A grandmother of the bride who got married yesterday gave me the beautiful sweets shaped a crane and a turtle.
It is called “OSHIMON”, a traditional sweets in IGA region.
She ordered the sweets from the famous shop which has been in business over 100 years to celebrate her grandchild’s wedding.
She must have been really looking forward to this happy day.
Cranes and turtles have been believed as lucky animals.
Cranes are regarded as a symbol of the good marriage as
they will be together for life with only one partner.
And both turtles and cranes are the symbols of longevity and good fortune.
It is said “Cranes live for a thousand years and turtles live for ten thousand years”.
I believe Mr. and Mrs. N will make a happy family for a life time like a crane couple as the grandmother hopes.
Congratulations!
By S / Japanese Wedding Planner, LST Wedding Kyoto
There was a wedding ceremony under the cloudless blue sky.
They became man and wife cerebrated by many guests at “Chishakuin” which is the head temple of the Chisan School of the Shingon sect of Buddhism.
They carefully inspected the venue and prepared well for the day. They chose Chishakuin as it was fully air-conditioned and they also liked its beautiful appearance.
The colorful cloth which can be found at some temples are called “Bukki” and they are symbols of the Buddhism.
At Chishakuin which has more than 400 years history, the five authentic colors, “green, yellow, red, white and purple” were used for their Bukki.
I found some leaves already started changing the colors a little.
The couple looked great with the beautiful green of the garden and the clear blue sky in their background.
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Here in Kyoto, it’s a season of “Gion Matsuri (festival)” and I see the people setting up “Yamaboko” on the way to work.
I can also hear the festival music, the symbolic percussion sound “Kon-chiki-chin”, and see more “Yamaoboko” being built here and there.
As I was not brought up in Kyoto, most of what I see about “Gion Matsuri” are new to me.
Every summer, “Gion Matsuri” makes me realize that I’m in Kyoto and feel exciting.
I would like to look up finished “Yamaboko” tomorrow while feeling happiness of living in Kyoto where you can find traditional things in everyday life.
By K / Japanese Style Wedding Planner, LST Wedding Kyoto
Mr.and Mrs. S have got married at Shimogamo shrine, and then had their wedding reception at “Kodaiji Doi” ryoutei restaurant.
Although the weather report of the day was “rainy”, thanks to their hand-made “teruteru bozu couple” dolls they brought to the shrine and the restaurant with them, it didn’t rain at all.
They traveled five hours from MIE prefecture every time they had a meeting with us to prepare the wedding in Kyoto.
They wanted to arrange the wedding in the way that their guests can feel real “Kyoto”, because the guests are also traveling long distance to attend their wedding. And it turned out to be really heart warming, fantastic ceremony.
They must have fun at another wedding party with friends in their hometown today.
I’m sure that their shining smiles are making everybody attend the party happy.
I barely managed to stay in Kyoto and sent them flowers which our florist and I carefully selected for them.
I hope they will love them.
By S / Japanese Style Wedding Planner, LST Wedding Kyoto
We arranged an on-location wedding photography for one foreign couple end of May.
They were from HongKong and enjoyed the photo shooting in Japan very much.
Recently, we received an email from them which said,
“Our pictures are introduced on the website in Vietnam. Please have a look.”
I was so happy that they enjoyed the photo shooting in Kyoto after traveling all the way to Japan.
And I appreciate that they are sharing their happiness with people in the world.
We’ll try our best to make Kyoto as a special, memorable place for many people from now on too.
By H / Japanese Style Wedding Planner, LST Wedding Tokyo
We received a letter from a couple who had their wedding ceremony performed at the Byron Clark Memorial Hall in Doshisha University on July 6th, 2013.
They wrote us to commemorate their first wedding anniversary.
I could picture the happy couple by just reading their letter which described their daily life.
It made me so happy.
I still remember one scene from the meeting we had with them; the bride was talking happily while the groom was just listening to her story quietly.
“They must be getting along for a long time.” That was what I thought after reading their letter.
We appreciate that they sent us the letter which was full of happiness.
We bought glasses for summer at “Gallery Yukei”.
The gallery is run by a long established inn “Tawaraya”.
These glasses make me feel cool just with their clear looks.
We would like to make LST salon a comfortable place for our guests especially during the hot summer in Kyoto.