Japanese Wedding Traditions

Every culture has its own charm due to the colorful customs and traditions that it has. Take an example of a wedding in which the union of two hearts takes place but the ceremony is held in various styles in all parts of the world. The change in the wedding tradition does not differ by region only but also depends on religion too. One can find similarities in the wedding tradition of the same religion and same region. The Japanese Wedding can be of any style either Buddhist, Christian or Shinto style. The religious Japanese traditional wedding is held in a Shinto shrine and only the immediate family and close friends attend the ceremony. The Shinto priest conducts the ceremony of the wedding and it begins by purifying the couple. The next step after purifying the couples comes the ancient wedding custom of sharing sake called the “san san kudo’. The music is also important in the Japanese Wedding Traditions and the artists play flutes to spread happiness all around.

The traditional Japanese Wedding Dress for the bride is a popular kimono called shiro-maku, the shiru means white and miku means pure. The wedding kimono in the Japanese tradition consists of two kimonos the white one for the wedding ceremony white and the patterned silk kimono, which is also called uchikake, is worn over the white kimono at the wedding reception. The uchikake kimono is usually made in red color embellished with scenes of flowers, cranes, pines and nature motifs. The traditional hair do of the japans bride is called the bunkin-takashimada. The gold combs and the accessories called the kanzashi are used to adorn the hair of the bride. A Japanese bride carries a small purse style sack called hakoseko and a small-encased sword called kaiken. A Japanese bride wears a fanon the obi belts for tradition hold that the gradual widening of the open fan implies happiness and thus brings a happy future. The dress of the groom in the Japanese wedding is a montsuki kimono with a short haori overcoat bearing the family crest with the pleated hakama pants.

In the modern japanese Wedding all type of food is served like the Japanese, French, Italian and Chinese. The most interesting tradition in the Japanese wedding is that they keep the number of dishes served in odd numbers to avoid the couples to be divided. The Japanese Wedding Cakes used to be tall and large in the early days but now the Japanese Wedding Cakes are smaller in size. Some of the common dishes that are served in the traditional Japanese Weddings are kombu soup, tai (sea bream), kazunoko, sekihan and others. The Japanese Wedding Invitations are unique, one can find so many samples of the Japanese Wedding Invitations on the web. The Japanese Wedding Dolls can be used for various purposes like as a topper for the cake or as the decoration near the guest book signing. The Japanese Wedding Dolls Bride and Groom dolls are simply adorable.