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Although the Japanese have unprecedented access to the Catholic Church, the majority of weddings in Japan follow the Protestant liturgy. As such the ceremony includes elements typical to a traditional Protestant wedding including hymns, benedictions, prayers, bible readings, an exchange of rings, wedding kiss, and vows before God.
Miai (見合い, "matchmaking", literally "look meet"), or omiai (お見合い) as it is properly known in Japan with the honorific prefix o-, is a Japanese traditional custom which relates closely to Western matchmaking, in which a woman and a man are introduced to each other to consider the possibility of marriage.
A Shinto wedding ceremony. A Shinto wedding ceremony is typically a small affair, limited to family, while a reception is open to a larger group of friends. [1]Shinzen kekkon, literally "wedding before the kami," is a Shinto purification ritual [2] that incorporates the exchange of sake between the couple before they are married. [1]
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Reuters spent eight months documenting photo weddings by studio Onestyle in Tokyo and neighbouring Yokohama. Frustrated by Japan's same-sex marriage ban, LGBTQ couples opt for 'photo weddings ...
Shrine name Location Enshrined deity California Shinto Shrine of Shusse Inari in America (アメリカ出世稲荷神社) Los Angeles (宇迦之御魂神) Uka-no-Mitama-no-Kami
In Japan, many people find it very difficult to find a potential future spouse, so they have their parents arrange a marriage for them. Every so often, a matchmaking agency called “matchmaking agency Association of Parents of Marriage Proposal Information” holds an event for young people in Japan who are looking for their future spouses.
The (c. 1439 CE) Shin Kokin Wakashū "New Collection of Ancient and Modern Poems" (tr. Carr 1995:8) contains the first occurrence, "Holding the ornamented tamagushi leaves". The sakaki ( Cleyera japonica ) is a flowering evergreen tree, which is considered sacred in Japanese mythology .