Have you ever participated in a Japanese wedding ceremony? It has some unique customs and manners that you may not be familiar with. By checking this article, you don’t fail and feel embarrassed when you get invited to a Japanese wedding.
1. Invitation letter’s reply
I’m sure your friends would not mind at all if you do not know the proper way to reply for a wedding invitation letter. They only need to know if you can make it or not. However, if you do reply to it in a right way, it can surprise your friend and he/she would be very happy and appreciated for the effort you made.
When you get invited to a wedding in Japan, you will receive an invitation letter in many cases while it might be changing to check guests’ attendance with stuff like LINE or Messenger.
On the invitation letter, you will write whether you will attend the wedding, your address and your name, and send it back to the wedding hosts.
There are some people who make an art with a wedding invitation letter like below:
2. Dress
You can wear any dresses but white because white is bride’s color. Normally, people dress like below:
3. Gift money
In many countries, people give a marring couple a gift. I know that people make wish lists and friends will get one of the things on the lists in the U.S. On the other hand, people will give gift money in Japan.
The amount depends on your financial situation or your relationship with the broom and bride, but if you are their friend, JPY30,000 is valid. The gift money should be creaseless, so if you dont have creaseless notes, you can exchange in a bank.
Its interesting to know why people prepare new notes for weddings. It is because you can show you were looking forward to the wedding day preparing well in advance and because it is to celebrate the new stage of the couple’s life. Conversely, in a funeral, people use notes with creases. It is to show the incident was unexpected and you prepared in a rush.
Let’s get back to the topic. the gift money should be put in an envelop called Goshugi-bukuro like below:
When you take the gift money, it is a manner to cover the gift money with a cloth called Fukusa. When you give the gift money to the receptionist, you will take it out of Fukusa.
I recommend to get a purple Fukusa because you can use it for both weddings and funerals.
4. Ending
Im sure the hosts of weddings will be so happy if you make a little effort to understand the Japanese style and manners of weddings. However, do not worry too much to be perfect. all you need is celebrating the new stage of their life and being happy for them. Enjoy Japanese wedding experience.