will pledge the everlasting love each other in front of the important people in your lives.
It’s so impressive to have a wedding filled with traditional Japanese culture; “Junihitoe” (=the twelve-layered ceremonial kimono of Japanese court ladies in Heian era) as a wedding costume, “Gagaku” as back ground music and exchanging nuptial cups “SANKON-NO-GI”.
They will start lighting up the cherry blossoms at Nijo Castle at the end of March.
The visionary scene of the cherry blossoms lit up in the vast premises of Nijo Castle is breathtaking.
