A value system regarding family members and relatives, which people are usually not very aware of, emerges in wedding ceremonies. When I attend Japanese weddings, the part that interests me as a ...

In the slopes of Higashiyama-ku, Park Hyatt Kyoto rises with quiet restraint. Stone stairways and lantern-lit lanes guide the way, the outline of Yasaka Pagoda anchoring the skyline. Inside, hinoki ...

Worldwide media coverage of onetime Japanese Princess Mako’s so-called “royal wedding” has it backward. Mako’s spartan civil ceremony, naked of pomp and circumstance, marks a reverse-storybook ...

A traditional Japanese wedding often costs at least $100,000, but over the past decade, thousands of Japanese couples have opted for a cheaper alternative: getting married in the United States. If you ...