For many people, a wedding is one of the biggest and most important events in their lives. In recent years, Japanese style weddings have been coming back in Japan. Solemn Japanese weddings are popular today.
This type of wedding, Shinzenshiki, is generally held in a shrine by a Shinto priest and
shrine maidens. It was the original
style of weddings in Japan, and the first wedding was held in Meiji era. After spread of Western culture throughout
Japan, Shinzenshiki had been
diminishing and Western style wedding had taken the place of it. This type of wedding is held in a church by a
priest. A lot of Japanese women might be
attracted to beautiful dresses and veils.
Until several years ago, gorgeous Western style weddings were general in
Japan.
However, Japanese style weddings have
revived among young couples in this century.
The cause of the popularity was that the number of talents who held
Japanese style weddings has been recently increasing. Though most people might imagine a wedding in
a church until then, they came to find that a Japanese style wedding was also wonderful.
The main reason that Shinzenshiki has been popular again is that people found that kimono suit Japanese. It seems that there are a lot of couples who
would like to show guests their suited styles.
Brides can be graceful in kimono
and bridegrooms can be cool in hakama.
I think that the comeback of a Japanese
style wedding is a very good thing. It
is a precious chance for people to experience traditional style events of their
countries such as a wedding. Especially,
Shinzenshiki is the wedding that only
couples in Japan can hold, unlike Western style wedding. It seems that experiencing Japanese style
weddings make Japanese actually realise that they are Japanese and love their
country more than ever before.
I didn't know this style of wedding was making a comeback. How great! I hope it continues. Maybe it will encourage young people to go to the shrine more often. If you get married in Japan, which style of wedding would you like?
ReplyDeleteMs. MacGregor
I think this comeback is a wonderful thing. There are so many things that have been westernized in Japan such as food, fashion and so on. I do not think these changes are all bad, but Shinzenshiki is one of the things which have been diminishing because of that trend. So this comeback is a great opportunity to realize the one of wonderful traditions of Japan.
ReplyDeleteMinori
Hi this is Mayuko. These days, many thing are westernised like Minori said. So it is good to hear that Japanese style wedding has made coming-back. It will be hard for me to choose whether western or japanese style wedding!
ReplyDeleteHello. This is Koichi.
ReplyDeleteActually, my cousin hold a Japanese style wedding at a shrine in Tokyo. It was great! My cousin wore white clothes like the woman in the picture is wearing.
It is really a precious opportunity for people to experience traditional style events like Shinzenshiki!
ReplyDeleteI have watched some famous people holding Japanese style wedding ceremony on TV and famous people
must play a big role in spreading japanese traditional wedding styles to many people.
Yuna