Have you ever thought about what kind of wedding you want?
In the past, I was involved in the design of remodeling a disused pension building into a restaurant with lodging, a so-called auberge.This restaurant was a bit of a forest with trees that grew big on the premises.After that, I saw a wedding in this forest.It was held as a public ceremony in which the wedding vows were made in front of the people who attended the ceremony.
By the way, don't you think that a Shinto ceremony held at a shrine is a traditional Japanese wedding ceremony?
In fact, the Shinto ceremony, which is widely practiced today, began in 1900 (Meiji 33).It is said that the wedding ceremony held at Kashikodokoro in the Imperial Palace by the Crown Prince at that time, who later became Emperor Taisho, was the first wedding in the current Shinto ceremony.Moreover, it is said that wedding ceremonies in churches were used as references when performing wedding ceremonies in front of the gods, suggesting that there was some Western influence.Later this spread among people.
Until then, commoners' weddings were held at the groom's house in front of both family and relatives, or vice versa.Come to think of it, the weddings in the woods that I have seen before are different in location and style, but in terms of public ceremony, they can be seen as inheriting traditional Japanese weddings. that's right.
If so, won't you be able to think more freely about weddings by knowing history?Public wedding ceremonies are now held in various places such as museums, aquariums, campgrounds, trains, ships, and the sea.
Everyone, let's expand the image and propose a new wedding!
Faculty of International Communication Department of Tourism Eiji Tanaka
